Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_citrus_maxima
Pomelo
Citrus maxima
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About Pomelo
Pomelo (Citrus maxima) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native from Assam through Indochina in the wet-tropical biome and long cultivated across the tropics. The Kauaʻi forestry ledger used the synonym Citrus grandis and documents a 1940 planting; it does not confirm present survival, fruiting, or naturalization.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence. The 1918–1959 Kauaʻi reforestation working register records 432 plants under Citrus grandis across 1 entries dated 1940. These are recorded planting quantities, not counts of surviving trees, and they do not by themselves establish current persistence, naturalization, or ecological impact. Source: Kauaʻi Reforestation Plantings 1918–1959 working register (user-supplied; reconciled 6 October 2026).
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Citrus maxima
- Common names
- Pomelo · Pummelo · Shaddock
- Other names
- Citrus maxima · Pomelo · Pummelo · Shaddock · Citrus grandis
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-06
- Evidence limits
- Current survival on Kauaʻi, number of trees, occupied habitat, flowering or fruiting, recruitment, population trend, and ecological effects are all unconfirmed; no naturalization or invasive severity is inferred from the historical planting record.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Large fragrant flowers require pollination and mature into thick-rinded many-seeded fruits, although seed number varies. Kauaʻi pollen sources, fruit set, dispersal, seed viability, and seedling recruitment are unknown.
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Small tree
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Pomelo (Citrus maxima) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native from Assam through Indochina in the wet-tropical biome and long cultivated across the tropics. The Kauaʻi forestry ledger used the synonym Citrus grandis and documents a 1940 planting; it does not confirm present survival, fruiting, or naturalization.