id: 256

name: Grapefruit

flavor_bible_name_variants: grape jelly,grapefruit,grapefruit juice,grapefruit zest,grapes,grapes and grape juice,grapes green,grapes white,tomatoes grape

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status: draft

source: foodb,flavor_bible

food_db_name: Grapefruit

flavor_db_name_variants: grapefruit

name_scientific: Citrus X paradisi

description: The grapefruit (Citrus × paradisi) is a subtropical citrus tree known for its sour to semi-sweet fruit, an 18th-century hybrid first bred in Barbados. When found, it was named the "forbidden fruit"; and it has also been misidentified with the pomelo or shaddock (C. maxima), one of the parents of this hybrid, the other being sweet orange (C. × sinensis). The evergreen grapefruit trees usually grow to around 5?6 meters (16?20 ft) tall, although they can reach 13?15 m (43?49 ft). The leaves are glossy dark green, long (up to 15 centimeters (5.9 in)) and thin. It produces 5 cm (2 in) white four-petaled flowers. The fruit is yellow-orange skinned and generally an oblate spheroid in shape; it ranges in diameter from 10?15 cm (3.9?5.9 in). The flesh is segmented and acidic, varying in color depending on the cultivars, which include white, pink and red pulps of varying sweetness (generally, the redder varieties are sweeter). The 1929 US Ruby Red (of the Redblush variety) has the first grapefruit patent.

itis_id: 28887

wikipedia_id: Grapefruit

picture_file_name: 256.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 66553

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:37:45.000Z

legacy_id: 273

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Citrus

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:29.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:21.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 37656

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00256