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The fruit is large, 15–25 cm (6–10 in) in diameter, [5] usually weighing 1–2 kilograms (2–4 pounds). It has a thicker rind than a grapefruit, and is divided into 11 to 18 segments. The flesh tastes like mild grapefruit, with a little of its common bitterness (the grapefruit is a hybrid of the pomelo and the orange).
The grapefruit, like many cultivated Citrus species, is a hybrid, in its case of the sweet orange and pomelo. [29] Grapefruit originated as a natural hybrid. [30] One ancestor of the grapefruit was the Jamaican sweet orange (Citrus sinensis), itself an ancient hybrid of Asian origin; the other was the Indonesian pomelo (C. maxima). [1]
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 ...
A diverse fruit, pomelos come in a range of colors and sizes, and go by all sorts of regional and varietal pseudonyms. You might see them labeled as shaddock, pummelo, or Chinese grapefruit.
Or trade them for grapefruit in our Seared Halibut Tacos With Grapefruit-Avocado Salsa. Pomelo brulée: Another favorite of Howard's, this simple dessert is a departure from a custardy brulée ...
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).
Sweet, tangy grapefruit is the youngest sibling in the citrus family. Did you know it’s a cross between a pomelo and a sweet orange? While people have been cultivating lemons, limes and oranges ...
Grapefruit: grapefruits, like oranges, include genetic contributions from both mandarin and pomelo, but more of the latter, [61] arising from a natural backcross of a sweet orange with a pomelo. [34] The 'cocktail grapefruit', or mandelo, is distinct, instead the product of a low-acid pomelo variety hybridized with a mandarin that itself was a ...
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