Grape Fruit

        Scientific Classification:

                      Kingdom :   Plantae
                      Division   :   Magnoliophyta
                      Class       :   Magnoliopsida
                      Subclass  :   Rosidae
                      Order      :   Sapindales
                      Family     :   Rutaceae
                      Genus      :   Citrus
                       Species  :    C. Paradisi

        Binomial Name:

                              Citrus Paradisi

                              Grapefruit is a citrus fruit grown in sub-tropical places. It is bigger than an orange and its often more sour, but many types of grapefruit have other flavors. The grapefruit is a subtropical citrus tree known for its sour to semi-sweet fruit. Grapefruit is a hybrid originating in Barbados as an accidental cross between two introduced species, sweet orange (C.sinesis) and pomelo or shaddock, both of which are introduced  from Asia in the 17 century.

                              

                           America is the world's largest consumer of grapefruit, with large commerical groves in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas. But the grapefruit ancestor, the pummelo, comes from far away grapefruit it's native to Malasysia and Indonesia.