In the section on the question What is the name of this fruit from Thailand ??? given by the author Funtik.55 the best answer is This is pitahaya.
Pitahaya is an extraordinary fruit. The first mention of it is found among the Aztecs and dates back to the 13th century. Eating the pulp, the Indians roasted the seeds, grinded them and used them for stews. Currently, it is grown in southern Mexico, in some countries of Central and South America, in Vietnam, as well as in Israel (in the Negev desert).
For its outstanding appearance, the fruit is called "dragon fruit" or "prickly pear". It is a bushy tree-like cactus with juicy fruits ripening at the ends of the stems. Flowers appear on it strictly on the first and fifteenth day of the month.
Depending on the species, the size of the fruit, the color of the flesh (white, pink, purple), the color of the skin (from yellow to orange, from red to purple) and the texture of the surface of the fruit (with small outgrowths, with thin colored scales) vary. The pulp of the fruit is always filled with small black seeds, which are usually peeled.
The taste of pitahaya is somewhat inferior to its appearance - not aromatic, unsaturated, slightly sweet.
The juice and pulp of the fruit are added to candy, ice cream, sorbets and yoghurts. Jam, sauces and jellies are made from the pulp. In Spain, pitahaya juice is traditionally mixed with lemon and lime to make "summer drinks". According to the latest medical research, eating pitahaya can help relieve stomach pain.

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. Fruit) dragon, strawberry pear Pitaya or pitaya - fruit (fruit) of several varieties of cactus with a sweet delicate taste and creamy cellulose. The most common dragon fruit is red pitaya, but other varieties include Costa Rica pataya and yellow pataya. or pitahaya, so also called Juice or wine can be obtained from fruits (fruit), while flowers can be eaten or used for tea.

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Dragon fruit (DRAGON EYE), Dragon fruit, Pitaya (geow mangon), Thailand fruit. It looks like a large, elongated onion with "ends" on both sides. The color is bright saturated pink. The peel is a large scale, and the edges of the "scales" are of a bright light green or green color. It is similar in consistency to kiwi, and in taste too; it is white flesh with small black seeds. Dragon fruit. It is the fruit of a cactus. Best consumed chilled. The dragon's eye is of two types: with white and red flesh. Fruit enzymes are beneficial for the thyroid gland.

Lychee (Litchi, Chinese plum, Litchi).

Round red fruit, up to 4 cm in diameter. Wonderful, delicious fruit. It has one bone in the middle. Look like 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 is the reason for the low incidence of atrosclerosis in this region.

Rambutan

Rambutan (Ngo, "hairy fruit").

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, 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.

Eye of the Dragon

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. International name - Dragon Fruit.

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. 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

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 eating apples. 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.

Long Kong / Langsat

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 the same variety is sold - Langsat, which outwardly is no different, 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 a fresh, ripe mango grown, for example, in Thailand, it seems that there is nothing tastier.

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 crumble, 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 persist well and mature on the road or at home.

Noina

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 has a sweet aromatic pulp and many small hard seeds.

It is very inconvenient to clean 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 fruit is rich in vitamin C, amino acids and calcium.

The season is from June to September.

Sweet Tamarind

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 - 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 shape of the cut fruit resembles a heart. 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 under the names Big Moringa, Indian mulberry, Useful 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. The pulp also 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 under the names 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.

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 there 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 pulp dense like a pear and one large bone. The pulp tastes like an unripe pear or pumpkin and is nothing special. 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 at the 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 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. It is 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.

Bael (Bael, Aegle marmelos)

Baile is also sometimes called the "Stone Apple" because of its peel. It is very widespread in the countries of Southeast Asia.

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.

Fruits are round or pear-shaped in diameter up to 20 centimeters. Ripe yellow fruit. Inside is flesh and several bones covered with hairs. The pulp is yellow, fragrant, not too sweet and slightly astringent.

If you don't manage to taste the fruit fresh (which, in general, you shouldn't worry about), you can buy tea made from Bail fruits, called Matum. It is a fruit cut into circles and dried. It is believed to be very effective in treating colds, bronchial and asthmatic diseases.

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).

Almost two-thirds of the list of the most amazing tropical fruits on the planet is taken by the fruits of Thailand. The rating includes little-known fruits with unique qualities and properties.

Some valuable and interesting fruits of Thailand could be safely added to this fruit range, for example, durian was not included in the list - a very wayward and controversial fruit or jackfruit - the world's largest fruit that gave its taste and aroma to Jusifruit chewing gum.

The list includes the least known, therefore, mysterious and amazing tropical fruits, the taste of which, in appearance, is very difficult to predict.

Its historical homeland is tropical America. It is widely grown in Pakistan, India and the Philippines.

Sugar apple is a permanent resident of Thailand's stalls. The fruit looks like a huge bump, about 10 cm in diameter. Under the tough, always green peel, there is a fragrant tender pulp with several seeds inside.

Uniqueness - the sugar apple has a delicate aroma and custard flavor. Cut it in half, pour the coconut milk and put it in the refrigerator. It turns out excellent ice cream, exclusively from natural ingredients.

The evergreen sapodila tree considers the countries of Southeast Asia, West Africa and South America its home. Found in Florida and Hawaii.

In fact, sapodila is a berry that can reach a diameter of 20 cm. A dense rind with a soft orange or dark yellow flesh inside. It has from one to four large seeds. Delicious and sweet fruit of Thailand.

18 Cream Apple

A cream apple is very similar to a sugar apple in both shape and color.

Many consider this to be one fruit with different varieties, experts say that these are two completely different tropical fruits and here's why:

Cherimoya fruits are irregularly round in shape and have three types of rind from sharp, pronounced bumps to a smoother rind of light yellow or reddish color.

The flesh of a creamy apple is white, juicy, reminiscent of cream, combines the flavors of banana, passionfruit, papaya and pineapple. One of the most delicious fruits in the world.

Santol is one of the favorite fruits of Thailand among local children; in Southeast Asia it is called "fruit on a stick".

It is in size from orange to pamelo and resembles the popular citrus in appearance, but with a thicker skin of a darker color.

Inside there are several sweet and sour white segments with a pleasant aroma. Santola bones have sharp edges in autumn, so they should not be swallowed in any case.

The fruits of this tropical fruit can be found in the mountainous regions of South America.

The cocoon grows on a small shrub and can miraculously grow from the seeds of the fruit in 9 months and it will take another 2 months for the fruits of the new bush to ripen.

The fruit is a red, orange or yellow berry similar in appearance to a tomato, and the taste of the fruit is said to be a mixture of tomato and lemon.

A huge tree of the mulberry family, it grows in India, the Philippines, Thailand and all the islands of Southeast Asia.

Ripe fruits taste soft and sweet, similar to bananas, unripe hard and starchy.

Various dishes are prepared from unripe fruits and, when cooked, the fruits acquire the taste of freshly baked bread. Therefore, one of the versions of the name is breadfruit.

Another version is less romantic. Breadfruit is nutritious and a staple food for low-income people in India and some countries and islands of Southeast Asia.

Two more tropical top fruits of Thailand, included in the rating of "the most amazing fruits on the planet." Langsat and Longan are completely similar fruits in appearance to the berries that grow throughout Southeast Asia.

The size of walnuts. Langsat berries grow, as if clinging to a twig, like sea buckthorn.

There are five segments inside the langsat fruit, some with bitter seeds inside, which taste like a pamelo. Pamelo in miniature.

Langsat rind contains a latex substance that holds the pulp, making it harder to peel than longan, which is latex-free.

Each fruit grows on its own branch, attaching itself to a larger branch, so it is sold in bouquets. It has one bone in the center.

Longan is sweet and tastes like grapes.

They are canned, dried and dried like raisins. Thailand is a global producer of langsat. It is cultivated and new varieties are developed. Langsat grown in Thailand is the most delicious in the world.

13 African pears

African pears, the fruit of an evergreen tree found in the tropical rainforests of Africa. Sappho grows in the south to Angola and far north to Nigeria.

The fruits are oblong from dark blue to purple in color up to 14 cm in length with a pale green pulp inside. They are fatty fruits, and scientists believe African pears could end hunger in Africa.

The fruit contains 48% of essential fatty acids, amino acids, vitamins and triglycerides.

It is estimated that one hectare of African pear plantation can produce 7-8 tons of oil, while all parts of the plant can be used for this.

A very strange plant from the southeastern part of Brazil.

What makes it amazing is that the fruit grows from its trunk.

Initially, yellowish-white flowers appear all over the trunk and at the base of the branches, then they grow into fruits 3-4 cm in diameter. Under the dark purple skin is yellow pulp with 1-4 black seeds.

The fruits of the Brazilian grapes are sweet. They are eaten fresh, wine and liquor are prepared.

The fruits do not last long, 3-4 days after harvest, they begin to ferment.

The most popular exotic fruit in Thailand and Southeast Asia, this is his homeland.

The unusual peel of the fruit adds exoticism to the fruit, the consistency of the pulp, like a grape with a seed inside. The taste of rambutans is sweet and juicy.

Rambutan fruits are oval in shape and about 3-6 cm in diameter. It is not difficult to peel it if you cut the rind in a circle.

Noni, the fruit of Thailand, is otherwise known by different names around the world - great moringa, cheese tree, Indian mulberry, dog dumplings and tempos.

All coffee trees are related to him, all of Southeast Asia and Australia are his home.

The tree bears fruit all year round. Its fruits have a pungent odor. Despite the strong and slightly pleasant smell, the fruits are rich in vitamins, proteins, iron, calcium and high fiber content.

Noni is added to stews or eaten raw with salt. Noni juice is popular and probably very useful.

Tones up, fights overweight and helps, as the manufacturers say, from many ailments. In many Pacific islands, noni is a staple dietary food and medicinal plant.

Marula grows on deciduous trees in South and East Africa.

Trees spread across the continent, following the paths of the Bantu people, for whom it is the main source of food.

The Bantu people planted trees along their entire route. Green fruits turn yellow and mature. The marula has a white juicy pulp with an excellent aroma.

Falling from the trees, no one's fruits begin to ferment and give a little alcoholic pleasure to elephants and baboons.

Marula is used to make the popular Amarula liqueur, which is sold at all Duty Free airports around the world.

Home to beautiful berries - the west coast of North America, stretching halfway from Alaska to California. They are found in humid forests and create dense thickets. The berries are similar to raspberries, but are bright orange, salmon colored. They are sweet when eaten raw. They are used to prepare juice, wine, jams and marmalade.

Herring, also known as snake fruit.

It comes from the species of palm trees native to Indonesia.

These fruits grow at the base of the palm leaves and get their name from their reddish-brown scaly skin.

It is easily removable and inside there are three white, sweet segments, each of them contains a black inedible bone. The fruits have a sweet and sour taste and consistency like apples.

6 Bale

An amazing tropical fruit bale, it can be found in all shops and souvenir shops in Thailand.

Bale is surrounded by many ancient legends. The fruit has many names - golden apple, stone apple.

The bale's rind is yellow, green, gray and so strong that you have to use a hammer or saw to break the fruit.

Inside is fragrant yellow pulp with fluffy seeds. The pulp can be eaten fresh or dried.

Sherbet is made from fresh fruit juice - water, sugar and lemon juice are added to the hole in the peel.

From the largest fruit, you can get 6 liters of sherbet. An amazing fruit that grows into a dried fruit.

Dragonfruit or dragon fruit is a cactus fruit - a beautiful and vibrant representative of the amazing fruits of the planet and a popular fruit of Thailand, which can be tasted in the Land of Smiles all year round.

It grows throughout Asia, Australia, North and South America, although originally, its homeland is Mexico.

There are two main types of dragonfruit - sour, which is popular in America, and sweet, popular in Asia.

Dragonfruits come in three varieties that differ in color: red, yellow, and Costa Rica. "Red" fruits - with a bright crimson skin and light, white flesh, yellow pitaya with bright yellow skin and light, creamy flesh, Costa Rica pitaya with purple skin and purple flesh.

Dragonfruits are juicy, slightly sweet with a light pleasant aroma.

1 Miraculous Berries

A very strange berry native to West Africa.

What makes the fruit weird, amazing and wonderful is miraculin (a sugar substitute), which is found in large quantities in fruits when combined with glycoprotein.

The fruit itself does not contain a lot of sugar, its taste is only slightly sweet, but an hour after eating the wonderful berries, when the glycoprotein affects the taste buds of the tongue, the taste of any product is distorted, turning into sweetness.

For a hands-on study, you can eat lemon after the wonderful berries to taste the sweet syrup.

Certain reasons for this phenomenon are not fully understood, it would seem, how miraculin can distort the perception of receptors in the tongue so that they perceive acid for sweetness.

In the 70s, attempts were made to market the wonderful fruit as a dietary supplement to combat diabetes and obesity.

But they were unsuccessful when the FDA declared them a food additive under pressure from sugar companies that foresaw losses.

In the past two years, the berry has been gaining popularity again, becoming a guest star at many parties in the United States.

Guests are invited to taste the wonderful sweet berries first, and then all types of common foods, to experience new sensations of taste with each bite.

List of green fruits that you can find anywhere. Some fruits are well known, and some are known only in places of rest, in resorts. Others are not known at all to ordinary people. But these fruits have one thing in common - they are all green.

Of course, some fruits may have a different color, for example, yellow, orange, red, etc., but this already depends on the type and type of fruit and the ripening time.

It is a fruit that looks more like a vegetable than a fruit. Avocado pulp is very rich in vitamins. You can find out more about him.

Annona scaly, sugar apple

Fruits are 5-10 centimeters in diameter. The skin is covered with scales. The pulp has a sweet taste. The seed grains are poisonous.

This fruit has a very soft flesh. It is edible. Different products are made from the fruit. The seeds are poisonous. Distributed in the tropics.

A pineapple

Watermelon

Everyone knows this fruit. You can find out more about him.

Banana

Everyone knows this fruit. You can find out more about him.

The flesh of a white sapote is juicy, with a sour taste. The fruit is like an apple. They are eaten raw. Grows in the subtropics.

Grape

Delicious berries that are well known in post-Soviet countries.

Vawanga berries are small in size 5x4.5 centimeters. Ripe wawanga has a sweet and sour taste. Voavanga is grown in warm countries, mainly in tropical Africa.

Guava fruits are eaten raw. Also, various products are prepared from them. Guava berries range in size from 4 to 12 centimeters. Today guaya is grown in the subtropics and subtropics. There are so many different varieties that differ in many ways.

This fruit has enormous fruits. It can weigh up to 25 kilograms. The taste of jackfruit is peculiar with a fresh sweet taste. A sweet smell emanates from it.

Durian is an unforgettable fruit or "The King of Fruits". You can read a detailed article about durian.

Cainito, the star apple

Cainito berries reach sizes up to 10 centimeters. Cainito grows in warm countries. It mainly grows in Central and South America. Eat its pulp with a spoon. The crust is inedible.

Carambola fruit in cross-section resembles a star, and this is why it is mostly remembered. You need to eat carambola with caution, because there are contraindications to some types of diseases.

Coconut palm

Everyone knows what a coconut is. Fresh coconut is green in color. A wide variety of foods are made from coconut. Juice is drunk from unripe coconut by making a hole in the coconut. Not only drupe is used, but all parts. For example, wine, vodka, vinegar, syrup and sugar are made from the juice of a palm tree. Coconut grows in the tropics around the world.

Corilla, cyclanter

It is a climbing tree up to 5 meters long. Berries are up to 23x7 centimeters in size. The pulp is juicy with a pleasant taste similar to a cucumber. Grows in the tropics in the mountains and subtropics.

Lime

Lucuma tree up to 15 meters high. Delight berries are similar to tomatoes, with a diameter of 10 centimeters. The pulp is not very juicy, but it tastes sweet. The harvested ripe fruits are kept for several days and then only eaten. Grows in South and Central America.

Mango is one of the most delicious fruits. Each variety has its own unique taste. You can read more about it.

Passion fruit

Passion fruit is mostly brown in color, but there are also greenish varieties. It grows all over the world in the tropics and subtropics. You can read in more detail.

Momordica, bitter cucumber

Momordica is a climbing plant. Cucumber-like fruits are harvested in an unripe green form. When the fruit is ripe, it turns bright yellow or orange. It is more of a vegetable than a fruit. The fruits are bitter, they are first processed and only then food is prepared. The sap of the plant is poisonous when raw. This fruit grows in Russia, follow the link and find out where. Grows all over the world with warm climates.

This is a small tree up to 6 meters. Fruits up to 15 centimeters in size. Unripe fruits are eaten raw, they do not taste very good. Grows in the tropical zone.

Papeda is a tree up to 12 meters high. Papeda fruits are 7 centimeters in diameter. The pulp of the fruit has a sour or bitter taste. It looks like lime. Grown in South and Southeast Asia.

Pomelo tree up to 15 meters high. Fruits can be up to 50 centimeters in diameter. The fruit does not taste bitter, even pleasant. Grows in the tropics and subtropics.

This tree is up to 20 meters high. The fruits are 15 centimeters in diameter, they are very tasty. This fruit is considered to be one of the best tropical fruits. Grows in Central and South America.

The plant reaches a height of 3-8 meters. The fruit reaches sizes up to 25x5 centimeters. The pulp tastes like peas. Grows in Central America.

Closely related to chayote. The fruits are not big. It tastes like a cucumber. Cooked like vegetables.

Pumpkin tree, woody calabash

The tree reaches a height of 10 meters. Fruits are round up to 40 centimeters in size. The pulp of young fruits is pickled in vinegar. The seeds are fried and eaten. Fresh fruits cannot be eaten, they are poisoned. Grows in Central America. Previously, utensils were made from shells, but now plastic has replaced it.

Philippine Rose Apple

The tree reaches a height of 40 meters. Fruits with a diameter of 6 centimeters. The fruit is eaten raw and cooked. Grows in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

The fruit of this plant is similar to durian. The fruits are delicious and are considered a staple food in the tropics. Grows in the tropics.

Chayote, Mexican cucumber

Chayote is a climbing plant up to 20 meters. The berries reach a length of 7 to 20 centimeters. The pulp is like a cucumber. It is used all over the world as a vegetable, in tropical and subtropical areas.

Cherimoya, annona cherimola

Distributed throughout the mountainous regions of the tropics, in subtropical and Mediterranean climates. This fruit has an exquisite taste. It is eaten cut in two and the inner flesh is eaten with a spoon. The seeds are poisonous. Various dishes and products are made from cherimoya.

Black sapote or black persimmon

A tree up to 25 meters high. The berry is similar to a tomato, 10x13 centimeters in size. Has a mild sweetish nutty taste. Grows in tropical countries.

Apple

You yourself know about this fruit, if you do not know, you can read it.

If you know exotic green fruits not mentioned in the article, write them in the comments.

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.