Citrus maxima (Common names)

see Citrus paradisi (Common names) with which it shares names.

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Names in common use

• English: pomelo, pummelo (Asia), shaddock (Caribbean, United States)
• German: Pomelo
• Dutch: djeroek Bali (on markets); pompelmoes (old)
• Swedish: pompelmus, pomelo
• Danish: pomelo
• Norwegian: pomelo
• Icelandic:
  

• French: pamplemoussier / pamplemousse vrai (old); pomélo, pomélo chinois (on markets) ; chadec (Caribbean)
• Italian: pomelo, pummelo, pampaleone; sciaddocco (Liguria)
• Spanish: toronja ; zamboa (old)
• Catalan: aranja grossa; pampelmusa, pomelo
• Portuguese: cimboa, pomelo, laranja-natal
• Romanian: pomelo
  

• Russian: помело, помпельмус, шеддок - pomelo, pompelmus, šeddok
• Polish: pompela, pomarańcza olbrzymia, pomelo, pamelo
• Czech: pomelo, šedok
• Slovak: pumelovník, pumelo, šedok
• Bulgarian: помело
• Croatian: pomelo
• Serb:
• Slovenian: pomelo
• Macedonian:
  

• Latvian: pampelmūze, pomelo
• Lithuanian: didysis citrinmedis
• Albanian:
• Greek: φράπα - frapa
• Turkish: pomelo, şadok
• Maltese:
• Hungarian: pomelo, pummelo
• Finnish: pomelo
• Estonian: pomelipuu, pompelmuusipuu
  

Sources and commentaries

• Note. The spread of sweet pummelos worldwide dates back only 20 years ago; previously only ornamental cultivars were known in the Mediterranean. Hence the unstability of its name.
• French
  • Chauvet Michel, 1980. Pamplemousse et pomélo : un cas exemplaire de conflit entre usage et norme. Journ. d'Agric. Trad. et de Bota. Appl., 27:(1), pp. 55-81. on line. This article documents the history of pummelo and grapefuit and their names in several languages, particularly French where there is a permanent controversy, as exemplified in Wikipedia.