Rare fruit names. A complete list of delicious exotic fruits and berries with a description

Fruits imported from hot countries have long ceased to be considered exotic. In the supermarket you can buy products from anywhere in the world. Once seemingly miraculous, bananas have become the same as apples or pears. However, there are also exotic fruits on store shelves, photos with names of which are difficult to find even on the Internet. There are those that are well known, but you can buy them only in countries with a tropical climate.

The most unusual fruits in the world

1. Passion fruit. This is not the rarest exotic fruit. He came to Europe from South America. Due to its unusual taste, passion fruit is used in the production of confectionery. The juice of this fruit is often used in the manufacture of cocktails, including alcoholic ones.

   

2. Salak. Salak got its second name "snake fruit" because its dark brown peel resembles the skin of a reptile. The peeled fruit looks like garlic. Its flesh has a light brown color and a sweet specific taste. Salad is not easy to clean. This requires special skill to avoid cuts to the hands.

   

3. Atemoya. The most exotic fruits of the world are often hidden under an inconspicuous shell, without attracting much attention. Atemoya refers precisely to such inconspicuous fruits. To taste, the fruit resembles a cream made from pineapple and mango.
4. Durian. Not everyone dares to try it. The fact is that this fruit has such a disgusting smell that it is forbidden to bring it into public places. A person who has managed to overcome disgust may be surprised at how excellent this green, unpleasant-smelling exotic fruit tastes.
5. Pitaya. The second name is "dragon fruit". It grows in many countries of the world, but Mexico is considered its homeland.
6. Buddha hand. The bright yellow fruit is often used to make perfumes. In China, the Buddha Hand is considered a talisman. She is kept in the house as a talisman.

   

7. Akebia five. The fruit of inedible lilac color is otherwise called "climbing cucumber". Most often, fruits can be found in China, Japan and Korea. The pulp of akebia tastes like raspberries. In addition, the "cucumber" has many useful properties.

   

8. Rambutan. The red exotic fruit is well protected by a dense skin with soft needles. Despite its menacing appearance, rambutan is easy to peel. Its pulp tastes like grapes and has a jelly-like texture. It is no coincidence that the fruits of rambutan are used to make jelly. The seeds of this fruit are roasted and also eaten.
9. Pandanus. Its second name is wild pineapple. Pandanus is found in the Malaysian islands. This red, pineapple-like exotic fruit is used to make paint.
10. Kiwano. The fruit can be found not only in exotic countries, but also in Europe. Under the bright yellow shell with spikes hides a light green flesh, similar to cucumber. Kiwano has a melon smell. The taste of the fruit resembles a mixture of kiwi, lemon and banana.

Exotic fruits of Thailand

If you dream of trying as many exotic fruits as possible, go to Thailand.

It is not always easy for foreign tourists to navigate the Thai market, since not every foreigner knows how to eat this or that fruit. Even pineapples and bananas, which are well known to Europeans, it is important to be able to choose the right one. For example, some pineapple varieties remain green after reaching maturity. Tourists believe that they are dealing with unripe fruits. The most delicious pineapples are brought from Chiang Rai. They can be recognized by their miniature size. However, finding such fruits is quite difficult, since they are not sold everywhere. Bananas in the Thai market are also presented in a large assortment: large, small, green, yellow, with a stone, etc. The locals know hundreds of recipes for preparing this fruit. Bananas are dried, fried, boiled, seasoned with spices.

1. Guava is a fruit that looks like an apple. Inside light bones and loose pulp. Tourists who decide to try a green exotic fruit will be disappointed. Guava is practically tasteless. Thais eat it with sugar or spices. In order not to experience disappointment, you should only buy fruits soaked in sugar syrup.

   

2. The jackfruit is one of the largest fruits in the world. They sell it peeled, since without special skills it is impossible to clean the fruit on your own. Jackfruit tastes like marshmallow. The bones taken out of the fruit are sold separately, baked or boiled.

   

3. Graceful carambola fruits are shaped like a starfish. In Thailand, they are widely used in salads, drinks and sauces. You can determine the maturity by taste. It should be sweetish (not cloying). The immature fruit is usually sour.
4. Among the most popular exotic fruits of abundant Thailand is called mango. In this country you can find a huge number of varieties of the fruit well known to Europeans. Depending on the variety, the color can be from light green to bright red. The taste also varies. Mango is highly valued as a source of vitamins. It is used in the treatment of the gastrointestinal tract, as well as diseases of the cardiovascular system. The fruit is also recommended for those who suffer from diseases of the oral cavity.
5. The dirty green pomelo fruit is not considered exotic on European shelves. Despite the external unattractiveness, it has a pleasant taste. To try this fruit cooked in Thai style, it is not necessary to go abroad. It is enough to mix sugar, red pepper and salt in equal proportions. Eat the pomelo by dipping the slices in this mixture.
6. The pink apple is of considerable interest to tourists. This fruit got its name due to a misunderstanding, since the fruit has nothing to do with real apples. The shape of the fruit is similar to a bell. Their color can hardly be called pink. Rather, it is a pale red. The smell of the fruit is reminiscent of the scent of roses. The skin of the fruit is thin and easy to peel. The pulp is loose, mainly used for making desserts.
7. Huge brown beans are actually exotic and very tasty fruits of Thailand. These are tamarinds. This species has a sweet and sour tart taste. Thais eat tamarinds raw, as most of the fruit is edible. In addition, a refreshing drink can be made from fruits. They also make sauces. But for this it is necessary to choose a special, sour variety of the fruit.

   

You can buy unusual fruits in Thailand not only in the market. Not every tourist wants to spend their time visiting a noisy bazaar. You can buy the treasured jackfruit or guava right on the beach. Teenagers with huge baskets walk along the coast and buy fruits and drinks made from them. However, it should be borne in mind that everything on the beach will cost much more than on the market. Fruits are also sold in special tents in the city. Going to mysterious Thailand, do not forget to carefully consider exotic fruits sold there in a book or on the Internet, photos with names will be an excellent guide to the Thai market.

fruits of thailand

1.mangosteen
Rounded fruit, similar to a small eggplant with a very thick skin. Under it are white lobules resembling
garlic. The fruit has a characteristic delicate sweet and sour taste. Mangosteen is rich in calcium, phosphorus and vitamins B and C.

2.durian
A large fruit, reaching a mass of 5 kg, is covered with a dense peel and dotted with large spines. The pulp is very tender, the consistency resembles a thick cream with a nut-cheese taste. The ripe fruit has a corrosive putrefactive odor, so it is forbidden to carry durian indoors. The smell is less intense or completely elusive if the fruit has just been peeled. In Asia, durian is highly valued, it is considered the “king of fruits” and miraculous properties are attributed to it.

3.Rambutan
Rambutan fruit is round or oval, about the size of a ping-pong ball or a chicken egg. The red skin is densely covered with stiff hairs. The pulp of rambutan is a white gelatinous mass with a sweetish taste.
The fruit is rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin C.

4.tamarin
Curved bean-like fruit, 10-15 cm long. It has a sour-sweet, sometimes tart taste. Tamarind
used as an effective but mild laxative.

5.Longan
Outwardly, the fruit looks like a nut, it is easy to clean. Under the peel is a transparent juicy pulp that has a sweet taste.
The fruit has one large seed. The use of this fruit has a beneficial effect on the skin, it contains a lot of phosphorus,
calcium and amino acids.

Difference between Longan and Lancon

6.Eye of the Dragon
The birthplace of this fruit is South America, and he himself is the fruit of a cactus. The pulp of the dragon fruit comes in white and burgundy colors with many black seeds. Its taste is barely perceptible, not pronounced, sweetish-sour. It is best to consume the dragon's eye chilled, as it perfectly quenches thirst. The fruit stimulates blood circulation, is useful in diseases of the cardiovascular system and the thyroid gland.

7.pomelo

Pomelo is the largest fruit in the citrus family. May weigh more than 1 kg. The color of the pulp is red to yellowish. The taste is reminiscent of grapefruit, but more delicate and without pronounced bitterness. It is a source of vitamin C.

8.Mango
Depending on the degree of ripeness and variety, mango is yellow, red and green. Mango has a bright, characteristic sweet, occasionally sweet and sour taste. The aroma of mango is extremely expressive and pleasant. The unripe fruit is an indispensable component of many Thai salads. The fruit has a good effect on the cardiovascular system, is favorable for the digestion process.

9.Papaya
The fruit is fleshy, oblong, shaped like a zucchini. The peel of a ripe fruit has an orange-yellow color. The ripe fruit is used for dessert, and the famous Thai Som Tam salad, a classic Thai dish, is made from green papaya. Papaya contains a lot of iron, vitamins A, B, C and D. The fruit is valued for its ability to improve the digestion process: it normalizes the acidity of the stomach and relieves pain during exacerbation of stomach diseases.

10.noina
The fruit of the noina is pale green in color, with a bumpy peel, similar to a cone. Ripe fruit is soft, with a pleasant aroma. The flesh is white with black pits and has a very sweet and slightly astringent creamy taste. It is customary to eat Noina with a spoon, breaking it into two halves. The fruit is rich in amino acids.

11.Sapodilla
Another variant of the name is sapodila. It is very similar in appearance to kiwi, only less "hairy" and having a dark brown color. The taste is sickly sweet, milky caramel. The fruit is often used for serving dishes because of its beautiful brownish hue of the pulp; various drinks, desserts, and sauces are prepared from it. The season is from October to December. Raises blood pressure.

12.Guava
In appearance, the fruit looks like a large bumpy green apple. The season is all year round. This fruit is cut into slices, with the soft pits cut out in the middle, and eaten like a green mango, sprinkled with a mixture of spices and sugar, or simply unseasoned. Ripe fruits should be consumed with the peel to improve digestion and stimulate the heart.

13.carambola
The fruits are yellow or green, similar in size and shape to sweet peppers, but when viewed from above or below, they are star-shaped. Ripe fruits are very juicy, have a pleasant floral taste, not very sweet. No need to peel, just cut into pieces (“stars”). The season is from October to December. Contains a lot of vitamin C.

14.Bail
Very widespread in Southeast Asia. Bail fruits are not so easy to find in fruit markets in their entirety. And even if you meet him, you yourself will not cope with him. The fact is that its peel is hard as a 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 fruit is yellow. Inside the pulp and a few seeds covered with hairs. The flesh is yellow, fragrant, not too sweet and a little astringent. If you can't taste the fruit fresh (which, in general, you shouldn't worry about), you can buy tea from the Bail fruits, called Matum. It is a fruit cut into slices and dried. It is believed that it is very effective in the treatment of colds, bronchial and asthmatic diseases.

15.Avocado
Avocados are also called American perseus and alligator pear. Covered with a tasteless and inedible peel. Inside there is a dense pulp like a pear and one large bone. The flesh tastes like an unripe pear or pumpkin and is nothing special. Avocados are more commonly used for cooking than for eating raw. But dishes prepared with avocados can greatly diversify the festive table.

16.Jackfruit
Jackfruit fruits are the largest fruits growing on trees: their weight reaches 34 kg. Inside the fruit are several large sweet yellow lobules of edible pulp. The pulp has a sugary-sweet taste, reminiscent of melon and marshmallow. It is very nutritious: it contains about 40% carbohydrates (starch) - more than in bread. The season is from January to August.

17.Noni
This fruit is also known under the names of big moringa, Indian mulberry, healthy tree, cheese fruit. The noni fruit resembles a large potato in shape and size. Noni cannot be called very tasty and fragrant, ripe fruits have an unpleasant odor (reminiscent of the smell of moldy cheese) and a bitter taste, but are considered very useful. 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.

18.passion fruit
This exotic fruit is also called the passion fruit, because it is credited with the properties of a strong aphrodisiac. Passion fruits have a smooth, slightly elongated rounded shape, reaching 8 centimeters in diameter. Ripe fruits have a very bright juicy color and are yellow, purple, pink or red. The yellow fruits are less sweet than the others. The pulp also comes in a variety of colors. Under the inedible peel is a jelly-like sweet and sour pulp with seeds. When used, 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 has a calming effect and causes drowsiness. The most ripe and delicious fruits are those whose skin is not perfectly smooth, but covered with "wrinkles" or small "dents" (these are the most ripe fruits). The ripening season is from May to August.

19.Buddha hand
This is a type of citron. It is also called the fingers of the Buddha and the finger citron. This fruit is not one that you will enjoy the taste of. Undoubtedly, the fruit is very interesting and useful, and when you see it, you will most likely have a desire to try it. But don't rush. The fruit consists almost entirely of a rind (the pulp is inedible), which is similar to the rind of a lemon in taste (bitter and sour taste) and violet in smell. The shape of the fruit is very interesting 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 cook various dishes with citrus flavor from it (compote, jelly, candied fruit).

20.Sala (salak, rakum, snake fruit)
Oblong or round fruits of small size (about 5 cm long), red or brown, covered with dense small spines. Fruit with a very unusual, bright sweet-sour taste. Someone reminds a persimmon, someone a pear. You should be careful when peeling the fruit: the spines are very dense and dig into the skin. It's better to use a knife. The season is from April to June.

21.Lychee
Round red fruit, up to 4 cm in diameter. Wonderful, delicious fruit. It has one bone in the middle. Very juicy, sweet, sometimes sour. The peel is easily separated from the white-transparent pulp. 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. During the off-season in Asia, canned lychees can be purchased in jars or plastic bags in their own juice or coconut milk. Lychee contains many proteins, pectins, potassium, magnesium and vitamin C. A very high content of nicotinic acid - vitamin PP, which actively prevents the development of atherosclerosis.

22.Kiwano
Also known as horned melon, African cucumber, Antillean cucumber, horned cucumber, anguria. Kiwano
really looks like a big cucumber in the cut. Although it is a fruit, another question. The fact is that the fruits of Kiwano grow
on the vine. It is cultivated mainly in Africa, New Zealand, on the American continent. Kiwano fruit
oblong, up to 12 centimeters in length. The color is yellow, orange and red depending on the degree
maturation. Under a dense peel, the flesh is green, the taste is somewhat reminiscent of cucumber, banana and melon. Fruit not
peeled and cut into slices or halves (like a normal melon), and then the pulp is eaten. Also used with
salt.

23.A pineapple
The most common varieties in Thailand: Nanglay - a small round fruit with a yellow-green peel and yellow juicy
pulp; phuket - a fruit with a yellow-orange skin and dark yellow sweet and crispy flesh; phulae - small
round fruit, the smallest of all species, with a yellow-brown skin and light yellow fragrant flesh; sri racha
- a large reddish-brown fruit with yellow flesh, sweet and sour taste. Pineapple is rich in vitamins A and C,
calcium, phosphorus and bromelain, helps fight colds and low blood pressure.

24.rose apple
Usually in the shape of a bell, this is the most common variety. There are also flattened rose apples and even
oval. The color of this fruit is red, green and pale pink. Inside is always light. It has a coniferous taste.
sour, not bright. But the fruit is incredibly juicy. Excellent thirst quencher. They don't have bones. Therefore it is very convenient
give it to children. You don’t even need to clean it, it is used together with the skin. Outwardly, the fruits of a rose apple are slightly
reminiscent of cashew apples. In Thailand, the rose apple is sold all year round.

25.Cancers
A very interesting fruit, because in its shape it resembles a drop, and its skin looks like a shell, which is very easy to remove. Crayfish need to be cleaned very quickly, because this fruit has a skin covered with sharp spikes. Its taste is unusually rich and sour-sweet, roughly similar to kiwi or strawberries.

26. Coconut or maprao
Very different from the usual hairy brown walnut. Thai walnut is huge, almost the size of a human head. Unripe coconuts - maprao - have a refreshing fragrant juice and tender white flesh. In season, coconut juice is sold directly in the shell, a hole is cut through it and a straw is inserted.

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. Carambola should be eaten 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.

Everyone who travels to Thailand is interested in what fruits grow in Thailand? What are they called correctly?
How to recognize them and what time of the year is the season of the most popular and favorite fruits such as mango, papaya or mangosteen.
The article contains absolutely all the fruits of Thailand, with descriptions, photos and names, prices for fruits in Thailand and the seasons of their ripening and eating. After reading, you will memorize what the fruits of Thailand look like and how they are called in Thai, which will make it easier to select them in the market and buy them.
At the bottom of the article is a plate of Thai fruit ripening by months, it is easy to determine the lowest prices for Thai fruits during the year.

Fruits of Thailand photo with names and descriptions

Mango - the most delicate fruit in Thailand (Mamuang in Thai)

Let's start with the most delicious, popular and favorite fruit among Russians - Mango.
Thai Mango - (Ma-muang in Thai) has many varieties. We won't go into details
they are all tasty and edible.
Some people prefer oblong Thai yellow mangoes,

the most popular mangoes in Thailand - these are

someone likes round, small and plump (I think they are sweeter)

For me, the king of fruits in Thailand is not durian, but mango. Because such delicious mangoes as Thai mango, you will not try anywhere else.
Mango is good for health. Despite the fact that it is sweet, eating mango will not hurt your figure, so you can safely make necks, salads, add to desserts and make jam from it.

In Thailand, many cosmetic products, creams, masks, toothpastes are produced on the basis of mango. Round Thai toothpastes with mango are generally a delight.
In Russia, you can order them in the online store Siamgarden.ru, there the prices are good and everything is in stock, you don’t have to wait for long months for a parcel from Tai.

Thai Mango season falls on March - June. In general, mangoes bear fruit in Thailand several times a year.
Unfortunately, during the tourist season (October to March), prices for mangoes are mostly not humane, and all because it is not available in such quantities.
But whoever seeks will find. This winter, in the Jomitien market there was also such a price for mangoes:

Although the average price for a mango now is 60 baht. In summer it is even cheaper - 30 baht per kilogram.

Life hack for tourists: buy the hardest and toughest mangoes home. Take mangoes of different varieties. Do not hesitate to green mango, it will ripen within a week.

In general, when buying a mango, you need to pay attention to such things: The skin of the mango should be dense and clean. No dark spots or fading.
Do not wrinkle mangoes when buying, they become unusable very quickly. By the way, mangoes are as tender as bananas. A little pressure on them - that's it.

Sellers in the markets will ask in Russian “With you?” "Home?" and depending on the answer, throw a mango into the bag for you. So, smile and pick your own mangoes, since the market is a market everywhere, you won’t have time to blink an eye, as you are thrown sluggish and spoiled.

Don't buy huge mangoes. It is much more convenient to eat and peel those mangoes that are the size of a girl's palm. Such mangoes by weight - 3 - 3.5 pieces per kilogram.
Thais peel mango like this: they take a knife, cut the mango along with the peel on one side and the other. The pulp is cut with a knife to the skin and then horizontal stripes are made. The resulting cubes are easily cut into a plate:

I personally do not like the dessert “mango sticky rice” (glutinous rice with mango - khau niyaw mamaung), popular in Thailand. It is much nicer to eat mangoes without rice. But my children are just delighted and even take ice cream along with glutinous rice and mango.

Thailand's king of fruits - Durian (Thu-ryan)

Everyone who travels to Thailand knows about Durian. Everyone who has been to Thailand should try it, as this is exactly the same exotic that cannot be ignored.
A huge prickly fruit costs crazy money, especially in the off season.
A small piece of durian packed in film is sold for 120 - 150 baht.
At the same time, fans and connoisseurs of Durian advise eating it immediately after cleaning, so it quickly starts to go out and stink.

Almost all hotels in Thailand have a sign saying that entry with durians is prohibited. It is clear why. Nobody likes a mixture of rotten onions, garlic and garbage, but this is exactly what peeled durian smells like, as it contains a huge amount of sulfur, which, interacting with oxygen, gives such a smelly smell.

Durian tastes like a thick milk cream, somewhat similar to creamy ice cream. I can not say that you can eat durians every day. Also, durians are very high in calories.
Refrain from eating durian if drunk. Since durian can greatly increase blood pressure, which, along with drinking, can harm your health.
The price of Durian in the harvest season starts from 100 baht per kg. Durian season in Thailand is summer. June to August. During the year, durian is also sold, but it costs more and there is less choice.

Dragon fruit - the most tasteless fruit of Thailand - Pittahaya (Kheeu - mang: con)

Oh, I remember how I wandered around night Bangkok with my husband at night in search of this very dragon, which relatives ordered us to bring. The dragon was eventually found at a Bangkok night fruit market, but was it worth the effort?

In my opinion, Dragon Fruit is a tasteless something. This beautiful relative of the cactus has neither taste nor smell. But nevertheless, many people love the dragon fruit and buy it in Thailand.

Some people eat it with lime juice, they say it tastes better.
Delicious to add Dragon to smoothies and milk shakes, ice cream, decorate desserts.
The dragon is very low in calories, its bones improve eyesight, and it is also useful for diseases of the stomach and intestines.

The dragon looks very exotic. It comes with white and raspberry flesh inside, a color that does not affect the taste.
To eat a dragon, cut it in half and eat it with a spoon. or after peeling the skin, cut into slices.
It is added to salads, tinctures and syrups are made.
The price of dragon fruit fluctuates depending on the season. From 40 to 80 baht per kg.

Dragons grow in the form of creepers, but in general the dragon fruit is a cactus.

Noina - Paradise apple of Thailand - (Noi-na)

It looks like a green scaly ball. Firm to the touch. In Thailand, the noina fruit is called the sugar apple.
The inside of the noina is filled with cream-like pulp. Lots of bones. It is customary to eat, cutting in half, throwing out the bones, which are quite poisonous if they are specially eaten a lot.

Noina, or sugar apple, is definitely worth a try in Thailand, the sweet, soft pulp inside is somewhat reminiscent of a pear in taste.

Noina is sold everywhere in the markets of Thailand, the price in the harvest season is about 40 baht per kg. Sold all year round, I bought somewhere for 60-70 baht per kg.
Noina can be made into a delicious children's dessert if you mix the pulp of noina with coconut juice and freeze.

Rambutan - the hairiest fruit in Thailand (Ngo)

Rambutan is one of my favorites. Its pros: easy to clean, easy to eat, delicious.
Rambutan belongs to the lychee family, and the Malay word rambutan means hair.

Be careful when buying. Fresh and tasty rambutan should have "healthy hair".
That is, no blackness, the appearance is peppy, with red-green hairs.

To eat it, you need to cut it in a circle with a knife, press on the skin, which will peel off and eat, spitting out the bone that is inside it (one), but it is separated extremely poorly.

The taste of rambutan is hard to describe. It is elastic like grapes, with the aroma of roses and spices.
The price of rambutan starts from 40 baht per kg.
Very poorly stored. It may not reach Russia.

Mangosteen - unusual garlic (Mang - khuuk)

the most delicious and tender Thai fruit - mangosteen!

Another one of my favourites. Exactly in the top 5 fruits of Thailand in my ranking.
Inside the mangosteen are many garlic-like cloves. That's what we call him among ourselves.
The pulp is juicy, sweet and sour, reminiscent of a mixture of peach and grapes, cannot be described, you need to try.
The fewer slices inside the mangosteen, the fewer seeds.

It is easy to clean: just like rambutan in a circle, you just need to twist the halves in different directions.

Thais clean mangosteen simply by scrolling the top flower in different directions. When the flower has fallen, cut the mangosteen in half with your fingers.

How to choose a fresh mangosteen?
Take the fruit in your hand. It should not be too soft, but not wooden. If wooden is all, it is gone, the same with soft, rotten fruit. Should be easy to push through with your finger.

Mangosteen becomes wooden after spending a lot of time in the refrigerator or in the air.
Freshly picked mangosteen is good for girls on a diet. Its calorie content is only 40 kcal per 100 grams of pulp. Mangosteen peel is used in Thai medicine for a variety of ailments as an antiseptic, astringent, remedy for diarrhea, and to improve bowel function.

Prices for mangosteen in Pattaya - from 50 to 120 baht. Mangosteen season is summer.

Papaya - like boiled carrots (mala-koo)

An ancient Indochinese fruit. Super useful. It is possible and necessary even for small children to give as the first complementary foods.
Thai papaya tastes, they say, not as wonderful as Indian. But I have not tried Indian, there is nothing to compare with.
No pronounced taste. Probably, most of all, papaya reminds me of boiled carrots.
Papaya weighs from 1 to 8 kg.
To choose a fresh and good papaya, pay attention to the peel. It should be yellowish with a green tint.
The all-green papaya goes into the famous Som Tam salad.
Oh, it's really delicious there! Salivating at the memory. Sometimes, in Som there, instead of green papaya, they put green mango.

Papaya should be eaten by cutting off the skin like a potato and dividing the fruit in half to remove the seeds inside.
low-calorie papaya helps with many ailments.

In winter, another variety is sold in Pattaya, which looks like a large peach. The difference is that it has no seeds at all, and it tastes like strawberries.

Papaya costs in Thailand from 20 baht per kg. On average, one papaya costs 20-40 baht.

Passion fruit - the most fragrant and healthy fruit of Thailand (Passion fruit) (Sau-wa-root)

Also a great fruit. Exotic for Russia due to its poor transportation.
Passion fruit is a fruit with a very rich smell and taste. The jelly-like pulp under the thick skin smells really cool!

Passion fruit is usually cut in half and eaten with a spoon. One of the most delicious and low-calorie fruits, and in terms of usefulness it will give 100 points ahead to everyone!

Being a fan of passion fruit, I found out in foreign sources that it contains a huge amount of vitamin C and iron, and this is very unusual, since usually only vitamin C is found in fruits, which, as you know, is absorbed in extremely small quantities without iron.
Passion flower, passion fruit or passion fruit - on the contrary, allows the body to absorb the entire supply of vitamin C, as well as iron, which makes it very, very useful during colds, to raise hemoglobin, for a weakened, tired body.

Passion fruit is especially useful for girls and women, as it has antioxidant properties and eating it has a beneficial effect on the skin, which becomes younger, rashes and pimples go away, the body rejuvenates and vitality appears.

The best and healthiest eating option is to eat raw, with a spoon, about 3-4 fruits per day. Since passion fruit contains a lot of vitamin C and is a sweet and sour fruit, people with high acidity need to be careful. Passion fruit for them can be dangerous and bring heartburn.

Passion fruit is also indicated for those who have problems with the intestines and digestion. Literally in 2-3 days of eating, the stool is adjusted and all pains, bloating, flatulence, initial types of hemorrhoids and cracks disappear.

The price in the markets of Pattaya for passion fruit varies from season to season. The lower bar is 60 baht. The season is summer-autumn, in winter passion fruit is sold at 100-120 baht per kg.

YOU CAN BUY SUCH A PASSION

When choosing passion fruit, take fruits with a wrinkled skin, this is a ripe fruit. It is desirable that the passion fruit be of medium hardness, a good color of ripe eggplant. A smooth skin indicates that the fruit has recently been plucked, it may be sour, but you can also take it.

Useful information for tourists in Thailand

We have been living in Pattaya for many years and over the years we have accumulated a lot of useful information that will help you save money, because the ruble to baht exchange rate is not encouraging and I think no one has extra money.

Here are the articles that are most helpful for you before your trip:

Where to buy fruits in Pattaya profitable and cheap

You will find the best fruit prices in Pattaya in the markets:

Ratanakaorn market. The address is Tepprazit Street, in the middle, next to the Colosseum show. Works from 5 am to 15-16 pm.

Wat Bun Market - located on the street. Wat Boon, next to Paradise Condo, Park Lane, Amazon, Atlantis. Works from morning until 18 pm.

Jomtien night market. Located in the middle of the Jomtien waterfront, within walking distance of Aqua Condo. Open from 5 pm to 11 pm. Prices may be higher than at Wat Bun and Ratanacorn.

The Ambassador Hotel has a fruit row, the prices there are quite reasonable, it makes no sense to go to the city specifically for fruit.

There are no good cheap markets in the center of Pattaya. Prices are inflated, overpriced.

In the area of ​​st. Pattaya Park, next to the hotel there is a good market, which is open from lunch until late in the evening, and also, farmers often sell fruits from cars in the same street

Sapodilla - like a tasteless persimmon (La-mut)

While in Thailand, of course, I tried almost all the fruits, but there are some that are puzzling. Here is one of the sapodilla.
Tastes like an unripe persimmon. Some strange astringent taste, in general, some kind of nonsense. If you are going to taste, then sapodilla is inexpensive (of course)), the price of sapodilla in Pattaya is about 30-40 baht per kg.
Choose a fruit that has a soft skin. The harder, the more it knits.

Salak - sour strawberry (Sa-La (Ra-kum in Thai) Snake fruit

That's definitely a snake. Even when you take it in your hand, it feels like you are touching a snake by the skin. Similarly, rough and prickly.

The sour pulp that grows on the snake palm. It helps to cope with diarrhea, as the herring fruits contain tannin.
I do not see any other purpose of taking herring inside, except as an antidiarrheal property. Since the taste is rather strange for us. Sour, astringent.
It cleans well, the skin peels off by itself, one has only to press.

The price of Salak (snake fruit) in Pattaya is 70 - 90 baht per kg.

LYCHI IS A WHOLE PERFUMERY PLANT OF CHEAP PERFUME

That's what the Thais love, so it's lychee. Lychee in marinade, lychee in compote, lychee everywhere.
Lychee fruits look very beautiful - such a soft pink ball that also smells nice.
In appearance, lychee is similar to both rambutan and longan. Lychee also has one bone inside the transparent pulp. The bone is not eaten.

For my taste, lychee is painfully reminiscent of perfume. So to me its aroma is somehow stuffy and intoxicating.

The price of litchi in Pattaya is 100-120 baht per kg. Season is June.

Lychee is very useful, uplifting, contains a lot of B vitamins, phosphorus, protein, iron, pectin, while being low in calories.

Star fruit - (Carambola) Ma-feung) Star fruit

CARAMBOLA - STAR FRUIT!

Of course, a beautiful and exotic carambola fruit is an old fruit.
It is not cleaned, just cut across so that 5 terminal stars are obtained.

Serves as a table decoration, cocktails, etc. It tastes more like a vegetable than a fruit.
Very watery and sour. Useful, contains many vitamins.

Ripe carambola is bright yellow. In Pattaya, it is easy to find carambola just growing like a weed on trees. The tree brings a huge amount of fruits that fall and which no one even collects. Thais almost never eat carambola, and if they eat it, they add greenish to salads.

The price in Pattaya for carambola (star fruit) is around 40 baht per kg.

Longan - Dragon Eye - (la-miai)

In Chinese, "long yang" is "dragon's eye". Free translation from Chinese, and here it is - longan.
The bone really looks like someone's eye.

Longan is one of my favorites. tastes like a tasty and ripe melon, but be careful,
longan is very easy to overeat. Then there will be a feeling of dizziness and nausea.
You should not eat more than 5-10 berries at a time, I know for myself.

When buying, inspect the bunch of longan. The fruits should be the same color, slightly rough, not wrinkled and without spots.
The peel quickly bursts when pressed and can be eaten like nuts.
The bone itself is bitter, do not eat. The price of longan in Pattaya is 60-80 baht per kg per season. for sale all year round, the main season is summer.

Breadfruit Jackfruit (Kha-nu-n)

Jackfruit is very similar to durian, look make no mistake when buying!
Jackfruit fruits are simply huge! They reach 40 kg of weight, so you should not walk around under a tree on which Jackfruit grows, and in Thailand you will often come across it.

Jackfruit is Portuguese for big and round. Thais love jackfruit, probably also because from one piece you can get a lot of pulp similar to an apple.

Jackfruit has an unusual taste. It's hard to describe. Most often eaten in a pickled form, in sweet syrup.
From a huge jackfruit, many many "berries" are obtained:

It is unlikely that you will buy a whole Jackfruit, since the price of an average fruit is 900 - 1000 baht. Therefore, it is not sold in the form of a green carcass, but packaged and sold on substrates.

Jackfruit is very satisfying and healthy. A large amount of folic acid in it is a recommendation for eating pregnant and lactating women. Jackfruit is sweet, soft, very fragrant and somewhat reminiscent of turbo banana chewing gum.
It has a lot of vegetable fiber, which is so difficult to find in other products, as well as magnesium.

The price of a substrate with jackfruit is about 40-70 baht.

Guava (fara-ng)

In Thailand, there is a delicious and fresh guava. The one that is pink inside is tastier, very fragrant, and the one that is light green is more watery and does not have a rich taste.
In Thailand, guava can often be found at fruit hawkers and will be bright green in color. Don't let that bother you, it's just soaked in sugar syrup. So it acquires sweetness and taste. Firm, crunchy in taste.
Even unripe guava has a strong smell. It can be used at home as a fragrance and absorber of other odors, such as in the refrigerator or next to the ashtray.
Thais love unripe guava, eat it with spices and marinate, make sauces.
Guava makes a very tasty and fragrant smoothie or juice. But provided that sugar is added there.
The price of guava in Pattaya is from 40 baht per kg.

Tamarind - the most high-calorie fruit in Thailand (ma-kham-wang)

TAMARIND - THAILAND'S CALORIOUS FRUIT

Tamarind is a fruit of the date family. The taste is very controversial. Usually it is not eaten just like that, but soaked to get juice-syrup, or dried, rolled in sugar to eat as candied fruits.

And without sugaring, tamarind is very high in calories. For 100 grams, there are more calories in tamarind than in a cheeseburger - as much as 240 calories! So do not eat it for those who are trying to monitor their weight.

Tamarind is popular as a cosmetic. It whitens, gives freshness to the skin, is used as a raw material for scrubs, facial cleansers, creams, etc.

Coconut - the most popular fruit of Thailand (Ma Phrau)

Coconut in Thailand is pickled, eaten raw, baked, made into syrups and ice cream, added to soups and sauces, meat and fish, everywhere in general.
About the benefits of coconut oil, coconut is a very useful and cool product.

THE MOST DELICIOUS VARIETY OF COCONUT, IN MY OPINION, IS SUCH. WHITE

Did you know that coconut water was used during the civil war for blood transfusions? Because in its composition, coconut water is similar to blood plasma.
Coconut water (young coconut) should and can be given even to infants, it is so useful and rich in vitamins.
I think almost everyone loves coconuts, and in Thailand there are a lot of them and everywhere, at the most affordable price.
The harvest of coconuts in Thailand is all year round, so their price does not change.
The price of coconuts in Thailand is 15 - 20 baht for a coconut in a store and 30 - 40 baht in the city or on the beach.
In Pattaya, most often they sell either white young coconuts or their counterparts, a different variety, in a green peel.

I love the taste and smell of coconut, on occasion I always order a cocktail in coconut or a shrimp cocktail in coconut, and the kids love the coconut ice cream that they put in the coconut and sold by the Thais from their carts. This ice cream costs 20 baht, if you see an ice cream man with an iron tank under an umbrella, be sure to try it!
The season is all year round.

Banana - (klu-ai)

It is better not to use the Thai name for a banana when communicating with Thais, as you risk being misunderstood due to the peculiarities of pronunciation.
The fact is that klu-ay, said in a different key, means a male organ, and its name is in a rough form.

Bananas in Thailand, like coconuts, are everywhere. They are cheap, every spirit house has them as an offering.
They are completely different in taste here than in Russia. It is generally accepted that “forage varieties” are sold in Russia. I don't know, but I think it is.
In the Motherland, you can feed the whole family with one banana, they are that big. Here I love to buy a bunch of small bananas because they are very sweet and filling.
Bananas are rich in potassium, and despite the fact that they are not too dietary (too much starch), they are still useful in that they monitor health. Just eat them not in a bunch a day.

I buy green bananas in Thailand, as they ripen very quickly (a day or two), and when buying yellow ones, I didn’t have time to blink an eye - they are already black.
The price for a bunch of bananas, and they are sold that way, and not by kg, in Pattaya is 25-30 baht.

The most delicious bananas in Thailand are small ones. They are very sweet and convenient to give to children as a snack.

Pineapple (Sappa-root)

They say that the most delicious and fragrant pineapples grow in Thailand. And this is true. You will not find such sweet, juicy, tasty pineapples anywhere else. That pitiful semblance of what they feed us in Russia is just for chickens to laugh at.

Pineapple is sold all year round in Thailand and is cheap. It, like bananas, is sold by the piece, not by kg.
One big pineapple costs in Pattaya -20 -30 baht. You can buy already peeled for 20 baht in a bag on ice from a fruit vendor in the city.

Thais masterfully peel pineapples without leaving a single sharp thorn and without cutting off anything superfluous, so I advise you to take the peeled one.
In the Jomitien market, peeled pineapples are sold for 20 baht (half). In the evening, they give you 3 peeled pineapples for 50, so swoop in!

All sorts of charlatans like to sell fat-burning vitamins with pineapple, I don’t know how they work, but pineapple really contains a substance that speeds up metabolism, improves concentration and stamina, helps to diet and lose weight.
It’s clear that you can’t polish a Big Mac with pineapple and think that “Hurrah! I eat and lose weight!!”

Pineapples should be eaten with caution for hypertensive patients and people who have high acidity.
When choosing a pineapple, press on the skin, it should be slightly soft. By color, even if you took a completely green pineapple, it will ripen over time.

Although not peeled pineapples in Thailand, in my opinion, they only buy home. There is no difference in price, but it will still not be possible to clean it just like the Thais.

Watermelon - (Tang-moo)

A distinctive feature of Thai watermelons is their size. If there are no options in Russia and you have to buy a 10-15 kg watermelon, just
because there are no others, then in Thailand, watermelons are very compact. Thai watermelon weighs about 4-5 kg, sometimes less.
That is, it is easy to eat in one or two meals and does not take up much space in the refrigerator.
Thai watermelon comes in red and yellow inside. This does not particularly affect the taste, in appearance it is also not clear what kind of watermelon you will end up with upon purchase.
Watermelons in Thailand are sold all year round. Often you can buy sliced ​​\u200b\u200b already peeled or half a watermelon.
Everyone knows that watermelons are very healthy, especially in the heat.
The price for a whole watermelon in Thailand is about 30-40 baht,. Cutting - 10 -20 baht.

Do not buy too small watermelons in Thailand, which are pulled by 1-2 kg. They will be watery and tasteless. The ideal size is 2-4 kg. Entrust the choice of watermelon to the seller, they pick well.

Tangerine (catfish)

Tangerine is a Thai manadrine. Basically, it has a green, very thin skin.
Tangerine is famous for being squeezed juice everywhere and sold in 330 ml bottles for 20 baht.
Juice by the way is very tasty, sweet and healthy.
His trouble is that there are always sooo many bones.
Having peeped what kind of juicers the sellers of tangerine juice use, I bought myself the same one for 400 baht in Makro. Now I enjoy juices without leaving home.

Tangerines, like tangerines, oranges and citrus fruits, are not cheap in Thailand.
Rather, tangerine is just the cheapest of them. It is sold all year round and costs about 50 baht per kg.
wholesale cheaper. 10 kg of tangerines in macro cost 330 baht.

As well as mangoes, papaya, watermelons and tangerines, in Pattaya you can often find a pickup truck with farmers selling their goods.
Tangerines from the car will cost 3kg per 100 baht.

Kumquat

4664 kumquat - mini orange

Last on my list, but not least. Very cute and tasty fruit, citrus family. Like a mini orange. Kumquat can be eaten raw, marinated, made into candied fruit or marmalade.
Kumquat is very useful to brew for colds, as an antibacterial drink that helps with colds and colds. That is, kumquat + ginger + honey, and a tasty, healthy drink will quickly put you on your feet.

The price of kumquat in Thailand is different, from 50 to 90 baht per kg.
For some reason, in Pattaya comes across quite rarely.

Fruit season in Thailand - table

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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 stone, but with a richer taste and aroma. Very juicy, sweet, sometimes sour. The peel is easily separated from the white-transparent pulp.

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.

During the off-season in Asia, canned lychees can be purchased in jars or plastic bags in their own juice or coconut milk.

Ripe fruits keep in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. You can freeze and store in the freezer for up to 3 months peeled fruits.

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

Rambutan (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 covering the stone is a transparent white elastic mass, with a pleasant sweet taste, sometimes with a sour tint. The stone is quite tightly connected to the pulp, and is edible.

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

Harvest season: May to October.

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

Rambutan is eaten fresh, cooked jams and jellies, canned.

Mangosteen (Mangosteen, mangosteen, mangosteen, garcinia, mankut).

The fruit is about the size of a small dark purple apple. Beneath the thick, inedible skin is the edible pulp in the form of garlic cloves. The pulp is sweet with sourness, very tasty, not like anything else. Generally pitted, although some fruits have small, soft pits that can be eaten.

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

The harvest season is from April to September.

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

Dragon's eye (pitahaya, pitaya, moon yang, dragon fruit, pitaya).

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

Rather large, oblong fruits (palm-sized) red, pink or yellow on the outside. Inside the pulp 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's eye is useful for stomach pain, diabetes or other endocrine disease.

Harvest seasons are all year round.

Durian

King of fruits. The 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 smell is reminiscent of the smell of onions, garlic and worn socks. With this fruit, because of its smell, it is even forbidden to enter hotels, transport and other public places. To remind you 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 texture, and does not at all correspond to an unpleasant odor. You should try this fruit, if only for the reason that many have heard about it, but few 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 as a powerful 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 (salak, rakum, snake fruit, snake fruit, sala)

Oblong or round fruits of small size (about 5 cm long) red (Rakum) or brown (Salak) in color, covered with dense small spines.

Fruit with a very unusual, bright sweet-sour taste. Someone reminds a persimmon, someone a pear. It is worth trying at least once, and then how you like it ...

You should be careful when peeling the fruit: the spines are very dense and dig into the skin. It's better to use a knife.

The season is from April to June.

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

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

Fruit with an edible peel, 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 sweet and sour, somewhat reminiscent of the taste of an apple. Sufficiently juicy fruit and perfectly quenches thirst.

Sold all year round.

People with severe kidney failures are not recommended to consume Carambola.

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

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

The pulp of Longan is very juicy, has a sweet, very aromatic, taste with a peculiar touch.

The season is from July to September.

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

Longkong fruits, like Longan, are similar to small potatoes, but are slightly larger in size and have a yellowish tint. It is possible to distinguish Longan if you peel the fruit from the peel: peeled, it looks like garlic.

They have an interesting sweet and sour taste. Fruits Rich in calcium, phosphorus, carbohydrates and vitamin C. The burnt skin of the Longkong gives off a fragrant smell that is not only pleasant, but also beneficial, as it serves as an excellent repellant.

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

The season is from April to June.

Sometimes a variety is also sold - Langsat, which looks 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. Inside the fruit are 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. It is very nutritious: it contains 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 is stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 months. But it is better to buy chopped and packed slices of pulp.

Important! Some people experience an unhealthy reaction in the throat after eating Jackfruit - spasms, it becomes difficult to swallow. Everything usually passes in an hour or two. Maybe it's an allergic reaction. Be careful.

Pineapple (Pineapple).

Pineapple fruits do not need special comments.

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

Separately, it is worth mentioning the Thai Pineapple - it is considered the most delicious in the world. You should definitely try it and be sure to bring it home with you to pamper your loved ones. For consumption on the spot, it is better to buy already peeled.

Pineapple season - all year round

Mango (Mango).

According to 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 fragrant, juicier, and the taste is more intense. And indeed, when you eat fresh, ripe mango grown, for example, in Thailand, it seems that there is nothing tastier.

The fruit is covered with an inedible peel that does not separate from the pulp: it must be cut into a thin layer with a knife. Inside the fruit there is a rather large, flat bone, from which the pulp also does not calve, and it must be separated from the stone with a knife, or simply eaten.

The color of the Mango varies from green to yellow (sometimes to yellow-orange or red) depending on the degree of maturity. For consumption on the spot, 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 were stored somewhere else before.

If you want to bring several fruits home, then you can buy fruits of medium maturity, greenish in color. They are well preserved and ripen on the road or already 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 Noina are the size of a large apple, green, bumpy.

Inside the fruit is very palatable, sweet fragrant pulp and many hard seeds the size of beans. The unripe fruit is firm in texture and not at all tasty, similar to a pumpkin. Therefore, having bought an unripe fruit on the market and having tasted 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 due to 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 mature or slightly overripe fruits literally fall apart in the hands.

To choose a ripe tasty noina, you first need to 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 on the counter.

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 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 pulp, sweet and sour with a tart taste. Be careful - inside Tamarind there are large hard bones.

By soaking tamarind in water and grinding through a sieve, juice is obtained. Sweets are made from ripe dried tamarind. 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).

This fruit, also known as the American apricot and Antillean apricot, 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 fragrant, 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 generally known under completely different names: in Brazil - Graviola, in Mexico - Roox, 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 countries of Asia and South Africa, which are warm all year round, also in Australia, Spain, Israel, Portugal, Italy, Egypt, Libya and Algeria. However, in these countries the fruit is rare. It is most common on the American continent.

It is rather difficult to recognize the fruit of Cherimoyya at the first inexperienced glance, since there are several types of it with different surfaces (lumpy, smooth or mixed). One of the tuberculate varieties, including 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 resembles an orange in texture and is usually eaten with a spoon, very tasty and tastes like banana and passion fruit, papaya and pineapple, and strawberries with cream at once. The pulp contains very hard pits the size of a pea, so be careful, otherwise you may be left without a tooth. It is usually sold a little underripe and firm and must lie down (2-3 days) before getting 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 homeland of the fruit is Southeast Asia, but now it grows in all tropical countries.

The Noni fruit resembles a large potato in shape and size. Noni cannot be called very tasty and fragrant, and, apparently, that is why tourists very rarely come across it. Ripe fruits have an unpleasant smell (reminiscent of the smell of moldy cheese) and a bitter taste, but are considered very useful. In some regions, noni is a staple food for 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 the markets for local residents.

Marula (Marula, Sclerocarya birrea).

This fruit grows exclusively on the African continent. And it is not easy to find it fresh for sale 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 marula is enjoyed not only by the inhabitants of Africa, but also by animals. After eating marula fruits that have fallen to the ground, they are often "drunk".

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

The harvest season of Marula takes place in March-April.

Wonderful Platonia (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 peel. Under the peel is a white tender pulp with a sweet and sour taste and several large seeds.

Kumquat (Kumquat)

Kumquats are also known as Fortunella, Kinkan, Japanese oranges. This is a citrus plant. It grows in southern China, but is also widely distributed in other tropical countries. Kumquat fruits can also be found on the shelves of our stores, but the taste is not at all what you can try at home in the freshest form.

Kumquat fruits are small (from 2 to 4 centimeters), similar to small oblong oranges or tangerines. Outside covered with a very thin edible peel, inside and in structure and taste almost the same as an orange, maybe a little more sour and bitter. Eaten whole (except bones).

The ripening season is from May to June, you can buy all year round.

Guava (Guajava)

Guava (Guajava), Guava or Guava 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. Another thing is the aroma: it is quite pleasant and very strong. In addition, the fruit is very useful, rich in vitamin C and perfectly raises the overall tone of the body and improves health.

Fruits come in various sizes (from 4 to 15 centimeters), round, oblong and pear-shaped. Skin, pits and pulp, all edible.

In Asia, a green, slightly unripe Guava is liked to be consumed by dipping pieces of the 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 tonic.

Passion Fruit/Passion Fruit

This exotic fruit is also called Passion Fruit, Passiflora (Passiflora), Edible Passion Flower, Granadilla. Homeland is South America, but can be found in most tropical countries, including the countries of Southeast Asia. Passion Fruit got its second name 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 are yellow, purple, pink or red. The yellow fruits are less sweet than the others. The pulp also comes in a variety of colors. Under the inedible peel is a jelly-like sweet and sour pulp with stones. You can’t call it especially tasty, juices, jellies, etc. made from it are much tastier.

When used, 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 delicious fruits are those whose skin is not perfectly smooth, but covered with "wrinkles" or small "dents" (these are the most ripe fruits).

The ripening season is from May to August. Stored in the refrigerator Passion Fruit can be one week.

Avocado

Avocados are also called Perseus americana and Alligator pear. Avocado is considered to be a fruit. It may be scientifically true, but it tastes more like a vegetable.

Avocado fruits are pear-shaped, up to 20 centimeters long. Covered with a tasteless and inedible peel. Inside there is a dense pulp like a pear and one large bone. The flesh tastes like an unripe pear or pumpkin and is nothing special. But if the avocado is well ripened, its flesh becomes softer, more buttery, and more palatable.

Avocados are more commonly used for cooking than for eating raw. So do not chase to be sure to try this fruit. 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 this, so you don’t have to look too much at Avocado.

Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis, breadfruit, pana)

Don't confuse breadfruit with jackfruit. The jackfruit, although known as the Indian breadfruit, is actually a completely different fruit.

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 Breadfruit, its fruits are in some countries the main product of kicking, like our potatoes, for example.

Breadfruit fruits are rounded, very large, can reach 30 centimeters in diameter and four kilograms of weight. In its raw form, like a fruit, ripe fruits are consumed, and unripe fruits are used as vegetables in cooking. It is better to buy ripe fruits on vacation, and even better already cut into portions, because. you can hardly cut and eat the whole fruit. When ripe, the flesh becomes soft and slightly sweet, reminiscent of banana and potato. 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.

Breadfruit ripening season, 9 months a year. You can buy fresh fruits all year round.

Jabuticaba (Jabuticaba)

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

This 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 directly on the trunk, and not on the branches of a tree. The fruits are small (up to 4 cm in diameter), dark purple. Under a thin dense peel (inedible) 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, Antilles Cucumber, Horned Cucumber, Anguria. Kiwano really looks like a big cucumber in a section. Although it is a fruit, another question. The fact is that the fruits of Kiwano grow on a vine. It is cultivated mainly in Africa, New Zealand, on the American continent.

Kiwano fruits are oblong, up to 12 centimeters in length. The color is yellow, orange and red depending on the degree of ripening. Under a dense peel, the flesh is green, the taste is somewhat reminiscent of 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 raw form, both unripe and unripe fruits are consumed. The unripe fruits can be eaten with the pits as they are soft. Also used with salt.

Magic fruit (Miracle fruit)

The magical fruit grows in West Africa. It does not have an outstanding exotic taste, but it is known and interesting in that after you eat it, for about an hour, all foods will seem sweet to you. The fact is that the Magic Fruit contains a certain protein that blocks for some time the taste buds on the tongue, which are responsible for the sour taste. Therefore, you can eat a 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 fruit.

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

The magical fruit bears fruit almost all year round.

Bael (Bael, wood apple, wood apple)

Also known under other names: Aegle marmelos, stone apple (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 grey-green (immature) to yellow or brown (ripe) with a very dense, rough rind resembling a walnut shell. The flesh of the unripe fruit is orange, divided into segments with white seeds. In a ripe fruit, the pulp is mushy, brown, sticky, and can taste sour or sweet.

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

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

The ripening season is from November to December.

Buddha hand

The Buddha Hand is a variety of Citron. It is also called Buddha Fingers and Finger Citron.

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

The shape of the fruit is very interesting 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 cook various dishes with citrus flavor from it (compote, jelly, candied fruit).

Banana (Banana, Musa)

Well, in general, everyone already knows about bananas. We accidentally mentioned banana so 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 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)

Papaya is native to South America but is now 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 of a vegetable than a fruit. But that's because they ate 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 in its raw form is really very tasty and sweet. In texture, it resembles a dense melon, and in taste it is something 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 quite often used as identical words. However, the name "coconut" in this case is not correct, because. coconut, in 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 tropics. Belongs to the category of fruits.

It is a large rounded (up to 30 cm in diameter) fruit, weighing up to 3 kg. Koros has conditionally two degrees of maturation. A young coconut has a smooth, light green or green-yellow outer layer, under which is a hard pit, which in turn is a clear (coconut water) or white emulsion (coconut milk), with a small jelly-like layer of coconut flesh 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 maturation (or over-ripening) that we see in our stores is the following: on the outside, a fibrous and rough layer, under which there is a hard brown shell, and under it a thick layer of white pulp and a slightly cloudy 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, one universal kitchen knife is not enough here, you will need more “heavy artillery”. But fortunately, if you buy coconut in tourist areas, you will 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 to “scrape” the pulp. Chilled coconut is best.

Tourists love a special coconut cocktail very much: you need to drink a little juice from a coconut, 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 sapote tree or tree 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, has a color from light to dark brown.

The ripe fruit has a sweet flavor with a slight caramel flavor. In structure, the pulp resembles persimmon - soft and juicy, and just like persimmon, it can “knit” a little, only much less. Inside 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 fruit for more than 3 days, because. it quickly deteriorates and sours. Therefore, Sapodilla is practically not found on the shelves of our stores. Unripe fruit is also not recommended, because. it has a very bad taste. It is worth choosing ripe fruits based on their color (those that are yellower or brown are more ripe, green ones should not be chosen at all) and softness. Hard fruits are completely immature, a mature fruit gives in to pressure a little, and an overripe one is squeezed very easily.

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

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

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

The ripening season is from September to December.

pomelo

Pomelo or pomelo or pamela (Pomelo pummelo, pumelo, som-o, pompelmus, sheddok, Citrus maxima or Citrus grandis, Chinese grapefruit, dzheybong, jeruk, limo, lusho, jambura, sai-sekh, banten, zebon, robeb ​​tenga)

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

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 inhabitants of Russia.

It is worth choosing Pomelo, focusing, first of all, on a pronounced aromatic citrus smell and soft peel. Before use, you need to peel it from a thick peel, making several cuts (to make it easier and more convenient 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.

Use this fruit in cooking, in cosmetology. In some countries, it is consumed with salt, chili pepper and sugar, dipping peeled slices into this mixture.

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

Ripening season: all year round.

Fig (fig, fig, fig, fig, 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. It is covered with a thin smooth skin from yellow-green to dark blue or purple on top. Under the skin is a layer of white peel. Inside the pulp is very sweet and juicy with small seeds, jelly-like consistency, reminiscent of strawberries in taste. In color - the flesh is from pink to bright red. Unripe fruits are inedible and contain milky juice.

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

You need to choose ripe figs with a dense skin, without spots, slightly soft. It is recommended to store it for no more than 3 days in the refrigerator, because. it quickly deteriorates 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, after such a “soaking” you can drink water (useful substances pass there).

Figs are dried, marinated, jam is cooked. In dried form, it is more nutritious and high-calorie than in fresh form.

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

Harvest season: August to November.

Kiwi (Actinidia deliciosa), Chinese actinidia (Actinidia chinensis), Kiwi, Chinese gooseberry, Chinese grape)

Kiwi fruit is a berry. It has small fruits of a round or oval shape, covered on the outside with a fleecy thin brown skin. The mass of the fruit can reach up to 80 g, the diameter is up to 7 cm. Under the skin is 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, in general, is sweet with a slight sourness, reminiscent of a mixture of gooseberries, apples, pineapples.

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 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 hard 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, after putting it in a bag or plastic container.

There are two ways to eat kiwi: peel and cut into slices or cut in half and eat away the pulp 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, caimito, (caimito, star apple), milky fruit (milky fruit)

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

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

Ripe fruits should be selected for slightly wrinkled peel and softness when pressed, no damage. 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 picking out 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.

Harvest season: February to March.

Guanabana (guanabana, annana muricata, soursop, prickly annona, graviola, sauceup, sauasep)

Guanabana is a close relative of Noina and Cherimoya, and they can really be confused with an inexperienced eye in appearance and even in taste. Their main difference is in the peel: in Guanabana, the surface of the peel 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, quite large, can reach a weight of 12 kilograms, although usually there are fruits weighing no more than 3 kilograms on sale.

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 not find this fruit in every fruit market, but if you find it, be sure to try it.

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

In an unripe fruit, the flesh is hard and tasteless, like a pumpkin. Moreover, the fruits are often sold unripe (they 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 her lie down for a couple of days, as she acquires her own unique taste. To select a ripe fruit, you need to press a little on it, the peel should sag slightly. Hard dense fruits are unripe.

Guanabana can be eaten by cutting the fruit in half and scraping out the pulp with a spoon, or cut into slices and consumed like a watermelon. Peeling a ripe fruit will not work.

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

The ripening season of Guanabana is all year round.

Tamarillo (Tomato tree, Cyphomandra beetroot, Cyphomandra betacea)

Tamarillo is an oval-shaped 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 similar to tomatoes, which is why its second name is Tomato tree, but still it is a fruit. Its skin is hard, smooth and bitter. It is very reminiscent of a tomato with a currant flavor, but has a slightly pronounced fruity smell. The flesh may be yellow or orange. 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. In this case, you should be aware that the fruits of yellow and orange are sweeter, and the fruits with a darker color become more sour as they ripen. Ripe fruits are not stored for long (in the cold for no longer than 7 days), unripe ones are able to ripen at room temperature. Poorly tolerate transportation.

They eat tamarillo, having previously peeled it (it is inedible), and slightly capturing a layer of pulp, or cutting it in half and scooping out the pulp with a spoon.

It is widely used in cooking, using it in dishes both 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 (Feijoa, Pineapple Guava, Acca Sellowiana)

Feijoa is a small oval-shaped berry, 3 to 5 cm long, up to 4 cm in diameter. The weight of an average fruit is from 15 to 50 g. "tail". The skin is thin dense, can be smooth or slightly bumpy, wrinkled. The flesh under the skin, depending on the degree of maturity, is from white or cream to brownish (in the latter case, the berry is said to be spoiled). Inside the pulp is divided into sections, in the center of which there are several light edible seeds. The consistency of a ripe feijoa is light and jelly-like. The taste of the berry is 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 with a peel, however, this is not for everyone, because. feijoa skin tastes sour and astringent. In most cases, feijoa is cut in half and the flesh is scraped out with a spoon, or you can peel the skin with a knife and eat the peeled fruit.

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

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

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

The ripening season is October-November.

Pepino (Melon Pear, Sweet Cucumber (Solanum muricatum)

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

It is cultivated in large numbers 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 ones are able to ripen and also be stored for a long time.

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

Used in cooking, along with vegetables, especially unripe Pepino fruits.

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, Philippines).

The fruit of Santola has a rounded shape from 8 to 15 cm in diameter with a long stalk. Depending on the variety, it can be from yellowish to brown in color, the peel is slightly velvety on top. Fruit color is usually uneven with pigmentation over the entire surface. Under a rather thick peel, a whitish opaque pulp is hidden, similar to "garlic" cloves, up to 5 pieces. Inside each slice 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, ranging from sour to sweet and sour, slightly reminiscent of mangosteen. As a rule, the fruits of yellowish varieties are sweeter.

Before use, you need to peel the fruit (it is inedible), after cutting it across into two halves, with a knife or peel it with your hands, and then remove the slices of pulp and free them from the seeds. The pulp does not separate well from the stone, so it is customary to suck it. Sometimes Santol is eaten with salt and pepper.

Santol fruits contain a large amount of iron, magnesium, fluorine.

Used in cooking (desserts, alcohol) and cosmetology (masks, scrubs).

The ripening season is from May to June.

Jujube or jujube (Zizyphus jujuba) (unabi, Chinese date, chest berry, jujube, jujube)

The fruit of the shrub is ovoid or rounded 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 jujube can be uneven over the entire surface, as if spotty. 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 there is, as a rule, one oblong bone. The aroma of jujube is slightly fruity.

It grows in countries with a temperate climate 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 hard (they can be unsweetened), dark red or brown. Eat with the peel. Fresh fruits do not store well, so it is recommended to dry them.

Yuyuba is a useful and even medicinal product. It is used both fresh and dried. Rich in vitamins A, B, especially vitamin C, sugars, acids, trace elements.

Widely used in cooking (drinks, wine, jams, preserves, etc.), medicine (has a calming, anesthetic, tonic effect), cosmetology.

The ripening season is from August to October.

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

Mafai fruits taste very similar and outwardly similar to Longan fruits. They are from yellow to red with a diameter of up to 5 cm. The peel is thin, soft, smooth. Inside from 2 to 4 cloves, outwardly resembling garlic. The pulp is juicy, white, sweet and sour with a refreshing effect. Inside each lobule is a bone 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 bone, and it cannot be separated in any way. This fruit has no characteristic aroma. In general, it cannot be said that this fruit is worth “hunting” in order to definitely try it.

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

You can meet this fruit in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, China, Cambodia. Occurs very rarely.

The ripening season is from May to August.