Citrus maxima (Pummelo, Pamplemousse, Shaddock)

[= Citrus grandis]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Sapindales > Family: Rutaceae > Genus: Citrus

Thought to have originated in Sourtheast Asia. By 300 BC, Citrus grandis  was being grown commercially in China. It is important in Chinese medicine and trees are grown also for their beauty and fragrance. Citrus grandis is not grown commercially these days but is still grown as a garden tree.

Thought to have originated in Sourtheast Asia. Varieties differ in fruit sweetness, size, shape, colour, seediness and amount and kinds of essential oils. By 300 BC, Citrus grandis  was being grown commercially in China. It is important in Chinese medicine and trees are grown also for their beauty and fragrance. Before 1200 AD, cultivation of Pummelo had spread westward to India, North Africa and Spain. Citrus grandis is not grown commercially these days but is still grown as a garden tree.

Publications

• Brown, D. 2002. The Royal Horticultural Society New Encyclopedia of Herbs and their Uses. Dorling Kindersley, London.

• Sauer, J.D. 1993. Historical geography of crop plants - a select roster. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.