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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 and from the family Rutaceae, is the largest citrus fruit. It is an ancestor of several cultivated citrus species, including the bitter orange and the grapefruit. It is a natural, non-hybrid, citrus fruit, native to Southeast Asia ...
Shaddock may refer to: Pomelo, fruit Citrus maxima; NATO codenames for Soviet missiles: P-5 Pyatyorka (SS-N-3 Shaddock) SPU-35V Redut (SSC-1B Shaddock) People.
Given the history in the Caribbean of attempts to propagate the shaddock by seed planting, an approach that has generally proved difficult in reproducing pure pomelo, it is thought that the forbidden fruit arose from seed planting of a natural hybrid of the shaddock and sweet orange, species both known to have been present in Barbados by 1687. [4]
One story of the fruit's origin is that a 17th-century trader named 'Captain Shaddock' [1] [32] brought pomelo seeds to Jamaica and bred the first fruit, which were then called shaddocks. [33] The grapefruit then probably originated as a naturally occurring hybrid between the two plants some time after they had been introduced there. [1] [2]
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.
A mature fruit is one that has completed its growth phase. Ripening is the sequence of changes within the fruit from maturity to the beginning of decay. These changes involve the conversion of starches to sugars, a decrease in acids, softening, and s change in the fruit's colour. [ 34 ]
African shaddock X trifoliate hybrid [6] Benton citrange trifoliate hybrid [6] Borneo Rangpur lime [6] Bitters C-22 citrange (X Citroncirus sp. Rutaceae): it was hybridized at the USDA Date and Citrus Station in Indio, California, and developed further by the University of California, Riverside. It is used primarily as rootstock for navel ...
The New Zealand grapefruit, also known as the Poorman, Poorman orange, [1] poorman's orange, poor man's orange, and goldfruit, [2] is a type of citrus fruit grown in New Zealand. Despite its name, it is not genetically a true grapefruit , but rather is believed to be a hybrid between a pomelo and a mandarin or tangelo .