Mazhar Botanic Garden

Citrus maxima Merr

Pomello

Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Citrus
Species: maxima
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000363
English name: Pomello
Arabic name: نفاش
Native: Southeast Asia
Country: Southeast Asia
(PGR): Very rare

Evergreen tree 5-15 m tall leaves ovate to elliptical, leathery petiole broadly winged flowers fragrant yellowish-white fruit ranges from nearly round to oblate or pear-shaped 10-30 cm wide the peel, clinging or more or less easily removed, may be greenish-yellow or pale-yellow, minutely hairy, dotted with tiny green glands

Aurantium maximum Burm

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Fertility: High
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Zone: 9
Located in: Fruits garden

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