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The '''pomelo''' (''Citrus maxima'' or ''Citrus grandis'') is a [[citrus]] fruit native to South East Asia. It is usually pale green to yellow when ripe, with sweet white (or, more rarely, pink or red) flesh and very thick pudgy rind. It is the largest citrus fruit, 15–25 cm in diameter,<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/12/25/HOG7FAFSVC1.DTL&type=printable Growing the granddaddy of grapefruit], SFGate.com, December 25, 2004</ref> and usually weighing 1–2 kg. Other spellings for pomelo include '''pummelo,''' and '''pommelo,''' and other names include '''Chinese grapefruit,''' '''jabong,''' '''lusho fruit,''' '''pompelmous,'''<ref>Dictionary.com</ref> '''Papanas,''' and '''shaddock'''.<ref>After an English sea captain, Captain Shaddock, who introduced the seed to the [[Caribbean|West Indies]] in the 17th century from the [[Malay Archipelago]].</ref>
The '''pomelo''' (''Citrus maxima'' or ''Citrus grandis'') is a [[citrus]] fruit native to South East Asia. It is usually pale green to yellow when ripe, with sweet white (or, more rarely, pink or red) flesh and very thick pudgy rind. It is the largest citrus fruit, 15–25 cm in diameter,<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/12/25/HOG7FAFSVC1.DTL&type=printable Growing the granddaddy of grapefruit], SFGate.com, December 25, 2004</ref> and usually weighing 1–2 kg. Other spellings for pomelo include '''pummelo,''' and '''pommelo,''' and other names include '''Chinese grapefruit,''' '''jabong,''' '''lusho fruit,''' '''pompelmous,'''<ref>Dictionary.com</ref> '''Papanas,''' and '''shaddock'''.<ref>After an English sea captain, Captain Shaddock, who introduced the seed to the [[Caribbean|West Indies]] in the 17th century from the [[Malay Archipelago]].</ref>
The pomelo tastes like a sweet, mild [[grapefruit]], though the typical pomelo is much larger in size than the grapefruit. It has very little, or none, of the common grapefruit's bitterness, but the enveloping membranous material around the segments is bitter, considered inedible, and thus usually discarded.
The pomelo tastes like a sweet, mild [[grapefruit]], though the typical pomelo is much larger in size than the grapefruit. It has very little, or none, of the common grapefruit's bitterness, but the enveloping membranous material around the segments is bitter, considered inedible, and thus usually discarded.
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Pummelo (possibly contraction of Dutch pompel- moes). A generic term including most of the varieties of Citrus grandis.
Pummelo (possibly contraction of Dutch pompelmoes). A generic term including most of the varieties of Citrus grandis.
The pummelo long grown in the West Indies and the United States comprise a group of very juicy- subglo- bose (not pear-shaped) thin-skinned varieties differing widely from the common pummelos of the East Indies which are usually more or less pear-shaped, thick- skinned, and have a firm pulp. These latter are called shaddocks in the West Indies and United States. These two extremes are well separated in the character of the fruit and also show differences in the leaves and twigs, the pummelos having more or less hairy twigs, leaves downy on the under surface and very broadly winged petioles, while the grapefruits have nearly smooth, slender twigs, leaves smooth on the under surface, and narrower petioles.
The pummelo long grown in the West Indies and the United States comprise a group of very juicy- subglo- bose (not pear-shaped) thin-skinned varieties differing widely from the common pummelos of the East Indies which are usually more or less pear-shaped, thick- skinned, and have a firm pulp. These latter are called shaddocks in the West Indies and United States. These two extremes are well separated in the character of the fruit and also show differences in the leaves and twigs, the pummelos having more or less hairy twigs, leaves downy on the under surface and very broadly winged petioles, while the grapefruits have nearly smooth, slender twigs, leaves smooth on the under surface, and narrower petioles.
