Pomello
Citrus grandis
Also known as Shaddock, Forbidden Fruit, Bamblimoos, Babloss
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- West Bengal
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Pomello
Identify Pomello by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple.
- Confirm fruit type: Hesperidium.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as West Bengal.
- Confirm it sits within the Rutaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pomello.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Citrus grandis
- Genus
- Citrus
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Southeast Asia
- Distribution
- Cultivated in most parts of the World
- Found in India
- West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“The leaves are alternate, ovate or elliptic in shape, and 5–20 cm (2–8 in) long;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“The leaves are alternate, ovate or elliptic in shape, and 5–20 cm (2–8 in) long;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pomello itself; the rest are typical of the Rutaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- Hesperidiumrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pomello itself; the rest are typical of the Rutaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- भोगटे
About Pomello
A member of the Rutaceae family, Pomello (Citrus grandis) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal. It is cultivated. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten and stripped for fibre used in rope and matting.
In culture
It turns up in ritual and festival use and is used as an official or regional emblem.
Rutaceae
Citrus/Rue family
Pomello belongs to the Rutaceae family.
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