 One story of the fruit's origin is that a certain "Captain Shaddock" brought pomelo seeds to Jamaica and bred the first fruit, although it probably originated as a naturally occurring hybrid between the two plants some time after they had been introduced there.The hybrid fruit, then called "the forbidden fruit", was first documented in 1750 by a Welshman, Rev.Griffith Hughes, who described specimens from Barbados in "The Natural History of Barbados".