205 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Rosidae

► Order Sapindales

► Family Rutaceae - Rue family

► Subfamily Aurantioideae

► Tribe Citreae

► Genus Citrus L. - Citrus

Synonyms

≡ Aurantium maximum (basinom) Burm.

(=) Citrus aurantium var. grandis L.

(=) Citrus decumana L. nom. illeg.

(=) Citrus grandis Osbeck

Common names

Chinese grapefruit (English)

Jabong (English)

Pamplemousse (English)

Pomelo (English)

Pommelo (English)

Pumello (English)

Pummelo (English)

Shaddock (English)

West Indian pomelo (English)

Zabon (English)

Chadec (French)

Pamplemousse (French)

Pamplemousse doux des Antilles (French)

Pamplemoussier (French)

Shadek (French)

 

Pompelmus (Danish)

Pomelo (Dutch)

Pompelmoes (Dutch)

Pummelo (Finnish)

Adamsapfel (German)

Lederorangenbaum (German)

Pampelmuse (German)

Pomelo (German)

Pumelo (German)

Riesenorange (German)

Pampaleone (Italian)

Pompelmo (Italian)

Jamboa (Portuguese)

Помело (Russian)

Помпельмус (Russian)

Цитрус крупный (Russian)

Щедок (Russian)

Cimboa (Spanish)

Pampelmusa (Spanish)

Toronja (Spanish)

 

Laymûn hindî (Arabic)

 

Chakotra (India (Bengali))

Batāvīnīmbū (India (Hindi))

Batawi nimbu (India (Hindi))

Cakotarā (India (Hindi))

Sadaphal (India (Hindi))

Madhukarkati (India (Sanskrit))

Elumicham (India (Tamil))

Pambalimasu (India (Tamil))

Nimmapandu (India (Telugu))

Pampara (India (Telugu))

 

Shouk ton oh (Burmese)

Jeruk bali (Indonesia (Malay))

Jeruk besar (Indonesia (Malay))

Limau (Indonesia (Malay))

Krôôch thlông (Khmer)

Kièngz s'aangz (Laotian)

Ph'uk (Laotian)

Sômz 'ôô (Laotian)

Limau besar (Malay)

Limau betawi (Malay)

Limau serdadu (Malay)

Lukban (Tagalog (Malay))

Suha (Tagalog (Malay))

Ma o (Thai)

Som o (Thai)

Bưởi (Vietnamese)

Bưởi chùm Thái Lan (Vietnamese)

 

Zhu luan (Chinese)

You (Chinese (Medicinal name))

Bontan (Japanese)

Buntan (Japanese)

Pomero (Japanese)

Zabon (Japanese)

Dou you (Taiwan (Chinese))

 

Shadek (Canada (French))

Pummelo (USA (English))

Description

Small fragrant white star-shaped flower with fleshy petals and numerous stamens; borne singly or in small clusters. A small to medium- sized tree.