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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.
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]
It is an essential flavoring agent of most Italian amari, of the popular Campari apéritif, and of several brands of carbonated soft drinks that are generically called "chinotto". Pomelo Pummelo Pommelo Shaddock Citrus maxima: Sometimes called Citrus grandis. Round lime Australian lime Australian round lime Citrus australis
The New Zealand grapefruit is thought to have originated in East Asia, [1] [3] and is said to have been brought to Australia from Shanghai by a Captain Simpson, [when?] though at least one early-19th-century report described this original import as a shaddock (pomelo), leaving open the possibility that the founding poorman hybridisation may have occurred in Australia. [1]
Still, says Peterson, "most people won't have issues unless they eat large quantities of grapefruit, drink more than one liter per day of grapefruit juice, or consistently eat or drink grapefruit.
Searching "pomelo" or some variation turns up results for this fruit much more often than results for [pink/red] grapefruit, as does searching for "shaddock" as Sminthopsis84 suggested, however searching "grapefruit" doesn't return any results for the fruit described in this article.
Aquarius (アクエリアス) is an American-owned Japanese brand of sports drink manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company.It originated in 1978 [citation needed], and was first introduced in 1983 in Japan as a grapefruit-flavored sports drink, [1] as a response to a competitor's brand of sports drink called Pocari Sweat.
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