Outlandish fruits. The most exotic fruits

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sapodilla is a fruit that is light brown in color and shaped like an egg. The pulp of sapodilla has a pronounced milky-caramel taste.

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

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

Sugar apple. Under the bumpy swamp-green skin of this fruit, sweet, fragrant milky flesh is hidden. Before consumption, the rough skin of the fruit is usually opened, then the segments of the pulp are eaten, and the seeds are spit out. If the fruit is ripe enough, that is, it can be spooned. The pulp is also used to make desserts and soft drinks. Ripe fruits are soft to the touch, unripe - hard.

Rose apples taste very similar to ordinary apples, only Thai ones are somewhat sourer.

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

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

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

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

Thailand and exotic are complementary concepts. One of the exotic discoveries for our compatriots in this country was the fruits of Thailand. The tropical climate has allowed nature to create unique combinations of shapes, colors, flavors and aromas. Harvest in Thailand is harvested up to three times a year. Fruits in Thailand reach the peak of ripeness without the addition of nitrates and other chemical fertilizers, so they are safe from an environmental point of view, for which they are loved and appreciated by tourists all over the world.

However, this fact does not affect the cost of fruit in Thailand itself. Fruits in Pattaya are cheap and you can buy them in the markets, from street vendors, in mobile motorcycle kiosks, etc. Do not be surprised if the Thais offer a bag of salt, pepper or local spices to the purchased fruit. Asians believe that combining sour, bitter or spicy with sweet is in the order of things.

No one doubts that the fruits of Thailand are a storehouse of useful vitamins and minerals. Fruit pulp is traditionally used in national Thai cuisine. Freshly squeezed juice, popsicles, fruit cuts, salads and fruit-based soups are sold everywhere.

Thai fruits amaze with their variety. But there is one fruit in Thailand - endowed with royal status. A fruit with an amazing taste, but a completely disgusting smell. It was the smell of durian that became the stumbling block, because of which the fruit is forbidden to be transported in transport, consumed in hotels and other public places in Thailand.

The fruits grow on gigantic tropical trees reaching 50 meters in height. About 30 species of this plant are known, of which only 9 are suitable for human consumption. The Thais called Durian the king of fruits in Thailand for its large weight - up to 4 kg, majestic and formidable appearance, reminiscent of the weapons of orcs from the famous fantasy epic. In fact, it is a ball or oval up to 15 cm in diameter, upholstered with prickly spikes, attached to a rod up to 30 cm long. Under the strong peel with thorns, there is a saffron-colored flesh of a delicate creamy consistency.

Despite the repulsive smell, durian has fans, and not only among the people of Thailand, who eat the fruit with pleasure, claiming that it has an incomparable delicious taste. The rest take their word for it, not even trying to try Durian because of the repulsive smell.

If you decide to taste the royal fruit of Thailand, we recommend trying the golden pillow variety (literal translation from Thai). The smell is less intense, and the taste is the same "magical" as in other varieties of durians.

Harvest season: May-June.

Price: about 250 baht per 1 kg (500 rubles per 1 kg)

dragon fruit

What do we associate with the phrase "exotic fruit"? Banana, pineapple, kiwi, mango, avocado... All these overseas fruits have taken their places on the shelves of Russian stores so long ago that you can’t even call them particularly exotic.

Therefore, today in our Top there are really rare delicacies that are practically not exported from their places of growth. Participants Top 20 most exotic fruits in the world it’s not easy to find on sale, and it’s better to buy such “sweets” at home, where they are harvested really ripe and ready to eat.

Native to the American tropics, Pakistan, India and the Philippines. These creamy fruits are about 10 cm in diameter and shaped like a cone.

19. American apricot (Mameya americana)

It was first discovered in South America. Large mamei berries have a diameter of about 20 cm. Edible sweet orange pulp, hidden by a thick peel.

18. Cherimoya (cream apple)

Grows in South America. The delicate creamy pulp of an exotic fruit tastes like a banana, pineapple, papaya and passion fruit at the same time.

17. Platonia is wonderful

It grows in the tropics of Brazil and Paraguay. The fruits are about the size of a medium orange. The white flesh has a sweet and sour taste.

16. Cocoon

Grows in the mountains of South America. Berries can be orange, red and yellow. The taste is unusual, reminiscent of a tomato with a hint of lemon flavor.

15. Breadfruit

It grows in the Philippines and the islands of Southeast Asia. When ripe, the fruit tastes like a banana. Unripe fruit can be eaten only after heat treatment.

14. Langsat and dooku

Two similar exotic fruits found throughout Asia. The difference between langsat is that it is more difficult to peel it from the peel containing latex. The fruits are sweet, while the seeds, on the contrary, are bitter.

13. Dacryodes edible (African pear)

Grows in tropical Africa. The fruits resemble eggplant in their dark blue or purple color.

12. Jaboticaba (Brazilian grape tree)

Growing in Brazil. Sweet fruits are attached directly to the trunk of this exotic tree.

11. Rambutan

Native to Southeast Asia. Fluffy balls of red-orange color have a diameter of 3-6 cm. The taste is sweet and sour.

10. Noni (big moringa, Indian mulberry)

It grows in Australia and Southeast Asia. Round fruits in their raw form are eaten with salt, and more often they are consumed cooked.

9. Marula

Native to Africa. Ripe fruits are yellow in color and have a pleasant aroma. The inner white flesh is tender and juicy.

8. Cloudberry

It is found in Siberia, in central Russia and the Far East, as well as in North America. It looks like a raspberry. They eat it raw, and also use it in the preparation of wine, jam, and confectionery.

7. Salaka (snake fruit)

Originally from Indonesia. The fruit is covered with a red-brown rind that resembles snakeskin. The taste is sweet and sour, the pulp resembles an apple in texture.

6. Bail (stone apple)

Indian fruit yellow, gray or green. The hard peel has to be opened with a hammer. The pulp is eaten raw and dried.

5. Chrysophyllum (star apple)

Grows in Central America and India. The round fruit is covered with a dense purple skin. The pulp is sweet in taste.

4. Carambola (star fruit)

Grows in Southeast and East Asia, South America. On a longitudinal section of this ribbed fruit, a star forms. Ripe fruit is juicy and crispy.

3. Horned melon (African cucumber)

It grows in Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Chile. The jelly-like pulp has a bright green color and a banana flavor.

2. Pitaya (cactus fruit)

Grows in Asia, America, Australia. The American kind is more sour. Red, yellow or purple fruit has a pleasant aroma.

1. Magic fruit

It has the special property of making sweet the taste of any food eaten within an hour of this unusual fruit. A magical fruit from West Africa.

The article gives a brief description of the most popular tropical fruits from around the world.

Longan ("dragon's eye")

Small beige longan fruits have a thin, rough skin. The flesh is milky white, pleasant, refreshing in taste. There is a shiny brown bone inside.

It looks like a large green orange. The skin is thick. The core is orange, more or less saturated. It tastes like grapefruit, but sweeter, without bitterness.

Delicate, fresh taste milky cream the core of the lychee is covered with a rough reddish skin on top. Inside there is a bone that can be eaten. Fruit size 2.5-4 cm.

Bright red hue plum-shaped fruit. The pulp is juicy, yellow-orange. Inside there is a small flat bone. The skin is not eaten, cut off in a thin layer. Sweet, but not cloying, quite dense in texture.

Sweet and sour fruit about the size of a walnut. Grows in clusters on trees. The outer beige peel is peeled off. Inside are slices of milky pulp, which are eaten.

A miniature copy of an orange. The fruit can be eaten fresh, whole (with the skin), or in the form of marmalade, jams, tea additives. Rich in vitamins. It is highly valued as a folk remedy.

Has the shape of a bell. The structure resembles an apple: thin skin in red tones and dense crispy light flesh. The taste and aroma is similar to rose.

The unique smell and taste of coconut is recognizable in every corner of the world. In Thailand, coconut is often used to quench thirst: a hole is made in the upper part of the fruit, into which a straw is inserted. Coconut milk has a delicate and light taste. Fresh coconuts themselves are green on the outside and the usual white on the inside.

Juicy exotic fruit is important to eat in a ripe state. Pineapple has thick brown skin and bright yellow flesh. The shape is oval, with a small bunch of hard leaves at the top. In Thailand, it is eaten with salt.

A very odd fruit. It has excellent taste, but intolerable aroma. Tender pulp is located in the core of a rounded spiky fruit. Gourmets say that if, despite the unappetizing smell of either gasoline or rotting food, you still try an unusual fruit, you won’t be able to think about anything else.

A huge fruit weighing up to 50 kg is the "progenitor" of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum. Jackfruit pulp consists of pieces that look like yellow bell peppers. From above, the fruit is covered with a thick green-brown peeled. The taste is sweet, the fibers are slippery and juicy. It is eaten raw or cooked.

There are two types: golden passion fruit and the so-called "passion fruit" with purplish violet peel, which is considered slightly poisonous. The pulp is jelly-like, with many seeds, sweet and sour in taste.

A small fruit covered on top with a dense smooth skin of rich eggplant color. The white core of the fruit, consisting of slices, like a tangerine, is eaten. Taste sweet and sour, nice.

The fruits of the plant are small, up to 6 cm, rounded. From above they are covered with a bright crimson peel with long processes bent towards the end. The flesh is milky, juicy, fresh. The taste is similar to sweet white grapes.

Pitahaya (in the Russian version "Dragon's Eye")

The fruit resembles kiwi in taste, but not in appearance. Dense, dragon-like skin of rich pink raspberry color hides white flesh, with many tiny black seeds.

The juicy and sweet floral flavor of carambola and its unusual star shape make the fruit unique. Ripe yellow fruits are eaten whole.

Cherimoya (noina)

A fruit with a green, thick and bumpy inedible skin. The inside is sweet, with many hard, bean-like pits. Ripe fruits are soft, easy to cut or even break in half.

Exotic berries of Thailand: names, photos, description for the game

Jujube (jujube)

Berries have a rounded oblong shape. The color of the skin is greenish, turning into red-brown. The core is white, dense. Inside is a hard bone. Tastes like an apple.

The structure of papaya is similar to melon. Thin but rough skin, juicy flesh and a cluster of black seeds in the core. The taste is peculiar, sweet. It echoes the taste of pumpkin and carrots.

Watermelon, not exotic for our latitudes, may surprise you in Thailand. Here it is not only habitually red, but also orange and yellow. There is a seedless variety.

Incredibly popular for its medicinal properties, the goji berry bright coral color, slightly elongated. It is mainly eaten in dried form. When fresh, the fruits can cause indigestion.

Small green berries in appearance resemble something unripe plums. The skin is thin, edible. Inside there is a dark green bone. They grow on trees, directly on the bark. It is believed that they have unique anti-aging properties. Contains large amounts of vitamin C.

Popular tropical fruit from South America

The fruit of the Brazilian palm. It looks like a blueberry. It is eaten in the form of juices, mashed potatoes, as an additive to muesli. The taste is similar to grapes.

The fruit is about the size of a large apple. The peel is bumpy, rough, green. The flesh may be yellow or reddish in color. The taste depends on the variety: from sweet to sour.

A distant relative of familiar tomatoes. Oblong shape, orange and red shades. The peel has an unpleasant aftertaste, so it is removed before eating. The taste is similar to tomato, but with hints of passion fruit.

Small physalis fruits are located inside a dry leaf box. They look a bit like large yellow cherries. The taste is juicy, sweet.

Cashew fruits, which are mistakenly considered nuts in our latitudes, consist not only of dense seeds. Part of this fruit is juicy and sweet in taste. Externally, the cashew fruit resembles a pepper pod. red-orange colors.

oblong fruit creamy greenish shades with purple longitudinal stripes. The bone is inedible. They eat juicy, melon-like flesh.

Large, up to 30 cm in diameter, breadfruit is similar in shape to a melon. The peel is green, hard, with small tubercles. The core is creamy yellow, sticky, sweetish in taste. In food it is more often used in cooked form, it can be consumed raw.

Tropical fruits photos, names, descriptions

snake fruit (herring)

The fruit has the shape of a drop, the size is the size of an average pear. The peel resembles snake scales, shiny brown. Easy to clean. The pulp is white. Different varieties may taste different.

Tamarind (Indian date)

Often the fruits of the plant are called "pod fruit". Outwardly, the fruits look like light brown beans. Sauces, mousses are prepared from the seeds inside the pod. They can also be eaten raw. The taste is sweet, pleasant.

Children's fantasies about chocolates growing on trees have a real justification. The fruits from the seeds of which chocolate is obtained grow on the trunks of tropical trees. Outwardly, they resemble a very elongated pumpkin. Depending on the variety and degree of ripening, they can be yellowish or red.

sapodilla

Fruit, the structure of the pulp resembles a persimmon. In an unripe state, knits. Rounded, covered with brown skin on top. The flesh is dark, with small, easily separable bones.

Sirsak (soursop)

Large, up to 7 kg, fruits. Outside covered with a greenish, dense and rough skin. The pulp is white, airy, with a pleasant taste of strawberries and lemon.

Video: 10 RARE EXOTIC FRUITS

List of green fruits you can find anywhere. Some fruits are well known, and some are known only in places of rest, in resorts. Others are generally not known 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 variety and type of fruit and the ripening time.

This 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

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

This fruit has very soft flesh. She is edible. Various products are made from the fruit. The seeds are poisonous. Widespread 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 pulp of the white sap is juicy, with a sour taste. The fruits are like an apple. They are eaten raw. Grows in the subtropics.

Grape

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

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

Guava fruits are eaten raw. They also make various products. Guava berries range in size from 4 to 12 centimeters. Today, guava is grown in the subtropics and subtropics. There are many different varieties that differ in many ways.

This fruit has huge fruits. It can reach a weight of 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 "King among fruits". You can read a detailed article about durian.

Cainito, star apple

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

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

Coconut palm

Everyone knows what a coconut is. Fresh coconut is green. A variety of food products are made from coconut. Juice is drunk from an unripe coconut by making a hole in the coconut. Not only the drupe of the palm is used, but all parts. So, for example, wine, vodka, vinegar, syrup and sugar are made from palm sap. Coconut grows in the tropics around the world.

Corilla, cyclantera

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 cucumber. It grows in the tropics on the mountains and subtropics.

Lime

Lucuma is a tree up to 15 meters high. Turkish delight berries like tomatoes, 10 centimeters in diameter. The flesh is not very juicy, but it tastes sweet. The collected ripe fruits are kept for several days and then only they are 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 it also has greenish varieties. It grows throughout the world in the tropics and subtropics. You can read more.

Momordica, bitter cucumber

Momordica is a climbing plant. Cucumber-like fruits are harvested in their unripe green form. When the fruit ripens, it becomes bright yellow or orange. It is more of a vegetable than a fruit. The fruits are bitter, they are first processed and only then cooked. The sap of the plant is poisonous in its raw form. This fruit grows in Russia, follow the link and find out where. Grows throughout 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 flesh of the fruit has a sour or bitter taste. It looks like a lime. Grown in South and Southeast Asia.

A pomelo tree up to 15 meters high. The fruits can be up to 50 centimeters in diameter. The fruits do 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 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 has the taste of peas. Grows in Central America.

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

pumpkin tree, tree calabash

The tree reaches a height of 10 meters. The fruits are round, up to 40 centimeters in size. The pulp of young fruits is marinated in vinegar. The seeds are roasted and eaten. Fresh fruits can not be eaten, they are poisoned. Grows in Central America. Earlier, dishes were made from the shell, but now plastic has replaced it.

Philippine rose apple

The tree reaches a height of 40 meters. The fruits are 6 cm in diameter. The fruits are eaten raw and cooked. It grows in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

The fruit of this plant is similar to the 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. Berries reach a length of 7 to 20 centimeters. The flesh is like a cucumber. It is used throughout 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 a delicious taste. It is eaten cut into two parts and the inner pulp is eaten with a spoon. The seeds are poisonous. Cherimoya is used to make various dishes and products.

Black sapote or black persimmon

Tree up to 25 meters high. The berry is similar to a tomato, 10x13 centimeters in size. It has a mild sweet nutty taste. Grows in tropical countries.