Mato Buntan Pummelo Budwood

Citrus maxima.

Fruit medium-large, broadly obovoid to pyriform; seedy.  Light-yellow at maturity.  Rind medium-thick; surface coarsely pitted, pebbled from protuberant oil glands; tightly adherent.  Segments numerous (12-16) and carpellary membranes thin but tough.  Flesh color light greenish-yellow; crisp, somewhat tough, lacking in juice; flavor sweet (mildly acid), sometimes with trace of bitterness.  Early in maturity.

Tree dwarfed and small, round-topped and drooping; twigs and shoot growth short, thick, and densely pubescent; leaves large, thick, and pubescent on the lower surface.

Tree vigorous and large.

Rootstocks of accession:  Carrizo citrange.

Prepared by the Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at The University of California Riverside.