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The Pummelo or Shaddock (Citrus maxima) is a citrus fruit, usually a pale green to yellow when ripe, larger than a grapefruit, with sweet flesh and thick spongy rind. The grapefruit is a hybrid between the pummelo and the orange. From de. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... The botanical Sub-class Rosidae is a large dicotyledonous flowering plant taxon, containing over 58,000 species grouped within 108 families. ... Families See text The Sapindales is an order of flowering plants included among the rosid subgroup of dicotyledons. ... Genera About 160 genera; selected important genera: Amyris - West Indian Sandalwood Choisya - Mexican orange Citrus - Citrus Dictamnus - Burning-bush Fortunella - Kumquat Melicope - Corkwood, Alani Murraya - Curry tree Phellodendron - Cork-trees Poncirus - Trifoliate orange Ptelea - Hoptree Ruta - Rue Skimmia - Skimmia Tetradium (Euodia) - Euodias Zanthoxylum - Toothache trees Rutaceae is a family of... Species & major hybrids Species Citrus maxima - Pomelo Citrus medica - Citron Citrus reticulata - Mandarin & Tangerine Major hybrids Citrus x aurantifolia - Lime Citrus x aurantium - Bitter Orange Citrus x bergamia - Bergamot Citrus x hystrix - Kaffir Lime Citrus x ichangensis - Ichang Lemon Citrus x limon - Lemon Citrus x limonia - Rangpur Citrus x paradisi... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Species & major hybrids Species Citrus maxima - Pomelo Citrus medica - Citron Citrus reticulata - Mandarin & Tangerine Major hybrids Citrus x aurantifolia - Lime Citrus x aurantium - Bitter Orange Citrus x bergamia - Bergamot Citrus x hystrix - Kaffir Lime Citrus x ichangensis - Ichang Lemon Citrus x limon - Lemon Citrus x limonia - Rangpur Citrus x paradisi... Binomial name Citrus x paradisi Macfad. ... In botany, a rind is the thick outer skin of various structures such as fruit. ... Binomial name Citrus x paradisi Macfad. ... In biology, hybrid has three meanings. ... Orange blossoms and oranges on tree For other uses of orange, see orange (disambiguation) The Orange, Citrus x sinensis, is a Citrus tree, and the fruits of this tree. ...

The pomelo has a name that sounds similar to "pummelo", and is often confused with the pummelo. However, it is a back-cross hybrid between the grapefruit and the pummelo. Binomial name Citrus x grandis The pomelo is a citrus fruit, a cross between the grapefruit and the pummelo. ...

Pummelos

Pummelo after being cut

Pummelo after being sectioned

Flesh of the pummelo

Download high resolution version (1024x768, 149 KB)Pummelos of various sizes; taken Jan. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 149 KB)Pummelos of various sizes; taken Jan. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 158 KB)Pummelo cut; taken Feb. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 158 KB)Pummelo cut; taken Feb. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 76 KB)Sectioned pummelo; taken Feb. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 76 KB)Sectioned pummelo; taken Feb. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 108 KB)Pummelo flesh; taken Feb. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 108 KB)Pummelo flesh; taken Feb. ...

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Pummelo (3409 words)
	By 1696, the fruit was being cultivated in Barbados and Jamaica.
	It is obvious from its coastal habitat that the pummelo revels in the rich silt and sand overlying the organically enriched clay loam of the flood plain, and that it is highly tolerant of brackish water pushed inland by high tides.
	Pummelo, growers in Thailand and elsewhere in southeastern Asia are primarily Chinese who dike the swampy land, dig the ditches and canals for drainage and as routes of transportation, and build the raised beds.

FactsAboutFruit.com - Pummelo (375 words)
	A pummelo is considered as the giant among the citrus fruits and is well known as the ancestor of the grapefruit.
	The peel of the pummelo orange is greenish-yellow or pale-yellow and flesh consists of 11-18 segments.
	Pummelo flowers are highly aromatic and are often used to prepare fragrance in various parts of Asia, especially in North Vietnam.

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