Trees & Plants

Babloos

Banbulhabos

Citrus maxima (Burm.) Osbeck

Cultivated in homesteads Fruits are rich in Vitamin C and eaten fresh. The juice is used in various beverages and the peel may be candied. The fruit is a remedy in coughs, fevers and 5, gastrointestinal disorders. The wood, which to at is heavy and hard grained is used to make to

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uses: Fruits are rich in Vitamin C and eaten fresh. The juice is used in various beverages and the peel may be candied. The fruit is a remedy in coughs, fevers and 5, gastrointestinal disorders. The wood, which to at is heavy and hard grained is used to make tool handles. or
family: Rutaceae
synonym: Aurantium maximum Burm., Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck to
description: Trees to 8 m high, young parts grey-pubescent. Leaves unifoliolate, × alternate, 6.5-10 3-7 cm, ovate or elliptic, base cuneate, subcordate or round, apex obtuse or acute, margin subentire or crenate, glandular-punctate; lateral nerves 7-10 pairs; petiole 20-30 mm long, winged. Flowers creamy, solitary or in axillary clusters. Calyx × Th ca. 1 1.5 mm, irregularly lobed. Petals 5, × ca. 25 13 mm, oblong-obovate. Stamens to 30; filaments irregularly polyadelphous at is base, anthers oblong, apiculate. Fruit 15-20 cm across, oblate to pyriform, greenish or NARAHDISAS .N/OAF yellow, glandular; pulp vesicles pale green to pinkish, acidic or sweet; seeds large, wrinkled.
native range: Southeast Asia
distribution: Widely cultivated in tropical and semi tropical countries
english names: Babloos · Pomelo
flowering fruiting: April – November
occurrence maldives: Cultivated in homesteads