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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr. (RUTACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Pomelo, Shaddock

Description

Small to medium-sized evergreen tree 5-15 m tall. Leaves 10.5-20 cm long, oblong to elliptic with winged petioles. Flowers solitary or in racemes, 1.5-2 cm long, purplish or milky white. Fruits globose, pyriform, large, usually more than 10 cm in diameter, ripening pale green to greenish yellow.


Distribution

Widely cultivated in China and SE Asia.

Uses

Fruits are edible.