2. Why is grapefruit also called Wendan? ? According to legend, "Wendan" is the stage name of an actress surnamed Wen in southern Fujian. She not only plays well, but also likes planting pomelo trees. Every pomelo tree will produce very beautiful pomelo. In ancient books, grapefruit is said to be "white and fragrant, charming and attractive", as imaginative as the names of actresses and beautiful women.
3. It became a famous fruit, because it was presented to the imperial court as a tribute in past dynasties. Whether it is Madou or Truman, Wendan pomelo is big in grain, thin in skin, white and juicy in meat, sweet and sour.
Extended data
Grapefruit (scientific name: Citrus maxima (Burm) Merr) is a citrus tree of Rutaceae. The shoots, leaf backs, pedicels, calyx and ovary are all pilose, the leaves are usually dark purple, and the shoots are flat and angular. Leaves thick, dark green, oval or ovoid; Racemes, sometimes with axillary single flowers; Buds are purplish red and thin milky white; Calyx irregularly 5-3-lobed; The style is thick and long, and the stigma is slightly larger than the ovary.
The fruit is spherical, oblate, pear-shaped or wide conical, and its transverse diameter is usually greater than10 cm. There are more than 200 seeds, some of which are seedless, irregular in shape and usually almost rectangular; Cotyledons are milky white and single embryo. The flowering period is April-May and the fruiting period is September-65438+February. China is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and the northernmost is in Xinyang and Nanyang, Henan Province, all of which are cultivated. Southeast Asian countries have planted it. The pulp contains high vitamin C, which can promote digestion and relieve hangover.
Grapefruit contains sugar, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin P, carotene, potassium, phosphorus, citric acid and so on. The main components of pomelo peel are naringin, neohesperidin, etc. The pomelo core contains fatty oil, cortex phellodendri, cortex phellodendri lactone, etc. Grapefruit is rich in nutrition. The water content per100g edible part is 84.8g, and that of protein is 0.7g..
Fat 0.6 g, carbohydrate 12.2 g, calorie 57 kcal, crude fiber 0.8 g, calcium 4 1 mg, phosphorus 43 mg, iron 0.9 mg, carotene 0. 12 mg, sulfate 0.07 mg, riboflavin 0.02 mg, nicotinic acid 0.5 mg, etc.
Reference grapefruit (Rutaceae citrus) _ Baidu Encyclopedia?