![]() ![]() The fruit generally contains few, relatively large seeds, but some varieties have numerous seeds. The enveloping membranes around the segments are chewy and bitter, considered inedible, and usually discarded. The flesh tastes like a mild grapefruit, with little of its common bitterness (the grapefruit is a hybrid of the pomelo and the orange). It has a thicker rind than a grapefruit, and is divided into 11 to 18 segments. The fruit is large, 15–25 cm (6–10 in) in diameter, usually weighing 1–2 kg (2–4 lb). The flowers - single or in clusters - are fragrant and yellow-white in color. Leaf petioles are distinctly winged, with alternate, ovate or elliptic shapes 5–20 cm (2–8 in) long, with a leathery, dull green upper layer, and hairy underleaf. The pomelo tree may be 5–15 m (16–50 ft) tall, possibly with a crooked trunk 10–30 cm (4–12 in) thick, and low-hanging, irregular branches. The fruit is also known as jabong in Hawaii and jambola in varieties of English spoken in South Asia. ![]() From there the name spread to Jamaica in 1696. In English, the word "pomelo" (also spelled pummelo, pumelo, pomello, pommelo) has become the more common name, although "pomelo" has historically been used for grapefruit.Īfter introduction to Barbados by 'Captain Shaddock' of the East India Company (apparently Philip Chaddock, who visited the island in the late 1640s ), the fruit was called " shaddock" in English. Its botanical name, Citrus maxima, means "biggest citrus". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the etymology of the word "pomelo" is uncertain.
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