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The difference between Shatian pomelo and grapefruit

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, Leaf difference: Shatian pomelo leaves are thick, dark green, broadly ovate or oval; grapefruit leaves are oval, thick leathery, dark green. Flower differences: Shatian pomelo racemes, white flowers; grapefruit cymose flowers white. Fruit differences: Shatian pomelo fruit ball-shaped, pear-shaped or wide cone-shaped; grapefruit peel is yellow, flesh light red and white.

I. difference between leaves

The young leaves of Shatian pomelo are usually dark purplish red, thick, dark green in color, broadly ovate or oval in color, with winged leaves 9 to 16 cm long and 4 to 8 cm wide, the tip of the leaf is obtuse or rounded, some leaves are mucronate, the base of the leaf is round, and the wing leaf is 2 to 4 cm long and 0.5 to 3 cm wide.

Grapefruit leaves are large, oval, thick leathery, with winged leaves, dark green leaves and a glossy surface.

Second, the difference between flowers

Shatian pomelo racemes, sometimes with axillary single flowers, purplish red in buds, vaguely milky white, calyx irregularly 3-5-lobed, petals 1.5 to 2 cm long, flowers white.

Grapefruit flowers are small, white and in Cymes.

III. Differences between fruits

Shatian pomelo fruit is spherical, pear-shaped, oblate or broadly conical, usually more than 10 cm in diameter, yellowish or yellowish green in color, spongy pericarp, large oil cysts, protruding, 10-15 petal or more, juice cysts white, pink or bright red, a small amount with milky yellow.

Grapefruit is round or oblate, with yellow peel and reddish white pulp.

 
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