• Family : RUTACEAE
  (Rue Or Citrus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : NIMBU FAMILY (नींबू फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : RUTACEAE
• Basionym : Aurantium maximum Burm.f.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Citrus maxima (Burm.) Osbeck
• Common name : Pomello, Shaddock, Forbidden fruit, Bamblimoos, Babloss
• Vernacular name : Chakotra, Sadaphal (Hindi); Chakota Hannu gida (Kannada); Pambalimas (Tamil); Pampala masamu (Telugu); Tava (Oria); Babloos, Bablimoos, Kambilinaranga (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Cultivated
• Comments / notes : Cultivated for its edible fruits, often runs wild. Largest edible citrus fruit known.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Cultivated
  • Telangana : Cultivated
  • Karnataka : Cultivated
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Tamil Nadu : Cultivated
• Native : Southeast Asia
• World Distribution : Cultivated in most parts of the World
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; N.P.Singh, 1998 Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Citrus grandis. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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