Shaddock Fruit Tree

SHADDOCK, (Citrus maxima), citrus?tree?of the family?Rutaceae, grown for its large sweet fruits. It is native to mainland?Southeast Asia?and the Malaysian portion of the island of?Borneo. It is sometimes called pummelo, a name that is said to have?derived?from that of a captain who introduced the tree to the?West Indies. The?fruit?is highly prized in Asia, and the rind is sometimes candied or used in marmalade. shaddock trees reach 6?13 metres (20?43 feet) in height. The oval evergreen leaves have broadly winged petioles (leaf stems) and are downy on the undersurface, as are the young shoots. The flowers are large and white and are succeeded by very large spheroid or almost pear-shaped fruits, which are lemon-yellow to green in colour and have a sweet flavour. The pulp segments are either pallid or pink and shell out easily from the thick rind.