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The pomelo (/ ˈ p ɒ m ɪ l oʊ, ˈ p ʌ m-/ POM-il-oh, PUM-; [2] [3] Citrus maxima), also known as a shaddock, is the largest citrus fruit. It is an ancestor of several cultivated citrus species, including the bitter orange and the grapefruit .
Size and shape: The pomelo measures 4 to 12 inches in diameter and weighs 2 to 6 pounds each (though some specimens tip the scales at 25 pounds). At about 4 to 6 inches in diameter, grapefruits ...
Pomelo Pummelo Pommelo Shaddock Citrus maxima: Sometimes called Citrus grandis. Round lime Australian lime Australian round lime Citrus australis: Citrus australis, the Dooja, round lime, or Australian round lime, is a large Australian lime shrub or small tree producing an edible fruit.
If you hadn’t seen one before, you’d be forgiven for thinking a pomelo was just a big grapefruit. Like someone had taken a grapefruit and inflated it until it was about the size of a volleyball.
In 1958, CRC 2240 (pomelo) Robert K. Soost and James W. Cameron crossed with a seedy, white, tetraploid grapefruit. Two of the triploid offspring had particularly favorable characteristics. One was released in 1980 as 'Oroblanco'. The second was released as Melogold. Oroblanco was more similar to grapefruit, while Melogold was more similar to ...
Grapefruit relatives and other varieties of pomelo have variable amounts of furanocoumarin. [11] [2] [36] [37] The Dancy cultivar has a small amount of pomelo ancestry, [34] but is genetically close to a non-hybrid true mandarin (unlike most commercial mandarins, which may have much more extensive hybridization). Eight Dancy fruits, all picked ...
The tangelo (/ ˈ t æ n dʒ ə l oʊ / TAN-jə-loh, / t æ n ˈ dʒ ɛ l oʊ / tan-JEL-oh; C. reticulata × C. maxima or × C. paradisi), Citrus × tangelo, is a citrus fruit hybrid of a Citrus reticulata variety, such as mandarin orange or tangerine, and a Citrus maxima variety, such as a pomelo or grapefruit. The name is a portmanteau of ...
Banpeiyu (Japanese: 晩白柚) is a cultivar of pomelo which produces extremely large fruits. [1]A banpeiyu fruit became the world's heaviest pomelo when it was presented by Seiji Sonoda from Japan for the Guinness World Record at the Banpeiyu Competition in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan on December 25, 2014.