Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Rutaceae | Genus: Citrus | Species: Citrus maxima (Burman) Merrill |
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| Synonym | Aurantium maximum Burman, A. decumanum (Linnaeus) Miller; C. decumana (Linn.) Linn; C. grandis (Linn.) Osbeck; C. grandis var. pyriformis& | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Flower Type | Solitary | |
| English / Trade Name | Pomelo, Chinese grapefruit, Pummelo, Pommelo, Jabong, Shaddock | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Cakotaraa | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Hesperidium |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | .. Fruit hesperidium, pale yellow and yellowish green, globose, oblate, pyriform, or broadly obconic, with large prominent oil dots, to 200-seeded or seedless. |
| Habitat | Mostly cultiveted | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native to Southeast Asia, cultivated across the world | Bark Details | Smooth |
| Distribution in chandigarh | , Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sector 20, Sector 33, Sector 53 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Small trees up to 7 m tall, Bark smooth. Leaf compound, petiole winged; leaf blade broadly ovate or elliptic, thick, dark green, base rounded, apex rounded to obtuse and sometimes mucronate. Flowers solitary or in racemes; calyx 3-5-lobed.. Fruit hesperidium, pale yellow and yellowish green, globose, oblate, pyriform, or broadly obconic, with large prominent oil dots, to 200-seeded or seedless. | Leaf Details | Leaf compound, petiole winged; leaf blade broadly ovate or elliptic, thick, dark green, base rounded, apex rounded to obtuse and sometimes mucronate. |
