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Passionfruit Vine
This vine produces round or oval fruits with a tough outer rind and juicy, seed-filled interior. The fruits are usually purple or yellow when ripe.
Breadfruit Tree
A species of flowering tree in the mulberry family growing a large fruit which is an important food staple in tropical climates, often used as a potato substitute.
Miracle Fruit Plant
A small bush native to West Africa that produces red berries which, when eaten, cause sour foods to taste sweet due to a molecule called miraculin.
Cashew Tree
This tropical evergreen tree produces the cashew nut and the cashew apple. The nut, attached to the bottom of the apple, is commonly consumed roasted and salted.
Papaya Tree
This tree has a single stem growing from 5 to 10 meters tall, with spirally arranged leaves and large fruits that are commonly orange-colored when ripe.
Banana Plant
Technically a large herb, this plant bears fruit that is elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch and covered with a rind, which may be green, yellow, or brown when ripe.
Fig Tree
This tree bears unique fruits called figs, which are bell-shaped with a leather-like skin, soft fleshy interior and tiny seeds; commonly grown throughout the tropics.
Longan Tree
A tropical tree that bears small, round fruit with a thin brown shell, giving it the nickname 'dragon's eye'. The flesh is translucent and sweet.
Starfruit Tree
A small to medium-sized tree producing fruits that are star-shaped when sliced and have translucent, juicy flesh with a mildly sour and sweet flavor.
Soursop Tree
This tree produces a fruit with a spiny green skin, soft white pulp, and a flavor that combines strawberry and pineapple with sour citrus notes.
Mango Tree
This evergreen tree is known for its sweet, juicy, stone fruits that come in various sizes and colors like yellow, orange, and green.
Jackfruit Tree
This tree produces the largest fruit of all trees, reaching as much as 55 kg in weight, with a spiked outer surface and sweet, fibrous pulp inside.
Açaí Palm
A tall, slender palm tree from the Amazon rainforest, known for its purple berries that are harvested to make healthful juices and other foods.
Kiwifruit Vine
A woody vine native to China, widely cultivated for its edible brown fruit with a fuzzy skin and bright green or golden flesh with small black seeds.
Coconut Palm
A tall palm tree that can reach up to 30 meters, known for its large seed which is covered in a hard husk, with fibrous coir and nutritious water inside.
Avocado Tree
This tree originates from the highland regions of Mexico and bears pear-shaped fruit with a pit and creamy, buttery flesh rich in fats.
Date Palm
This palm tree produces clusters of oval, sweet fruits, which are often dried and have a wrinkled appearance and sticky sweetness.
Dragon Fruit Plant
A climbing cactus species that produces a unique oval-shaped fruit with leathery, bright pink or yellow skin and sweet seed-speckled pulp.
Lychee Tree
This evergreen tree produces small fleshy fruits, red and rough-textured on the outside with sweet and translucent white flesh surrounding a dark seed inside.
Sapodilla Tree
An evergreen tree that produces round or oval fruits with a rough brown skin and sweet, grainy flesh with a malty flavor.
Pineapple Plant
A short tropical plant with a rosette of stiff leaves and a sweet, juicy fruit that is a composite of many small berries fused to a central core.
Cacao Tree
An evergreen tree whose seeds, contained within large pods, are fermented and used to produce chocolate.
Pomelo Tree
A large citrus tree bearing the largest citrus fruits, which taste like a sweet, mild grapefruit but can be much bigger in size.
Guava Tree
A small tree in the Myrtle family bearing round or pear-shaped fruit that is usually yellow when mature and contains numerous small hard seeds surrounded by sweet, fragrant pulp.
Pomegranate Tree
A fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree with fruit that has a thick, inedible skin and a sweet-tart flavor with lots of edible seeds called arils inside.
Custard Apple Tree
A small deciduous or semi-evergreen tree, the fruit of which is green-skinned, with a soft, sweet white flesh and numerous dark seeds.
Rambutan Tree
This tree is medium-sized, producing fruit that is hairy in appearance, usually red or yellow, with juicy and sweet translucent flesh surrounding a single seed.
Persimmon Tree
A species of trees of the genus Diospyros. The fruit is usually an orange or reddish-brown color and can be astringent or non-astringent.
Durian Tree
A tree with large, formidable thorn-covered husks containing a soft fruit, known for its distinctive odor, large size, and formidable thorn-covered rind.
Tamarind Tree
This tropical tree produces pod-like fruit that contains an edible pulp used in cuisines around the world, notably in Asia and the Americas.
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