Spanish lime (Melicoccus bijugatus) is a rare, exotic fruits native in South and Central America, also Carribean. It is a member of soapberry family, means it is closed relative of lychee and longans. It is also called genip, genipe, ginepa, quenepa, quenepe, chenet, canepa, mamon, limoncillo, skinip, kinnip. It can be found both cultivated or […]
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Snake fruit originally comes from a species of palm tree native to Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It usually called with Salak as similar as its Latin name Salacca zalacca. Moreover, this fruit which belongs to Arecaceae family is largely being cultivated and produced in Southeast Asia. For the physical features, it has scaly and […]
Star apple (Chrysophyllum cainito) is one of the exotic fruits from the family of Sapotaceae and originated from Caribbean but now this fruit is widely cultivated in most of tropical countries. However, it is not type of fruit you could find easily in the grocery stores. The name of star apple comes from the star […]
Acai Berry, which is famous as Euterpe oleracea as its Binomial name among scientists, belongs to the same group of other berries that has a more familiar name to us such as strawberry, blueberry, blackberry and grapes in Arececaeae family. Physically seen, this type of berry has a tiny round fruit with various tone of […]
Elderberry fruit is one type of fruit that has many benefits for humans. Unfortunately, elderberry is not widely known yet to the fruit lovers. These tiny berries are not yet as popular as strawberry, blueberry or raspberry. Elderberry itself is one of the plants with related families with berry plants which are found in Europe […]
Persimmons were commonly mentioned as a coquettish fruits according to its ever powdery rind. Other than that, it has also called as “Javanese apple” because of its appearance that is similar to apple, with yellowish to reddish orange skin colors but with smoother fruit flesh inside. Another name for this fruits are Oriental Persimmons. But […]
Figs Fruits known as Ficus carica are commonly found in the western parts of Asia. These fruits belong to the mulberry family which grown in dry climates and had been popular since ancient times. In the same way, figs fruits have red, yellow, green, or purple for their skin color. Afterward, these fruits have the […]
Fruits! No doubt it is one of the best treats from the Mother Nature. Fruits are tasty, with sweet-sour-sometimes tangy flavors. Fruits also contain plenty of substances needed by our body to stay healthy, such as vitamins, minerals, fibers, and antioxidants. Eating a lot of fruits also gives positive effects on beauty, since fruits have […]
Bilimbi fruit (Averrhoa bilimbi) also known as cucumber tree or tree sorrel, is a tropical fruit native to Malaysia and Indonesia. It is the closed relative of star fruit (Carambola sp). Now bilimbi is cultivated throughout Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Maldives, India and Central and South America. The fruits are small, with cylindrical-elliptical shape. […]
Baobab fruit (Adansonia sp) is native to Africa and Australia. Baobab is the common name of 9 species of the genus Adansonia. Adansonia digitata is the most known one for producing fruits. The fruits have been exported worldwide, mostly in the form of powdered fruit. Baobab fruit has a velvety hard outer shell and about […]