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Description

Small to medium sized tree, usually only 10-20ft high, but may grow to 50ft under ideal conditions. Trees can flower up to four times a year.

Hardiness

Hardy to some frost.

Growing Environment

The pummelo is frost hardy, but grows best in warmer climates with lots of rainfall. It is an ideal choice for tropical zones, but also grows well in subtropical climates. Pummelo's do quite well in Florida and California. Trees also grow well in swampy damp soil and are often found growing wild along river banks and streams.

Propagation

Commonly by seed which usually produce trees very near in fruit quality to their parent, but named varieties are propagated through grafts.

Uses

Commonly eaten fresh much like the grapefruit. The fruit is also squeezed for its juice. see also: nutrition facts

Native Range

Native to southeast Asia and a number of Pacific Islands. It is grown commercially in Asia, and on a small, but growing scale in the United States.

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Rutaceae
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