madhukarkai :

Fruiting tree in Florida Photograph by: North Carolina State University Herbarium

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Citrus
Species: Citrus maxima

Allied species:

Aurantium decumanum (L.) Miller

Aurantium maximum Burm

Citrus aurantium f. grandis (L.) Hiroe

Citrus aurantium subsp. decumana (L

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Madhukarkati
English: Pamelo,pomelo,Pommelo,Jabong,Shaddock,Chinese fruit
Hindi: Sadaphal,batawi nimbu,cakotaraa
Urdu: chakutrah
Telugu: Pampara, Nimmapandu, Pampalamasam
Bengali: Chakotra, Jāmburā lēbu, Mahanibu, Sadaphal, Pumēlō , Bātābī lēbu
Marathi: .Papnasa
Konkani: Toranji
Oriya: ବାତାପି batapi
Gujarathi: Obakotru
Tamil: Pambalimasu, Elumicham
Malayalam: Pamparamasam, Pamparamasan
Kannada: Chakota, Chakota hannu, Chakotre, Sakkota, Tōran̄ji.
Punjabi: ਚਕੋਤ੍ਰਾ chakotra
Arabic: Laimun hindi
Spanish: Cimboa, Pampelmusa
Assamese: ৰবাব টেঙা robab tenga
Japanese: Zabon, Buntan, Pomero, Bontan
Chinese: Dou you, Pu tao you
French: Pamplemmousse doux des Antilles, Chadec, Shadek
German: Pomelo
Burma: Shouk ton oh, Kywegaw
Nepal: bhogate” भोगटे.
Sinhalese: Jambola
Greek: φράπα - frapa

Varities:

There are two varieties: a sweet kind with white flesh and a sour kind with pinkish flesh, the latter more likely to be used as an altar decoration than eaten.

1. Non-hybrid pomelos

Dangyuja

2. Possible non-hybrid pomelos

Banpeiyu

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