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Pomelo
Citrus maxima
Pomelo is the largest of the citrus fruits and the wild parent species behind grapefruit, its fruit running 6 to 9 inches across and 2 to 4 pounds. The white, yellow or pink flesh is grapefruit-like but sweeter and drier in the segment, eaten after peeling away a thick pith, and that same pith yields naringin, the bittering agent used commercially in beverages. It only tolerates occasional dips to 32 F and dies back at 26 F or below, and its mature size makes it a poor container subject, so it needs a genuinely mild climate or a heated structure rather than a pot wheeled indoors for winter.
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Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun · Partial Sun
- USDA zone
- USDA 9–11
- Soil
- Sand
- Moisture
- Well-Drained · Moderate
Vertical layer
Canopy- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Plant type
- Evergreen Tree
- Mature height
- 15–20 ft
- Mature spread
- 12–18 ft
- Plant spacing
- 15 ft
- Root type
- Fibrous-shallow
- Spread pattern
- None
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