Round red fruit, up to 4 cm in diameter. Wonderful, delicious fruit. It has one bone in the middle. Similar to Longon in shape, texture and bone, but with a richer taste and aroma. Very juicy, sweet, sometimes sour. The peel is easily separated from the white-transparent flesh.

Unfortunately, fresh Lychee can not be consumed all year round: the Lychee harvest season begins in May and lasts until the end of July. The rest of the year, it is almost impossible to find.

In the off-season in Asia, you can buy canned Lychee in cans or plastic bags in your own juice or coconut milk.

Ripe fruits can be stored in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. Peeled fruits can be frozen and stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Lychee contains a lot of proteins, pectin substances, potassium, magnesium and vitamin C. A very high content of niacin - vitamin PP, which actively prevents the development of atherosclerosis. The widespread prevalence of Lychee in the countries of Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand) is the reason for the low level of atherosclerosis in this region.

Rambutan (Ngo, "hairy fruit from Thailand").

Round fruits of red color, up to 5 cm in diameter, covered with soft processes like thorns. The pulp that covers the stone is a transparent white elastic mass with a pleasant sweet taste, sometimes with a sour tint. The bone is quite tightly connected to the pulp, and is edible.

Contains carbohydrates, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, niacin and vitamin C. The fruits have a short shelf life - up to 7 days in the refrigerator.

Harvesting season: May to October.

Peel by cutting the peel with a knife, or without using a knife, as if twisting the fruit in the middle.

Rambutan is eaten fresh, jams and jellies are boiled, and canned.

Mangosteen (Mangosteen, mangosteen, mangosteen, garcinia, mancut).

Fruits are about the size of a small dark purple apple. Beneath the thick, inedible rind is the edible pulp in the form of cloves of garlic. The pulp is sweet with sourness, very tasty, unlike anything else. Generally pitted, although some fruits contain small, soft pits that can be eaten.

Sometimes there are diseased Mangosteen fruits, with a dark creamy, sticky and unpleasant-tasting pulp. Such fruits cannot be identified until you peel them.

The harvesting season is from April to September.

Natural biologically active substances contained in mangosteen reduce inflammatory reactions: swelling, soreness, redness, high fever.

Dragon Eye (pitahaya, pitaya, lun yang, dragon fruit, pitaya).

These are the fruits of a cactus. Dragon's eye is the Russian version of the name of this fruit. The international name is Dragon Fruit or Pitahaya.

Quite large, oblong (palm-sized) fruits that are red, pink or yellow on the outside. Inside, the flesh is white or red, dotted with small black seeds. The pulp is very tender, juicy, slightly sweet, with an unexpressed taste. It is convenient to eat with a spoon, scooping out the pulp from the fruit cut in half.

The dragon eye is useful for stomach pains, diabetes mellitus or other endocrine diseases.

Harvesting seasons are all year round.

Durian

The king of fruits. Fruits are very large: up to 8 kilograms.

A fruit famous all over the world for its smell. Almost everyone has heard of it, some have smelled it, and very few have tasted it. Its scent is reminiscent of onions, garlic and used socks. With this fruit, because of its smell, it is even forbidden to enter hotels, transport and other public places. To remind of the ban in Thailand, for example, they hang out signs with a crossed-out image of a fruit.

The sweet pulp of the fruit has a very delicate consistency, and does not correspond to the unpleasant smell at all. You should try this fruit at least for the reason that many have heard of it, but few people dare to try it. But in vain. The taste is very pleasant, and the fruit itself is considered the most valuable fruit in Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia). It is very high in calories and healthy. Durian also has a reputation for being the strongest aphrodisiac.

Sold cut (into slices) and packed in polyethylene. In supermarkets you can find very interesting sweets with the taste and smell of Durian.

Sala (herring, rakum, snake fruit, sala)

Small oblong or round fruits (about 5 cm in length), red (Rakum) or brown (Salak), covered with dense small spines.

A fruit with a very unusual, bright sweet-sour taste. Someone resembles a persimmon, someone a pear. It is worth trying at least once, and then, as you like ...

You should be careful when peeling the fruit: the thorns are very dense and dig into the skin. Better to use a knife.

The season is from April to June.

Carambola (Starfruit, Kamrak, Ma Fyak, Carambola, Star-fruit).

"Star of the Tropics" - in the context of the shape, we represent an asterisk.

The fruit with an edible peel is eaten whole (there are small seeds inside). The main advantage is a pleasant smell and juiciness. The taste is not particularly distinguished by anything - slightly sweet or sour-sweet, somewhat reminiscent of the taste of an apple. Sufficiently juicy fruit and excellent thirst quencher.

Sold all year round.

It is not recommended to consume Carambola for people with severe kidney problems.

Longan (Lam-yay, Dragon's Eye).

Small fruits, similar to small potatoes, covered with a thin inedible skin and one inedible bone inside.

Longan pulp is very juicy, has a sweet, very aromatic, taste with a peculiar shade.

The season is from July to September.

Longkong (Longan, Longcon, Langsat, Lonngkong, Langsat).

Longkong fruits, like Longan, are similar to small potatoes, but slightly larger in size and have a yellowish tinge. You can distinguish it from Longan if you peel the fruit off: peeled, it looks like garlic in appearance.

They have a sweet and sour interesting taste. The fruit is rich in calcium, phosphorus, carbohydrates and vitamin C. The burnt skin of Long Kong gives off a fragrant scent that is not only pleasant, but also healthy, as it serves as an excellent repellent.

Fresh fruit can be stored in the refrigerator for no more than 4-5 days. The skin of a ripe fruit should be firm, without cracks, otherwise the fruit will quickly deteriorate.

The season is from April to June.

Sometimes a variety is also sold - Langsat, which outwardly does not differ in anything, but has a slightly bitter taste.

Jackfruit (Eve, Khanoon, Jackfruit, Nangka, Indian breadfruit).

Jackfruit fruits are the largest fruits growing on trees: their weight reaches 34 kg. The inside of the fruit contains several large sweet-yellow slices of edible pulp. These slices are sold already peeled, because you yourself cannot cope with this giant.

The pulp has a sugary-sweet taste, reminiscent of melon and marshmallow. They are very nutritious: they contain about 40% carbohydrates (starch) - more than in bread.

The season is from January to August.

You can take the risk of bringing such a monster home as a whole, it can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 months. But it is better to buy cut and packaged slices of pulp.

Important! Some people, after eating Jackfruit, have an unhealthy reaction in the throat - cramping, it becomes difficult to swallow. Everything usually goes away in an hour or two. Perhaps this is an allergic reaction. Be careful.

Pineapple (Pineapple).

Pineapple fruit needs no special comment.

It should only be noted that Pineapples bought in Asia and Pineapples bought in Russia are completely different things. Pineapples in Russia are a pitiful likeness of real Pineapples that you can taste in their homeland.

Separately, it should be said about Thai Pineapple - it is considered the most delicious in the world. You should definitely try and be sure to bring home with you to pamper your family. For local consumption, it is better to buy already peeled.

Pineapple Season - all year round

Mango (Mango).

By some estimates, Mango is considered the most delicious fruit in the world.

Mango is quite widely known and sold in Russia. However, the taste and aroma of Mango in its homeland is very different from what is sold in our stores. In Asia, its fruits are much more aromatic, juicier, and the taste is richer. Indeed, when you eat fresh, ripe mango grown, for example, in Thailand, it seems that nothing tastes better.

The fruit is covered with an inedible rind that does not separate from the pulp: it must be cut off in a thin layer using a knife. Inside the fruit there is a rather large, flat bone, from which the flesh also does not set, and it must be separated from the bone with a knife, or simply eaten.

The color of Mango, depending on the degree of maturity, varies from green to yellow (sometimes to yellow-orange or red). For local consumption, it is better to buy the most ripe - yellow or orange fruits. Without a refrigerator, such fruits can be stored for up to 5 days, in the refrigerator for up to 30 days, unless of course they have been stored somewhere else before.

If you want to bring some fruits home, then you can buy fruits of medium ripeness, greenish color. They keep well and mature on the road or at home.

Noina (Sugar apple, Annona scaly, sugar-apple, sweetsop, noi-na).

Another unusual fruit that has no analogues and does not look like any of the fruits we are used to. The fruits of Neina are the size of a large apple, green in color, and lumpy.

The inside of the fruit is very pleasant to the taste, sweet aromatic flesh and many hard seeds the size of beans. The unripe fruit is hard in texture and not tasty at all, it looks like a pumpkin. Therefore, having bought an unripe fruit on the market and having tried it, many tourists refuse to eat it further, immediately disliking it. But if you let it lie down for a day or two, it ripens and becomes very tasty.

The peel is inedible, it is very inconvenient to peel because of the bumpy skin. If the fruit is ripe, then the pulp can be eaten with a spoon, after cutting the fruit in half. The most ripe or slightly overripe fruits literally fall apart in the hands.

To choose a ripe tasty Noina, you must first of all focus on its softness (soft fruits are more mature), but you need to be careful, because if you press a little harder on a ripe fruit, it will simply fall apart in your hands while still on the counter.

The fruit is rich in vitamin C, amino acids and calcium.

The season is from June to September.

Sweet Tamarind (Indian date).

Tamarind is considered a spice of the legume family, but it is also used as an ordinary fruit. Fruits up to 15 centimeters long have an irregular curved shape. There is also a variety of Tamarind - the green Tamarind.

Under the hard brown peel, resembling a shell, there is a brown, sweet and sour pulp with a tart taste. Be careful - there are large hard bones inside the Tamarind.

Juice is obtained by soaking the tamarind in water and grinding through a sieve. Ripe dried tamarind is used to make sweets. You can buy in the store and bring home a wonderful tamarind sauce for meat and sweet tamarind syrup (for making cocktails.

This fruit is rich in vitamin A, organic acids and complex sugars. Tamarind is also used as a laxative.

The season is from October to February.

American Mammea (Mammea americana).

Also known as American Apricot and Antilles Apricot, this fruit is native to South America, although it can now be found in almost all tropical countries.

This fruit, which is actually a berry, is quite large, growing up to 20 centimeters in diameter. Inside there is one large or several (up to four) smaller bones. The pulp is very tasty and aromatic, and, in accordance with its second name, tastes and smells like apricot and mango.

The ripening season is different depending on the region, but mainly from May to August.

Cherimoya (Annona cherimola).

Cherimoya is also known as Cream Apple and Ice Cream Tree. In some countries, the fruit is known in general under completely different names: in Brazil - Graviola, in Mexico - Poox, in Guatemala - Pac or Tzumux, in El Salvador - Anona poshte, in Belize - Tukib, in Haiti - Cachiman la Chine, in the Philippines - Atis , on Cook Island - Sasalapa. The homeland of the fruit is South America, but it can be found in the warm all year round countries of Asia and South Africa, as well as in Australia, Spain, Israel, Portugal, Italy, Egypt, Libya and Algeria. However, in these countries, the fruit is rare. It is most common, however, on the American continent.

It is quite difficult to recognize the fruit of Cherimoya from the first inexperienced glance, since it exists in several species with different surfaces (lumpy, smooth or mixed). One of the lumpy varieties, including, is Noina (see above), which is widespread in the countries of Southeast Asia. The size of the fruit is 10-20 centimeters in diameter and the cut fruit resembles a heart in shape. The pulp in consistency resembles an orange and is usually eaten with a spoon, very tasty and tastes like banana and passionfruit, and papaya and pineapple, and strawberries with cream. There are very hard pea-sized bones in the pulp, so be careful or you might end up missing a tooth. It is usually sold a little unripe and firm and must lie down (2-3 days) before acquiring its real amazing taste and texture.

The ripening season is usually from February to April.

Noni (Noni, Morinda citrifolia).

This fruit is also known as Big Moringa, Indian Mulberry, Healthy Tree, Cheese Fruit, Nonu, Nono. The fruit is native to southeast Asia, but now it grows in all tropical countries.

The Noni fruit resembles large potatoes in shape and size. Noni cannot be called very tasty and aromatic, and, apparently, that is why tourists very rarely come across it. Ripe fruits have an unpleasant odor (reminiscent of moldy cheese) and a bitter taste, but are considered very healthy. In some regions, Noni is the staple food of the poor. It is usually consumed with salt. Noni juice is also popular.

Noni bears fruit all year round. But you can find it not in every fruit market, but, as a rule, in markets for local residents.

Marula (Marula, Sclerocarya birrea).

This fruit grows exclusively on the African continent. And it is not easy to find it on sale fresh in other regions. The thing is that after ripening, the fruits almost immediately begin to ferment inside, turning into a low-alcohol drink. This property of the marula is happily used not only by the inhabitants of Africa, but also by animals. After eating marula fruits that have fallen to the ground, they are often "tipsy".

Ripe Marula fruits are yellow in color. The size of the fruit is about 4 cm in diameter, and inside is white flesh and a hard stone. Marula does not have an outstanding taste, but its flesh is very juicy and has a pleasant aroma until it begins to ferment. Also, the pulp contains a huge amount of vitamin C.

The harvest season for Marula is March-April.

Platonia insignis

Platonia grows only in the countries of South America. It is impossible to find it in the countries of Southeast Asia.

Platonia fruits are up to 12 centimeters in size, with a large thick skin. Under the peel there is a white tender pulp with a sweet and sour taste and several large seeds.

Kumquat

Kumquat is also known as Fortunella, Kinkan, Japanese oranges. It is a citrus plant. It grows in the south of China, but is widespread in other tropical countries. Kumquat fruits can also be found on the shelves of our stores, but to taste it is not at all what you can try in your homeland in the freshest form.

Kumquat fruits are small (from 2 to 4 centimeters), similar to small oblong oranges or tangerines. The outside is covered with a very thin edible crust, the inside is almost the same in structure and taste as an orange, except that it is slightly sour and bitter. It is eaten whole (except for seeds).

Ripening season from May to June, you can buy it all year round.

Guava

Guava (Guajava), Guiava or Guayava is found in almost all tropical and subtropical countries. Despite the fact that the fruit is considered exotic, you should not expect an exotic taste from it: a rather mediocre, slightly sweet taste, reminiscent of a pear. It may be worth trying once, but you are unlikely to become a fan of it. The aroma is another matter: it is quite pleasant and very strong. In addition, the fruit is very useful, rich in vitamin C and perfectly raises the general tone of the body and strengthens health.

Fruits come in various sizes (from 4 to 15 centimeters), round, oblong and pear-shaped. The skin, bones and pulp are all edible.

In Asia, a green, slightly unripe Guava is popularly consumed by dipping pieces of fruit in a mixture of salt and pepper. From the outside it may seem unusual, but if you try it, the taste turns out to be quite interesting and invigorating.

Passion fruit / Fruit of passion

This exotic fruit is also called Passion Fruit, Passiflora, Edible Passionflower, Granadilla. Homeland is South America, but can be found in most tropical countries, including the countries of Southeast Asia. It got its second name "Fruit of Passion" because it is credited with the properties of a strong aphrodisiac.

Passion fruit fruits have a smooth, slightly elongated rounded shape, reaching 8 centimeters in diameter. Ripe fruits have a very bright juicy color and come in yellow, purple, pink or red colors. The yellow fruits are less sweet than others. The pulp also comes in a variety of colors. Under the inedible peel is a jelly-like sweet and sour pulp with seeds. You can't call it especially tasty, juices, jellies, etc. made from it are much tastier.

When consumed, it is most convenient to cut the fruit in half and eat the pulp with a spoon. The bones in the pulp are also edible, but they cause drowsiness, so it is better not to abuse them. Passion fruit juice, by the way, also has a calming effect and causes drowsiness. The most ripe and tasty fruits are those, the skin of which is not perfectly smooth, but covered with "wrinkles" or small "dents" (these are the ripe fruits).

Ripening season from May to August. Passion fruit can be stored in the refrigerator for one week.

Avocado

Avocado is also called American Perseus and Alligator pear. It is generally accepted that Avocado is a fruit. Perhaps scientifically, it is, but it tastes more like a vegetable.

Fruit Avocado pear-shaped, up to 20 centimeters long. Covered with a tasteless and inedible rind. Inside there is a dense pear-like pulp and one large bone. The pulp tastes like an unripe pear or pumpkin and is nothing special. But when the avocado is well ripe, its flesh becomes softer, oily, and tastier.

Avocados are more commonly used in food preparation than eaten raw. So do not rush to try this fruit by all means. But dishes prepared with Avocado can greatly diversify the festive table. On the Internet you can find many recipes for avocado dishes, including salads, soups, main courses, but on vacation you are unlikely to need all of this, so you can not look too much at Avocado.

Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis, breadfruit, pana)

Do not confuse breadfruit with Jackfruit. Jackfruit, although known as the Indian breadfruit, is actually a completely different fruit.

The breadfruit can be found in all tropical regions, but mainly in the countries of Southeast Asia and Oceania. Due to the very high yield of the Breadfruit, its fruits in some countries are the main product of kicking, like our potatoes, for example.

The fruits of the Breadfruit are round, very large, can reach 30 centimeters in diameter and four kilograms in weight. Ripe fruits are consumed raw, like fruit, and unripe fruits are used as vegetables for cooking. It is better to buy ripe fruits on vacation, and even better already cut into portions, because you are unlikely to be able to cut and eat the fruit whole. In ripe fruit, the pulp becomes soft and slightly sweet, tastes like banana and potatoes. This is not to say that the taste is outstanding, and therefore breadfruit is not often found in tourist fruit markets. The taste of bread can only be felt when preparing an unripe fruit.

Ripening season of the Breadfruit, 9 months of the year. You can buy fresh fruits all year round.

Jabuticaba

Jaboticaba (Jaboticaba) is also known as the Brazilian grape tree. It can be found mainly in the countries of South America, but sometimes it is found in the countries of Southeast Asia.

It is a very interesting, tasty and rare exotic fruit. If you can find it and try it, consider yourself lucky. The fact is that the Jaboticaba tree grows very slowly, which is why it is practically not cultivated.

The way the fruits grow is also interesting: they grow right on the trunk, and not on the branches of a tree. Fruits are small (up to 4 cm in diameter), dark purple in color. Under a thin, dense skin (inedible) there is a soft, jelly-like and very tasty pulp with several seeds.

The tree bears fruit almost all year round.

Kiwano / Horned Melon

Kiwano Melon is also known as Horned Melon, African Cucumber, Antillean Cucumber, Horned Cucumber, Anguria. Kiwano really looks like a large cucumber in the cut. Although it is a fruit, it is still a question. The fact is that Kiwano fruits grow on a liana. It is cultivated mainly in Africa, New Zealand, and the American continent.

Kiwano fruits are oblong, up to 12 centimeters long. The color is yellow, orange and red, depending on the degree of ripeness. Under the dense peel, the flesh is green, the taste is somewhat reminiscent of a cucumber, banana and melon. The fruit is not peeled, but cut into slices or halves (like a regular melon), and then the pulp is eaten. In its raw form, both unripe and unripe fruits are consumed. Unripe fruits can be eaten with the seeds as they are soft. Also used with salt.

Miracle fruit

The magic fruit is native to West Africa. It does not have an outstanding exotic taste, but it is known and interesting for the fact that after you eat it, all foods will seem sweet to you for about an hour. The fact is that the Magic Fruit contains a certain protein that blocks the taste buds on the tongue for some time, which are responsible for the sour taste. Therefore, you can eat lemon, and it will taste sweet to you. True, only fresh plucked fruits have this property, and during storage they quickly lose it. So don't be surprised if the "trick" doesn't work on purchased fruits.

The fruit grows on small trees or shrubs, have a rounded oblong shape, 2-3 centimeters long, red, with a hard bone inside.

The magic fruit bears fruit almost all year round.

Bail (Bael, Wood apple, wood apple)

It is also known under other names: Aegle marmelos, stone apple, limonia acidissima, feronia elephantum, feronia limonia, hesperethusa crenulata, elephant apple, monkey fruit, curd fruit. It is very widespread in the countries of Southeast Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand).

This fruit grows on a tree and reaches 5-20 cm in diameter. The fruit is gray-green (unripe) to yellow or brown (ripe) with a very dense, rough skin resembling a nut shell. The pulp of the unripe fruit is orange, divided into segments with white seeds. In a ripe fruit, the pulp is mushy, brown in color, sticky, it can taste sour or sweet.

Bail's fruits are not so easy to find in fruit markets as a whole. And even if you meet him, you yourself will not cope with him. The fact is that its rind is hard as stone, and it is impossible to get to the pulp without a hammer or hatchet.

If you don't manage to try it fresh (which, in general, you shouldn't worry about), you can buy tea from the fruits of Bail, called Matoom tea. It consists of dried orange-brown circles, divided into several segments. It is believed to be very effective in the treatment of gastrointestinal, colds, bronchial and asthmatic diseases. It is also used in cooking (tea, drinks, preserves, jams, salads) and cosmetology (soap, aromatic oil).

Ripening season from November to December.

Buddha's hand

The Buddha's hand is a kind of Citron. It is also called the Fingers of Buddha and Finger Citron.

We decided to mention this very exotic fruit so that you do not try it during your holiday in a tropical paradise. This is not the kind of fruit you enjoy. Undoubtedly, the fruit is very interesting and healthy, and when you see it, you will most likely have a desire to try it. But don't be in a hurry. It is widely used in cooking, but you are not likely to eat it. The fruit of the Buddha's Hand is almost entirely composed of a peel (inedible pulp), which is similar to lemon peel in taste (bitter-sour taste) and violet in smell.

The fruit is very interesting in shape and looks like a palm with a large number of fingers, reaching a length of 40 centimeters. You can buy it only in order to bring it home with you as a souvenir, and already at home prepare various dishes with citrus flavor from it (compote, jelly, candied fruit).

Banana (Banana, Musa)

Well, in general, everyone already knows about bananas. We accidentally remembered the banana so that you can vote for them if they are your favorite. By the way, it is worth mentioning that bananas in exotic countries taste much better than those that are sold at home, so be sure to try bananas on vacation, maybe you will like them even more than before.

Papaya (Papaya, Melon tree, Breadfruit)

The birthplace of Papaya is South America, but now it is found in almost all tropical countries. Papaya fruits grow on trees, have a cylindrical oblong shape up to 20 centimeters in length.

Many who have tried Papaya say that it is more a vegetable than a fruit. But that's because they were eating unripe Papaya. Unripe Papaya is really very widely used in cooking, salads are made from it (be sure to try the spicy Thai Papaya salad called Som Tam), meat is stewed with it and simply fried.

But ripe papaya raw is really delicious and sweet. In texture, it resembles a dense melon, and the taste is a cross between a pumpkin and a melon. On sale there are both whole green fruits (not yet ripe, for cooking), and yellow-orange (ripe, ready to eat raw). It is not worth buying the whole fruit, it is better to buy ready-to-eat, peeled and cut into slices Papaya.

You can meet Papaya in tropical countries all year round.

Coconut (coconut, cocos, coco)

Coconut and coconut are often used as identical words. However, the name "coconut" in this case is not correct, because coconut, by its structure, is classified as a stone fruit, such as apricot or plum.

Coconut is the fruit of the coconut palm, which grows throughout the tropical zone. Belongs to the category of fruits.

It is a large round (up to 30 cm in diameter) fruit weighing up to 3 kg. Koros has conditionally two degrees of maturation. Young coconut has a smooth light green or green-yellow outer layer, under which there is a hard bone.In turn, under it is a clear (coconut water) or white emulsion (coconut milk), with a small jelly-like layer of coconut pulp on the walls of the shell. The liquid inside with a slightly sweet taste quenches thirst well, the pulp can also be eaten by scraping it off the walls with a spoon.

Another degree of ripening (or overripe) that we see in our stores is the following: on the outside there is a fibrous and rough layer, under which there is a hard brown shell, and under it is a thick layer of white flesh and a slightly turbid liquid. This liquid, as a rule, is not tasty, and the pulp is dry and tasteless.

When opening a coconut, you need to be careful, here you cannot do with one universal kitchen knife, you will need more "heavy artillery". But fortunately, if you buy a coconut in tourist areas, you do not have to worry about opening it: it will be opened in front of you, and, most likely, they will also give you a drinking straw and a spoon for "scraping" the pulp. Chilled coconut is most delicious.

Tourists love a special coconut cocktail: you need to drink a little coconut juice, and add 30-100 grams of cognac, rum or whiskey there.

Coconut contains vitamins A, B, C, proteins, sugar, carbohydrates, organic acids; minerals - sodium, calcium, potassium, iron, phosphorus.

The ripening season is all year round.

Sapodilla or sapot tree or woody potato (Manilkara achras, M. zapota, or Achras zapota), sapodilla, prang khaa, la-mut, naseberry, chiku)

Sapodilla is an oval or round fruit up to 10 cm and weighing 100-150 g. It looks very much like a plum. The skin is matte and thin, with a color ranging from light to dark brown.

Ripe fruit has a sweet taste with a slightly caramel flavor. In structure, the pulp resembles a persimmon - soft and juicy, and just like persimmon it can "knit" a little, only much less. Inside there are several large black bones with a hook at the end (you need to be careful when using). As a rule, it is not recommended to store the fruit for more than 3 days, because it quickly deteriorates and sour. Therefore, Sapodilla is practically not found on the shelves of our stores. Unripe fruit is also not recommended to be consumed, because it tastes very unpleasant. It is worth choosing ripe fruits based on their color (those that are yellower or brown are more ripe, green should not be chosen at all) and softness. Hard fruits are completely unripe, ripe fruits give in to pressure a little, and overripe ones are squeezed very easily.

Sapodilla grows in countries with a tropical climate, in particular in America, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines.

Most often, Sapodilla is used in desserts, salads and drinks. Unripe fruits are used for diarrhea, burns, as well as in cosmetology.

Contains vitamins A and C, iron, calcium, carbohydrates.

The ripening season is from September to December.

Pomelo

Pomelo or pomela or pamela

The pomelo is a citrus fruit and is considered the largest among this family. It is often compared to grapefruit. As a rule, the fruit has a round shape, can reach up to 20 cm in diameter and weigh up to 10 kg !!! Coloring, depending on the variety, can be from green to yellow-green. The peel is very thick, inside there is a light flesh: from white to pale yellow or pink. The pulp is divided into slices, separated by film septa. Each lobule has large fibers and may contain small white bones. Pomelo tastes sweet with sourness, can be slightly bitter. Compared to, for example, the same grapefruit, the Pomelo pulp is drier.

Pomelo grows in the countries of southeast Asia (Malaysia, China, Japan, Vietnam, India, Indonesia), on about. Tahiti, Israel, USA. In Russia, it can be purchased at any supermarket, so it is not so exotic for the residents of Russia.

Choosing a Pomelo should be guided, first of all, by a pronounced fragrant citrus scent and soft peel. Before use, you need to peel it from a thick peel by making several cuts (to make it more convenient and easier to clean), then divide it into separate slices, which are also freed from partitions (they are very hard). Store at room temperature for up to a month, cleaned in the refrigerator, no more than 3 days.

This fruit is used in cooking, in cosmetology. In some countries, it is consumed with salt, chili and sugar, dipping peeled wedges into this mixture.

Pomelo contains vitamins A, B, C, trace elements, fiber, essential oils.

Ripening season: all year round.

Fig (fig, fig tree, fig, wine berry, Smyrna berry, Ficus carica)

Fig fruits can be round, pear-shaped or flattened with one "eye". On average, a ripe fruit weighs about 80 g, up to 8 cm in diameter. Top covered with a thin, smooth peel from yellow-green to dark blue or purple. Under the skin is a layer of white crust. Inside, the pulp is very sweet and juicy with small seeds, jelly-like consistency, reminiscent of strawberries in taste. By color - the pulp is pink to bright red. Unripe fruits are inedible and contain milky juice.

It grows in Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Mediterranean countries.

Choose ripe Figs with a dense skin, no spots, slightly soft. It is recommended to store it no more than 3 days in the refrigerator, because it deteriorates quickly and is not transportable. You can eat with the peel, cut into slices or in half, scraping the pulp with a spoon. Most often, figs can be found on store shelves only in dried form. Dried fruits are pre-soaked in water before use, water after such a "soak" can be drunk (useful substances are transferred there).

Figs are dried, pickled, jam and jam are made. Dried, it is more nutritious and high-calorie than fresh.

Figs contain a lot of potassium, iron, vitamins B, PP, C, carotene, minerals and organic acids.

Ripening season: August to November.

Kiwi (Actinidia deliciosa, Actinidia chinensis, Kiwi, Chinese gooseberry, Chinese grapes)

Kiwi fruit is a berry. It has small fruits of a round or oval shape, covered on the outside with a fleecy thin skin of brown color. Fruit weight can reach up to 80 g, diameter - up to 7 cm. Under the skin there is a juicy pulp, depending on the variety, it can be from green to yellow. In the very middle of the fruit, the flesh is white, surrounded by many small black seeds. The seeds are edible and taste sour. Kiwi pulp is generally sweet with a slight sourness, reminiscent of a mixture of gooseberry, apple, pineapple.

Kiwi is grown in countries with a subtropical climate (Italy, New Zealand, Chile, Greece). There are also small plantations in Russia (Krasnodar Territory). You can buy it everywhere at any time of the year.

You need to choose even fruits, without dents and other damage to the skin, their ripeness is determined by the softness of the fruit. If the fruits are tough and hard, then they will ripen at home without any problems, for which they need to be placed in a bag with apples for one or two days. Kiwi can be stored at room temperature for up to 5 days, in the refrigerator - up to two weeks, previously, put in a bag or plastic container.

There are two ways to eat Kiwi: peel and cut into wedges, or cut in half and eat away at the flesh with a spoon.

Kiwi contains a large amount of vitamins B and C, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium.

Various desserts, fruit salads are made from it, served with meat, fish, seafood, drinks are prepared (syrups, liqueurs, wine, cocktails). Used in cosmetology.

Chrysophyllum or Star apple (Chrysophyllum cainito), star apple, cainito, kaimito, (caimito, star apple), milky fruit

Star apple fruits are round or oval up to 10 cm in diameter. The peel is thin, smooth from green to purple or brown, depending on the variety. Under the peel there is a layer of crust of the same color as the crust itself. The pulp is white to purple in color, juicy, sweet, sticky, jelly-like, with an apple flavor. Inside, up to 10 hard hard brown seeds, up to 2 cm long. In cross-section, the flesh resembles a star. Unripe fruits are knit and inedible. Milky juice, which remains even in ripe fruits, is very sticky, as a result, when the fruit is consumed, lips may stick together a little.

It grows in countries with tropical climates: South America, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, West Africa.

Ripe fruits should be chosen for a slightly wrinkled peel and softness with pressure, no damage. It can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 2-3 weeks. The fruits tolerate transportation well. Before use, the fruit must be cooled and peeled and peeled (they are bitter). You can eat, either by cutting in half and choosing the pulp with a spoon, or by cutting into slices, like a watermelon, the bones are inedible.

Used in the preparation of desserts.

Star apple is rich in vitamin C and trace elements. Very nutritious.

Ripening season: February to March.

Guanabana (guanabana, annana muricata, sour cream apple, annona prickly, graviola, sauce, sauasep)

Guanabana is a close relative of Noina and Cherimoya, and they can really be confused with an inexperienced eye in appearance and even taste. Their main difference is in the peel: Guanabana's peel surface is clearly similar to rare low spines or villi, although in fact these processes are soft and not prickly at all. The fruit is round, irregularly elongated, large enough, can reach a weight of 12 kilograms, although usually on sale there are fruits weighing no more than 3 kilograms.

The homeland of Guanabana is tropical America, but today it can be found in almost all tropical regions, including the countries of Southeast Asia. You can find this fruit not in every fruit market, but if you find it, be sure to try it.

The pulp of the fruit is white, soft, creamy and slightly fibrous in texture. It tastes sweet and slightly sour, unlike any other fruit. Inside there are a large number of hard bones in the size and shape of a large bean.

In an unripe fruit, the flesh is firm and tasteless, like a pumpkin. Moreover, the fruits are often sold unripe (ripen within a few days), which is why tourists, having bought it and tried it, do not immediately fall in love with it. But it is enough to let it lie down for a couple of days, as it acquires its own unique taste. To select a ripe fruit, you need to press a little on it, the peel should bend slightly. Hard, dense fruits - unripe.

You can eat Guanabana by cutting the fruit in half and scraping the pulp with a spoon, or by cutting it into slices and eating it like a watermelon. Peeling a ripe fruit from the peel will not work.

Guanabana is a perishable product and should be kept in the refrigerator. If you want to bring home, choose hard, unripe fruits, they ripen quite well within 2-3 days, but then deteriorate.

The ripening season for Guanabana is all year round.

Tamarillo (Tomato tree, Cyphomandra beetroot, Cyphomandra betacea)

Tamarillo is an oval berry, reaching a length of 5 to 10 cm, with a diameter of up to 5 cm. The color of the fruit varies from yellow to dark red and even purple. It looks and tastes very much like tomatoes, which is why its second name is Tomato tree, but still it is a fruit. Its rind is hard, smooth and bitter. Very similar to a tomato with a currant flavor, but has a slightly pronounced fruity odor. The pulp can be yellow or orange in color. As a rule, it has two sections inside with light or dark small seeds (depending on the color of the peel of the fruit itself, the lighter the color, the lighter the seeds).

It grows in the countries of South America (Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil, etc.), some countries of Central America, Jamaica, Haiti, New Zealand.

You need to choose even and smooth fruits, without external damage, slightly soft. At the same time, you should know that yellow and orange fruits are sweeter, and fruits with a darker color become sour as they ripen. Ripe fruits are stored for a short time (in the cold no longer than 7 days), unripe fruits are able to ripen at room temperature. Poorly tolerated transportation.

Tamarillo is eaten, after peeling it from the peel (it is inedible), and slightly capturing a layer of pulp, or cutting it in half and scooping the pulp with a spoon.

It is widely used in cooking, using it in dishes and as a vegetable and as a fruit.

Tamarillo is rich in vitamins (A, group B, C, E) and trace elements.

The ripening season is all year round.

Feijoa (Pineapple Guava, Acca sellowiana)

Feijoa is a small oval berry, 3 to 5 cm long, up to 4 cm in diameter.The average fruit weighs from 15 to 50 g. The feijoa fruit has a color from light to dark green, sometimes with a whitish bloom, dried on one top "tail". The skin is thin, dense, it can be smooth or slightly bumpy, wrinkled. The pulp under the skin, depending on the degree of ripeness, is from white or creamy to brownish (in the latter case, they say that the berry is spoiled). Inside, the pulp is divided into sections, in the center of which there are several light edible seeds. The consistency of ripe feijoa is light and jelly-like. The berry tastes juicy, sweet and sour, reminiscent of a mixture of strawberries with pineapple or strawberries with kiwi (people have different tastes).

It grows in countries with a subtropical climate: in South America (Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay) in the Caucasus and southern Russia (Krasnodar Territory), Abkhazia, Georgia, Crimea and Central Asia.

You can eat as a whole fruit together with the peel, however, this is not for everybody, because Feijoa peel tastes sour and knits. In most cases, the feijoa is cut in half and scooped out with a spoon, or you can peel the skin with a knife and eat the peeled fruit.

For immediate use, you need to choose soft (ripe) fruits. If you have to transport, then the tough (unripe) feijoa fruits are perfect for this, and will mature on the road. Ripe berries should be stored for no more than 3-4 days.

Feijoa contains a large amount of iodine, acids, vitamin C.

It is used in cooking: jams and jellies, salads and drinks are prepared.

The ripening season is October-November.

Pepino (Melon Pear, Sweet Cucumber (Solanum muricatum)

This rather large berry grows weighing up to 700 g. In shape, the fruits can be different and oblong, and pear-shaped, and round. The color is mainly from pale to bright yellow, sometimes with purple blotches or stripes. Ripe fruit is very juicy and sweet, reminiscent of melon in taste, while unripe fruit can slightly sour. The rind is thin, dense, smooth. The pulp is yellow, inside there are sinuses with small light-colored seeds (edible). Before eating, it is customary to peel the fruit (it is edible, but unpleasant to the taste)

It is cultivated in large quantities in South America (Peru, Chile), New Zealand.

You need to choose ripe fruits for a rich yellow color with a slightly pronounced fruity aroma and a little soft. A feature of Pepino is that ripe fruits can be stored for several months in the refrigerator, unripe fruits can ripen and can also be stored for a long time.

Contains vitamins (A, B, C, PP), keratin, iron, potassium, pectin.

They are used in cooking, along with vegetables, especially the unripe fruits of Pepino.

The ripening season is all year round.

Santol or Cato (Sandoricum koetjape, santol, kraton, krathon, graton, tong, donka, wild mangosteen, false mangosteen)

Santol grows in the countries of Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, the Philippines).

The Santola fruit has a round shape from 8 to 15 cm in diameter with a long stalk. Depending on the variety, it can be from yellowish to brown, the rind is slightly velvety on top. Fruit color is usually uneven with pigmentation over the entire surface. Under a rather thick peel, there is a whitish opaque pulp similar to "garlic" cloves, up to 5 pieces. Inside each lobule there is a large brownish bone (it is not recommended to eat it unnecessarily, because it has a laxative effect). The pulp is juicy in taste, it can be from sour to sweet and sour, it resembles a little mangosteen. As a rule, the fruits of the yellowish varieties are sweeter.

Before use, you need to peel the fruit from the peel (it is inedible), after cutting it across into two halves, using a knife or peeling it with your hands, and then remove the pulp slices and free them from the bones. The pulp is poorly separated from the bone, so it is customary to suck it. Sometimes Santol is eaten with salt and pepper.

Santola fruits contain large amounts of iron, magnesium, fluoride.

They are used in cooking (desserts, alcohol) and cosmetology (masks, scrubs).

The ripening season is from May to June.

Jujuba or ziziphus (Zizyphus jujuba) (unabi, Chinese date, breast berry, jujuba, jujube)

The fruit of a shrub is ovoid or round in shape in length from 2 to 6 cm, depending on the variety. Outside, the fruit is smooth, shiny, from green or yellowish to dark red, even brown. Sometimes the color of a jujuba can be heterogeneous over the entire surface, as if spotted. The skin is thin and almost inseparable from the fruit. Inside, the pulp is white, dense, very juicy and sweet, reminiscent of an apple. In the middle, as a rule, there is one oblong bone. Jujube has a weak fruity aroma.

It grows in countries with temperate climates to subtropical, in particular Thailand, China, India, Japan, Central Asia, the Mediterranean, southern Russia, the Caucasus.

You need to choose dense fruits, but not very tough (they can be savory), dark red or brown in color. Eat with the peel. Fresh fruits are poorly stored, so it is recommended to dry them.

Juyuba is a useful and even medicinal product. It is consumed both fresh and dried. Rich in vitamins A, B, especially vitamin C, sugars, acids, microelements.

It is widely used in cooking (drinks, wine, jams, canning, etc.), medicine (has a calming, anesthetic, tonic effect), cosmetology.

The ripening season is from August to October.

Burmese grapes or Mafai (Mafai, Baccaurea ramiflora, Baccaurea sapida)

Mafai fruits taste very much like and outwardly similar to Longan fruits. They are from yellow to red in color up to 5 cm in diameter. The rind is thin, soft, smooth. Inside there are 2 to 4 cloves that look like garlic cloves. The pulp is juicy, white, sweet and sour with a refreshing effect. Inside each lobule there is a stone that does not separate from the pulp, the stone tastes bitter. Because of this, it is not very convenient to eat the fruit, since almost all the pulp remains "stuck" to the stone, and it is impossible to separate it in any way. This fruit does not have a characteristic aroma. In general, it cannot be said that this fruit is worth "hunting" in order to be sure to try it.

The peel of Mafai is cleaned well (the pulp is mentioned above), it is best stored in the refrigerator.

You can meet this fruit in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, China, Cambodia. Very rare.

The ripening season is from May to August.

Dragon fruit (geow mangon) or pithaya - covered with bright pink scales with bright green edges. White, red or purple pulp with many small seeds is especially tasty with yogurt.

The translucent pulp of rambutan is very sweet and contains vitamins C, B1 and B2, carbohydrates, proteins, calcium, phosphorus. Canned rambutans are often stuffed with pineapple and served over ice. In Asia, they say: "Eat at least one rambutan will lengthen your life."

At first glance, guava fruits can be mistaken for an unripe watermelon. This tropical fruit has a dense green rind and a pale pink content with a pleasant scent. In the distant past, the scent of guava trees made the Spaniards think they were in heaven on earth.

Mangosteen is a small, round fruit with thick, dark purple skin and large green leaves. The mangosteen fruit is considered one of the finest fruits in the world. The aroma of mangosteen fruits combines the aromas of apricot, melon, rose, lemon and something else elusive.

Jackfruit is a fruit the size of a large melon with a huge amount of seeds inside. The taste of jackfruit is somewhat reminiscent of a pear. All parts of the plant, including the peel, contain sticky latex, so you need to cut this beauty by lubricating your hands with sunflower oil or wearing rubber gloves.

Longkong grows in bunches and is very similar to petrified grapes: each fruit has a hard crust. But it is easy to eat it: press on the skin, and a small yellow ball of translucent white pulp with a delicate pleasant taste will pop out.

Carambola is one of the most beautiful fruits because carambola fruits are star-shaped. Carambola has a pleasant floral taste, but it is not sweet. Carambola is used for making salads, sauces and soft drinks. You don't need to peel the fruit, you can just cut it into pieces.

Durian (thurien) is a large green prickly fruit that smells monstrous, but has a delicate and pleasant taste. You need to eat it like drinking vodka: exhale and put the pulp in your mouth without breathing. With durian, you will not be allowed to the hotel, plane, or restaurant.

Sapodilla is a light brown, egg-shaped fruit. Sapodilla pulp has a pronounced milky - caramel taste.

Salakka is not a fish. It is a scaly, dark brown, bulb-like fruit. They have orange flesh inside. The taste of herring is, as usual, specific.

Lychee is a small, round fruit with a hard, thin red shell, under which lies a sweet juicy white pulp, slightly tart in taste. Lychee fruits are used for fresh food, various sweet dishes (ice cream, jelly, creams, etc.) are prepared from them.

Sugar apple. Under the bumpy, marsh-green skin of this fruit, there is a sweet, aromatic, milky flesh. Before eating, the rough skin of the fruit is usually opened, then the segments of the pulp are eaten, and the seeds are spat out. If the fruit is ripe enough, you can eat it with a spoon. The pulp is also used to make desserts and soft drinks. Ripe fruits are soft to the touch, unripe fruits are tough.

Pink apples taste very similar to ordinary apples, only Thai ones are somewhat sour.

Tomarillo. Woody tomato with a rosehip flavor ripens on evergreen bushes 2-3 meters high. The fruits are usually orange, red or purple and are similar in shape and size to a hen's egg. The sweet and sour taste of tomarillo - a cross between tomato, melon and rose hips - is very good for drinks and salads. The skin must be removed before use.

Nispero. It is similar in shape to a large plum, with two or three dark seeds inside and a sweet-sour juicy pulp. Nispero is low in calories and rich in vitamins A, B2, C, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium.

Physalis (aka Peruvian gooseberry, (so named for its taste slightly reminiscent of gooseberries), aka earthen cherry, aka strawberry tomato, Physalis, cape gooseberries) is the closest relative of tomato and potatoes. This light fruit is mainly grown in South and Central America and is available almost all year round. It is nothing more than an edible version of the decorative "Chinese lanterns". A winged crinoline of dried petals rises to reveal a matte golden berry beneath. Sweet and sour, with a slight bitterness and slightly reminiscent of strawberries in taste, the pulp is full of the smallest grains. The main advantage of physalis is that it is a wonderful source of vitamin C.

Cherimoya. This fruit often grows in the shape of a heart, with a smooth green surface similar to a closed pine cone. If you break such a cone in half, then inside you will find white pulp with a pear flavor and inedible black seeds. It is most convenient to eat this pulp with a spoon directly from the scarloop, or you can chop it into a punch of sweet white wine.

It is believed that a person needs to eat those vegetables and fruits that grow in his habitat, northern peoples do not need to feast on overseas pineapples, such an experiment will not bring any benefit, but it can do harm. However, few people, being in an exotic country, are able to resist the temptation to try an unusual fruit, or not to taste the forbidden fruit from the hands of someone who has just returned from the south. Numerous types of tropical fruits excite the minds and gastronomic sensations of travelers, going to a new country, one cannot but try exotic fruits, the photos of which could only be seen in the picture earlier. Some have an incredibly alluring appearance, others repulse, and even frighten with their non-standard beauty of bizarre shapes.

In this article, we will look at exotic fruits, the list of which is very long. Perhaps, after looking at the description and photo, you will understand that you will never take THIS in your mouth, but for another exotic fruit you are ready to go across the seven seas. The name of the exotic fruit is easiest to understand from the photo and description. Get ready, the list is really long.

Lychee

The most famous exotic fruit from Thailand, which is tasted and brought by travelers, is lychee. Lychee has a strange appearance, an original taste, reminiscent of a mixture of very sweet grapes and gooseberries and, by the way, also grows in China and Indonesia. It is a small red fruit, about 4 cm in diameter, has a tough skin, which is easy to remove, just by getting used to it, and eating a lot of pieces. The pulp is white-transparent, slightly jelly-like, very sweet, but slightly sour. There is a large bone inside. The fruit has a rich vitamin and trace element composition: pectins, potassium, magnesium, vitamin C, PP. Plus, lychee is packed with protein.

Longan

This yellow exotic fruit also comes from Thailand and resembles lychee in taste and appearance, but the name of this tropical fruit is different - longan or, as it is also called, Dragon's Eye.

Some have compared the appearance of this fruit to a small potato, but it looks like it only in the size and color of the peel. Longan's skin is also very tough, albeit thin. The yellow color of the longan rind hides the tender pulp, like that of lychee, white, translucent. This tropical fruit has a sweet taste. The texture is also jelly-like, elastic, the bone is large and hard. Fruits contain a lot of calcium, phosphorus, vitamin C, and sugars. The fruit also grows in China, Vietnam, Cambodia.

Pitahaya

Some of the tropical countries are brought local fruits as a souvenir, not everyone dares to try the overseas miracle right away, but wants to know what it is, because exotic fruits with names captivate with their beauty and play of colors. For example, many are interested in the question of what kind of exotic fruit it is - white with black seeds. White tender pulp, generously strewn with black small seeds of the pitahaya.

The appearance of the pitahaya, otherwise, the Dragon Fruit, is also memorable: an oval fruit the size of a palm with a red or pink skin. The fruit is very juicy and soft inside, it is most convenient to eat with a spoon. The fruit is very interesting in appearance, but in no way remarkable in taste. Basically, it is added when preparing various desserts, but as an independent product they try it rather out of curiosity. Grows in Southeast Asia, Vietnam, China, Thailand.

By the way, pitahaya is a cactus fruit, which you can guess, judging by its appearance.

Kiwano

Kiwano is an exotic fruit similar to a cucumber. The transparent green flesh of the Kiwano resembles the flesh of a well-known vegetable. The fruit also has other names, which translate into our language as "Horned melon", "African cucumber", "Horned cucumber". The peel of the fruit is yellow-orange with thorns. Before use, the fruit is not peeled, but cut like a watermelon. The fruit tastes like a cross between banana, melon, cucumber and kiwi. In Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Guatemala, Israel and the United States, Kiwano is added to both desserts and main dishes. Unripe fruits are also edible.

Carambola

Many people fell in love with an exotic fruit of bright yellow color, which has a funny shape and edible peel - carambola. In the context of this exotic fruit, it looks like a star, it is eaten whole, along with the skin and seeds. Has a pleasant smell and juicy pulp, sweet and sour taste. Some argue that carambola tastes vaguely like apple. Carambola fruits will decorate a festive table, cocktail or dessert. Grows in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

Buddha's hand

Other yellow tropical fruits, distinguished by their appearance, but not striking in taste, are citrons, or "Buddha's Hand". In shape, the fruit resembles a human hand with long fingers, it does not look very appetizing. The peel here occupies more than 70% of the total fruit, and the pulp is bitter in taste. It is not recommended to try fresh citron, you will not get pleasure from such a snack. You can bring home as a souvenir, and only then add instead of lemon when preparing sweet dishes. For these purposes, it is used at home - in India, Japan, Vietnam, China.

Pepino

Considering the most exotic fruits, consider one more of them - pepino. Native to South America and New Zealand, this yellow tropical fruit is actually a berry. True, the weight of such a berry can be more than 700 grams. We call it Melon Pear or Sweet Cucumber. It tastes like a good ripe melon, the peel, like the seeds, is edible, but unpleasant to the taste. Mainly grown in

Mafai

Mafai, or Burmese grapes, are similar in appearance and taste to longan. The pulp is yellow, translucent, jelly-like. Inside, the fruit is juicy, sweet and sour, refreshing. Inside, the fruit is a few cloves, like garlic. And in each slice there is a bitter bone, which is difficult to separate from the pulp. These tropical fruits can be bought in Thailand, Vietnam, India, China, Cambodia.

Medlar

Medlar, or Lokva, is another rather unusual "sunny" yellow-orange exotic fruit. Outwardly, the fruits resemble an apple or persimmon, but the texture of the pulp is like that of a plum. The taste is reminiscent of sweet and sour blueberry, apple, persimmon and pear combined. Such is the "multifruit". You can buy it not only in overseas countries, but also here, in Russia: in the Crimea and in the Krasnodar Territory.

Guanabana

Guanabana is a green tropical fruit with a bright appearance and original taste. The appearance of this fruit is deceiving: the prickly-looking thorns on the peel are actually soft processes that do not deliver unpleasant tactile sensations. The fruits are large - on average, from 3 to 14 kilograms, and it is not surprising that his bones are the size of large beans.

The flesh of guanabana is oily and fibrous, sweet and sour with a unique taste reminiscent of Citro soda. An unripe fruit is absolutely tasteless, so many tourists, having bought “green” guanabana in every sense, do not find anything good in it. The ripe fruit should be firm and sag when pressed. If the fruit is hard, then it is not ripe. Let it rest for a few days, and you can enjoy the original taste. You need to eat guanaban by cutting it in half, scraping the pulp with a spoon. Can be cut into wedges and eaten like watermelon or melon. You can buy this splendor in South America.

Avocado

A green tropical fruit that has practically ceased to be exotic for Russians is avocado. Yes, in fact, the fruit is a fruit, although it tastes more like a vegetable. Oily, greasy flesh texture, something between fresh pumpkin and nut.

The stone inside the fruit is very large, inedible, but it also exists. More details can be found in a separate article on our website.

Like many other unusual overseas fruits, avocado is a very healthy fruit that is best bought in Vietnam, India, Cuba.

Spanish lime

Another green exotic fruit is the Spanish lime. Its flavoring properties are far from the qualities of limes known to us. Spanish lime has sweet, not bitter flesh, but the rind is also inedible. You can try it in Ecuador, Colombia.

Ambarella

Ambarella is an oval-shaped yellow-green fruit. The skin is tough, inedible, the bone is prickly and hard, but the pulp is very juicy, soft, slightly reminiscent of a mixture of mango and pineapple in taste. Grows in India, Indonesia,

Bail

Bail is an exotic fruit, similar to a pear or an apple, and has a second name, which translates as Wood apple. The skin is dense and rusty, like a nut, the pulp with fibers, sweet or sour, irritates the throat when consumed. The baile's rind is so tough that you can only cut the fruit in half with a hammer. For this reason, it is sold mainly already cut. Grows in India, Pakistan, Indonesia.

Bam balan

The fruit called bam-balan is distinguished by its original taste. Tourists claim that the taste of the fruit resembles the taste of borscht, seasoned with sour cream. It grows on the island of Barneo, from the Malaysian side.

Pink banana

Banana is a pink exotic fruit that grows in many warm countries and practically does not differ in taste from its yellow counterpart.

Mangosteen

Mangosteen is an exotic fruit with a deep purple hue. About the size of an apple, it has a thin but inedible skin. Elastic sweet and sour pulp, practically pitted. If bones are found, they can be eaten. Due to its composition, mangosteen is able to reduce inflammatory processes in the body: swelling, pain, redness.

Marula

Marula is a greenish fruit with juicy, savory and tasteless pulp that can ferment. The fruits begin to ferment immediately after ripening, so finding fresh fruit is problematic. However, this does not upset either the inhabitants of Africa or the animals: they both love to feast on the "alcoholic" fruit.

Guava

Guava is a pink tropical fruit on the inside and green on the outside. It grows in most tropical and subtropical countries. The original appearance, unfortunately, does not match the taste: you don't have to expect something great from the guava pulp. The taste resembles an ordinary unsweetened pear, but the aroma and beneficial properties of guava are at their best. It is worth purchasing such a fruit, if only for the sake of satisfying curiosity.

Passion fruit

Passion fruit is a tropical fruit known in our country more by name, but not by taste. It is called the "Fruit of Passion" and is considered a natural aphrodisiac. Fruits are oval in shape, yellow, purple, pink or red. The skin is inedible, and the flesh has a jelly-like texture. The taste is not very attractive, juices and desserts from passion fruit have much richer notes. To eat the fruit, you need to cut it in half and pick it off with a spoon from the skin. The most delicious fruits are ripe, they can be identified by wrinkles and dents on the peel. The birthplace of the fetus is South America.

Coconut

Coconut is one of the few exotic fruits ubiquitous in our supermarkets and grocery stores. However, overripe, tasteless fruits usually come to our counters. Ripe, but not overripe coconut has a smooth green shell, and not the "hairy" that we usually see. "Green" coconut has a jelly-like flesh and sweetish milk, which quenches thirst well. As a rule, for tourists, coconuts are specially opened, tubes are inserted so that milk can be easily drunk.

Mammeya

Mammeya is an exotic fruit similar in appearance and taste to an apricot. The second name of the fruit is known - "American apricot". The berry is large, up to 20 centimeters in diameter, the pulp is sweet, in taste and aroma akin to apricot and mango. You can buy it in almost all tropical countries.

Rambutan

Rambutan is an exotic hedgehog-like fruit that is also called the "Hairy Fruit". The fruits are red, round, covered with long, prickly-like processes. The pulp is transparent white, firm, jelly-like. The taste of the fruit is sweet and sour, and the seed is edible. The brighter the rind color, the riper the fruit. Grows in Indonesia, India, Thailand, Philippines.

Sapodilla

Sapodilla is an oval fruit up to 10 cm in diameter. The fruit is also called woody potato. The skin color really resembles the skin of a potato. The pulp is soft and juicy, a little knit like persimmon, but has a caramel flavor. The bones have a pointed shape, so when using them you need to make sure that they do not get into the throat. Grows in countries with tropical climates - America, Indonesia, Thailand, India.

Noina

Noina, or Sugar Apple, is an exotic cone-like fruit. Possesses not only original appearance, but also taste. The fruits are lumpy, which makes them look like cones. Very tasty, sweet, ripe pulp. The unripe fruit tastes like a pumpkin. The fruit grows in Thailand. Due to the uneven, tough skin, but very tender flesh, the fruit can be difficult to cut.

A pineapple

Pineapples are also tropical fruits that look like cones. Of course, most of us tried the announcements even if we didn't include exotic countries. But the taste of "our" pineapples, which we see every day on supermarket shelves, cannot be compared with real tropical representatives. They are very juicy, fleshy, and have an incredibly rich taste. This fruit can be found in Brazil, China and the Philippines.

Aki

Aki is a yellow or red exotic fruit, somewhat pear-shaped in shape. But the content does not look like anything, just look at the photo to be sure of this. Large black "eyes" are the seeds of the fruit that protrude with the pulp when the fruit is ripe. The ripe fruit bursts, and its pulp tastes like walnuts. The fruit grows in Brazil, Jamaica and Hawaii.

Now you can easily identify the name of exotic fruits from photos and descriptions, if you are lucky enough to visit distant countries. Before you dare to taste any fruit, look at the picture and the name, so as not to be disappointed in an unripe or overripe tropical fruit.

Of course, we did not give the entire list of exotic fruits, but tried to tell about the most popular and interesting representatives of overseas juicy wonders.

Nature gives people fruits and vegetables of all kinds of shades and colors. The most popular are the red fruits. We subconsciously associate this color with the ripeness of the fruit. Among the red fruits, you can find both those that are familiar to us from childhood, and quite exotic and unusual ones.

Benefit

The fruit owes its "appetizing" color to a special substance, lycopene. Its presence in the composition makes the fruits red. In addition, this microelement has a number of positive properties:

• reduces the risk of atherosclerosis;
• improves the condition of the skin;
• provides prevention of problems with the heart and blood vessels.

Red fruits are also rich in antioxidants. Their effect on our body is difficult to overestimate. They neutralize the harmful effects of free radicals. Therefore, their use is necessary for various ailments and for the normal functioning of many systems of our body.

Apples

An affordable and well-known fruit. Nutritionists recommend eating at least one apple a day. But it should be borne in mind that red fruits are more nutritious and are not recommended for people with diabetes. But there are still more useful properties in such fruits. They are able to remove toxins, improve metabolic processes, stimulate appetite, and improve vision.

Cherry

Of course, this is a berry, not a fruit. But its properties are close to the latter. It has a wide range of effects on our body. First of all, it should be used by people with problems of the heart and blood vessels. As a result, it is possible to achieve an improvement in blood clotting, strengthen blood vessels and lower cholesterol levels. This berry is also shown for problems with the gastrointestinal tract.

Garnet

Increases the level of iron in the blood. This provides prevention and therapy for anemia. It is pomegranate that is one of the most useful foods for the cardiovascular system and blood vessels. In addition, it cleanses the body, eliminates congestion. Strengthens the protective properties of the body, is recommended for colds and inflammatory processes in the throat.

Red bananas

Recent research by scientists has revealed the unique properties of these exotic fruits. They surpass their counterparts in many useful properties. Among the main positive qualities for the body are the following:

• are a natural source of beta-carotene, which is involved in the skin renewal process, improves vision and strengthens the immune system;
• due to the high content of potassium, bones are strengthened, and this element also prevents the formation of kidney stones;
• antioxidants and vitamin B are involved in hematopoiesis and accelerate blood metabolism (in particular, red cells);
• their use normalizes the digestive tract, prevents constipation.

Grapefruit

This bright fruit not only pleases us with its cheerful color, but is also able to improve mood and even fight depressive conditions. Regular intake will provide a solution to problems with low acidity of the stomach, eliminate constipation and provide elasticity of blood vessels. Among its other useful properties, the ability to remove cholesterol and toxins is distinguished, which is useful for people who are watching the figure. This citrus is actively used not only in folk medicine, but also in cosmetology. Its aroma can be found in all kinds of creams, masks and shampoos.

Grape

There are many varieties of grapes. Each of them is unique. The red subspecies differs from its counterparts in that it has a whole range of positive effects on our heart and circulatory system. It is especially useful for older people, as it improves memory and brain activity. This is an excellent prevention of the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Beauticians especially appreciate grape seeds. They make excellent scrubs and peels.

Pregnant women should not eat grapes in large quantities, as it promotes gas formation, which is highly undesirable during this period.

Cranberry

The sour berry, which is harvested by hand in Russia, has long been known for its beneficial properties. Cranberries stocked up since autumn will help to provide the body with the necessary amount of vitamins and minerals in winter. It is a natural antibiotic, therefore it is indispensable during the period of respiratory diseases.

It is consumed both fresh and dried. On its basis, a wonderful cranberry juice is learned. If you are preparing to become a mom, then cranberries will help support your immune system.

Many medicines are prohibited during this period, so this natural and safe product becomes especially valuable.

Watermelon

Who among us does not like to feast on the refreshing ripe pulp of a watermelon on a hot summer day? Have you ever thought that in addition to gastronomic delight, this berry is of great benefit to the body? Here are just a few of its properties:

• due to the diuretic effect, kidney function is improved and urolithiasis is prevented;
• improves heart function and fights hypertension due to the content of potassium, citrulline and magnesium;
• maintains eye health and prevents age-related visual impairment;
• the antioxidants included in the composition fight free radicals, which is valuable for people with bronchial asthma.

Lychee

This fruit, exotic for us, has been grown since ancient times in Africa, Thailand, Japan and China. The ripe fruit has a red skin, but inside it is almost transparent. Its use improves the condition of the skin, accelerating metabolic processes. The fruit is recommended for use by people with anemia and anemia. No one is immune from these ailments. Therefore, it is better to provide reliable prevention with a natural and tasty product.

In China, it bore the piquant name "fruit of love". This is due to the unique ability to increase sex drive. Therefore, when planning a romantic date, you can offer your partner this unusual fruit.

Rambutan

Most often, our fellow citizens get acquainted with this unusual shaggy fruit on vacation in hot countries. His unusual appearance attracts and is etched into the memory for a long time. Do not be afraid that after consuming such a "prickly" exotic, you will get indigestion. On the contrary, the fruit prevents its appearance due to its delicate anthelmintic action. If you are on vacation, do not deny yourself the pleasure of trying this unusual fruit with soft thorns.

Eye of the Dragon

Our compatriots also call this unusual fruit "dragon fruit" or "dragon heart". Its real name is pitahaya. Very nice and tasty fruit. The rind is a bright red deciduous outgrowth. Inside, there is a delicate white pulp with small black dots (seeds). In the context, the fruit looks especially aesthetically pleasing, therefore it often serves as a real decor for the festive decoration of the table.

Among the useful properties, one can single out anti-inflammatory action. Recommended for use in diabetes. Rich in fiber and vitamins, the fruit is low in calories. If you are sunburned, then in an exotic country it will be easier to find this fruit than the usual sour cream. Lubricate the damaged areas with pulp and leave for a while.

Guava

It is an interesting fruit native to South and Central America. Seeing it for the first time, you will surely find an external resemblance to lemon, but only green. Inside, a surprise awaits you - tender pulp. It can be almost white or red. Experts recommend eating not only the tender pulp, but also the peel.

It is in it that contains 10 times more substances than inside the fruit. And although it has a bitter taste, among its useful properties there are anti-inflammatory, analgesic, laxative, antiepileptic, antipyretic and anti-allergic effects. This is a real first aid kit in kind. It's just a pity that you rarely find this unique product on our shelves.

Passion fruit

Even those who have not been to exotic countries have a rough idea of ​​the taste of this fruit. Indeed, with its taste and aroma, you can find juices, and yoghurts, and other products. But, of course, this does not compare with the enjoyment of eating a sweet, ripe fruit. In the countries of growth, it is also appreciated for a whole list of useful properties. The fruit is able to eliminate cramps and pain in the stomach area. The use in the period after the illness speeds up the rehabilitation process, restores the immune system and promotes the elimination of harmful substances from the body in a natural way.

Peach

Eating these soft, delicate fruits with a velvety skin will be beneficial for both children and adults. Phosphorus and potassium are responsible for good brain function, which is valuable at any age. These same elements are essential for dental health. They also improve the condition of bone and cartilage tissue. Girls who dream of a slim figure are advised to replace all harmful sweets with this fruit. With a minimum amount of calories, you can enjoy sweet fruits without worrying about your figure. In addition, peach stimulates digestion and metabolism.

Magic fruit

Never heard of this? And he exists. He got this name for a reason. There is nothing mysterious or intriguing in his appearance. These are oval small berries of a bright red hue. But the properties of ripe fruits are truly magical. After a small amount of berries eaten, the taste sensations from the use of even familiar dishes change. Sour suddenly becomes sweet. The fruit owes this amazing property to the presence in the composition of a special substance, synsepalum. But this miracle berry is famous not only for this. Its use stimulates weight loss, prolongs youth and health of tissues and organs (due to the contained antioxidants).

As you can see, red fruits are very varied and interesting. But before using it, you should make sure that there are no allergies to them. For the rest, the more varied your daily diet is, the more benefits it will bring to the body.

To learn how to make a delicious cherry pie called "clafoutis", see the next video.

It's strange why I haven't tried this fruit in Spain. Apparently, I was confused by the name - nisperos... I did not know the translation, and there was no one nearby who would suggest what kind of exotic it was.

This time I bought it and tried it. And I was not disappointed - tasty, juicy, refreshing. The fragrant and fleshy fruits caused an explosion of taste sensations. In surprise, I even coughed, as the juice popped out of the fruit, like a bottle of gas. Now I will not miss the opportunity to enjoy the fruit that is open to myself. So, live a century - and you will not try everything.

Nisperos ( Nisperos) in Spanish (stress on the first syllable) or japanese medlar is an Asian fruit that has existed on earth for several millennia. The homeland of this tree is China, its subtropical regions. Medlar has taken root well in Japan and hence its name.

Until the 19th century, medlar did not grow in Spain and other Mediterranean countries. She was brought to Spain by sailors about two thousand years ago. The warm coastal regions of the Mediterranean are ideal for the delicate tree, which grows in the same place as citrus trees.

There are many varieties of medlar, each with some differences. As a rule, it has a pear-shaped fruit up to 8 cm in diameter, with a smooth skin from yellow-orange to dark orange. It has a soft yellow very juicy pulp with a sweet and sour taste, similar to the taste of a mixture of apricot, apple, plum. In appearance, the medlar is very similar to the apricot.

The fruit contains 2-4 large seeds that can be dried, roasted, ground and brewed like a coffee for cores. It is better not to eat raw bones, as they contain a small amount of toxic substances. But a decoction of seeds can be used to treat the gastrointestinal tract.

In Spain, 2 varieties are most commonArgelino and Tanaka... The evergreen tree begins flowering in the fall, and the harvest ripens from May to June. The flowers are reminiscent of the scent of almonds.

The fruit is consumed raw. It can be served with cheese or cold meat, jamon. And those with a sweet tooth can experiment by combining nisperos with bananas, ice cream, and yogurt. Due to the high content of pectin, medlar is especially suitable for making jam or jam, you can make juice, compote, sauce.

This low-calorie food, high in carbohydrates and fiber, is a treasure trove of vitamins and minerals. It contains carotene, vitamin C and B vitamins. And you get tired of listing the number of minerals: selenium, potassium, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, iodine, zinc, calcium, sodium - and that's not all.

Therefore, this amazing fruit can be safely used when losing weight and treating the urinary tract, relieving pain in kidney stones, to normalize the intestines, to cleanse the liver and blood vessels from toxins and toxins, to reduce sugar. Medlar helps control blood cholesterol and blood pressure.

But one should not forget that it is necessary to observe the measure when dieting: a fasting day can only be Once a week and eat no more 1 kg per day. In case of bronchial asthma and respiratory diseases, an alcoholic tincture is prepared from the pulp of the fruit together with the seeds. Grind 5 pieces of medlar, add 2 tablespoons of honey and 100 ml of alcohol or vodka. Mix everything and leave in a dark place for a week. Take 30 g after straining 3 times a day before meals. There comes a relief from coughing, removal of phlegm from the lungs and an improvement in general condition. Lovers of exotic plants have learned how to grow loquat from seeds and admire it like an ornamental shrub, and even harvest a small crop in 5 years at home. There is a Spanish site for lovers of this fruit. http://www.nisperosruchey.com/