Pomelo
The pomelo fruit is the largest of all citrus fruits with a very thick rind and filled with a sweetish yellow or pink flesh.
This page gives basic information on pomelo together with some pomelo photos, pomelo quotes and pomelo recipes.
Basic information on pomelo
| Scientific name: | Citrus maxima |
| Synonym: | Citrus grandis |
| English: | Pomelo Pummelo Pommelo Chinese grapefruit Lusho fruit Pompelmous Shaddock |
| Dutch: | Pompelmoes |
| Spanish: | Pampelmusa Cimboa Pomelo |
| French: | Pamplemousse Pamplemoussier Pomélo |
| German: | Pampelmuse Riesenorange Adamsapfel |
| Italian: | Pomelo Pummelo Pampaleone |
| Other: | Jabong Papanas (Marathi language: one of the Indian languages, spoken in Maharashtra) |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Origin: | South-east Asia, Thailand Malaysia |
| Distribution: | Some Pomelos can be found in the Mediterranean, tropical America and Australia, but its main distribution is in South-East Asia and some other Asian countries |
| Evergreen or deciduous: | Evergreen |
| Flowers: | Large flowers of 3-7 cm in diameter, either single or in small clusters, with cream colored petals. |
| Leaves: | Pomelo has the largest leaves among all citrus. |
| Fruits: | Pomelo fruits are pale green to yellow when ripe. Pomelo is a big citrus fruit (larger than grapefruits), 10-25 cm in diameter, with a thick spongy rind. The flesh is sweet. Pulp vesicles are large with a yellow or pink color. |
| Climate and weather: | Tropical and near-tropical climate. Prefers hot and humid climate. |
| Pollination: | |
| Height: | 5 to 15 meter |
| Spacing (close range) | 6 meter |
| Spacing (wide range) | 8-10 meter |
| Propagation: | Usually grown from seed. |
| Insect pests: | No serious insect pests, but sometimes attacked by leaf miners, some leaf eating caterpillars, scale insects, mites, and fruit fly. |
| Diseases: | Generally no disease problems. Some known diseases include canker and root rot (Fusarium, Phytophthora). |
| Harvesting: | At maturity the fruits are hand picked. They can be stored for several months. |
| Uses: | Eat the fruit fresh or use it to make juice. Fruit pulp is also used in salads. The peel is used to make candies. |
Pomelo photos
Proverbs
Quotes
- "Wow, did you get breast implants?”
“No, I just found and easier way to carry my pomelos.” - I’ve been enamored with this sweet, delicious treat, the pomelo.
Please send a message if you know a pomelo proverb or more funny quotes about pomelo.
Pomelo recipes
Pomelo salad
Ingredients:
1 large pomelo, 1 red chili, 1 clove garlic, 1 teaspoon honey, 1 tablespoon fish sauce, 1 stalk lemongrass, 2 limes, some fresh coriander
Preparation:
Peel and segment the pomelo. Crush the garlic. Slice the lemon grass (fine) and the chili. Squeeze the limes. Prepare a dressing from chili, garlic, honey, fish sauce, lemon grass and line juice. Mix this dressing in a bowl with the fruit and decorate it with fresh coriander.
Spicy pomelo salad
Ingredients:
Pomelo 1 cup.
Prawn or boiled breast chicken.
Dried shrimp.
Fried dried coconut.
Fried peanut.
Red onion 3 pieces.
Red chilies.
Mint leaves.
Tamarind juice or lime juice 2 tablespoons.
Fish sauce ½ tablespoon.
Sugar ½ teaspoon.
Instructions:
Clean pomelo and split the juice sac 1 cup.
Clean prawn and cook in the hot water then keep it in a container, or boil the chicken breast and tear it to small long pieces.
Prepare vegetables by clean them all. Cut red onion in thin slice and chop chilies and pinch off the mint leaves.
Prepare sauce by mixing the fish sauce, sugar, tamarind juice or lime juice and chop chilies. Then adjust the taste as you like.
Add cooked prawn or chicken into the sauce.
Put the pomelo into the big bowl, add sliced red onion, dried shrimp, dried coconut and peanut, mix them well then add the sauce, mix it and adjust the taste again.
Serve in the nice plate and decorate the food with mint leaves.