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The pomelo is native to southeastern Asia and all of Malaysia; grows wild on river banks in the Fiji and Friendly Islands. It may have been introduced into China around 100 B.C. It is much cultivated in southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian Provinces) and especially in southern Thailand on the banks to the Tha Chine River; also in Taiwan and southernmost Japan, southern India, Malaya, Indonesia, New Guinea and Tahiti.

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Friday, 17 July 2009 08:47

Factory waste: The waste from pomelo packing plants has long been converted into molasses for cattle.

Pericarp: The pomelo pericarp 
is a good material for delicatessen and medicament. Such as, confection, pomelo ointment, medicament after insolation. Pomelo pericarp can used sterilizing agent for it has sterilization efficacy, and it can dispel peculiar smell.

Wood: Old pomelo trees can be salvaged for their wood. The sapwood is pale-yellow or nearly white, the heartwood yellow to brownish, hard, fine-grained, and useful for domestic purposes. Mainly, pruned branches and felled trees are cut up for firewood. The wood is heavy, hard, tough, fine-grained and suitable for making
tool handles.

Medicinal Uses: In the Philippines
and Southeast Asia, decoctions of the leaves, flowers, and rind are given for their sedative effect in cases of epilepsy, chorea and convulsive coughing. The hot leaf decoction is applied on swellings and ulcers. The fruit juice is taken as a febrifuge. The sarcocarps are employed against coughs, dyspepsia and lumbago. Gum that exudes from declining trees is collected and taken as a cough remedy in Brazil. An essence prepared from the flowers is taken to overcome insomnia, also as a stomachic, and cardiac tonic. The pulp is considered an effective aid in the treatment of urinary disorders. Leaf extractions have shown antibiotic activity.


Last Updated on Friday, 24 July 2009 03:04
 
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