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Family: Rutaceae	Genus: Citrus	Species: Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.( चकोतरा )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Aurantium decumana (Linn.) Mill., Citrus costata Raf. , Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Pomelo, Sadaphal, Batawi nimbu	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 600 m	Fruit Type	Hesperidium
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit pale yellow and yellowish green, globose, oblate, pyriform, or broadly obconic, usually more than 10 cm in diam., with large prominent oil dots, to 200-seeded or seedless
Habitat	It is tropical or near-tropical and flourishes naturally at low altitudes close to the sea.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	India, SE Asia	Bark Details	Bark grey
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Trees. Branches usually purplish, flat with ridges when young. 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; flower buds purplish or rarely milky white. Fruit pale yellow and yellowish green, globose, oblate, pyriform, or broadly obconic, with large prominent oil dots, to 200-seeded or seedless; pericarp spongy; white, pink, reddish, or rarely milky yellow. Seeds irregularly shaped, with conspicuous ridges, undeveloped seeds numerous.	Leaf Details	Leaves, compound, appearing simple, having one leaflet, alternate, glandular, dotted, ovate to elliptical. Petiole broadly winged to occasionally nearly wingless, up to 7 cm wide.

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