5 exotic fruits
By kaizan28
Favourite Exotic Fruit
Which of these exotic fruits is your favourite?
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Passion fruit shown cut open with seeds
Passion fruit collection
Passion fruit collection
Passion Fruit Facts
They are purple & yellow skinned fruits.
They have a jelly-like pulp which has a sweet-sharp almost lemony flavor.
There is a small jelly like clusters of edible seeds
Rich in vitamin C & fiber if you include eating the seeds.
Wrinkled is good! Passion fruit is at its ripest like this.
Ripe passion fruits store well in the fridge for upto a week.
S America, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Africa, are all producers.
Availability is all year round.
They can be grown indoors.
They can grow to 15 to 20 ft. per year, on growing vines.
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Jack fruit growing
Jack fruits growing on tree
Ripe jack fruits ready to eat
Ripe jack fruits to eat
Jack Fruit Facts
- Thought to be indigenous to the rain forests located in the Western Ghats of India
- Jackfruits are the largest tree-borne fruit in the world, reaching sometimes upto 80 pounds in weight and measuring up to 36 inches long & 20 inches in diameter.
- Jackfruit unopened has a strong smell, just like decayed onions
- The pulp of the opened fruit smells like pineapple and banana.
- When the ripe bulbs are fermented, they produce a potent alcohol.
- The leaves from the Jackfruit leaves help to cure ringworms, diabetes, & asthma.
- The tree wood is used to make musical instruments, including the body of the Indian drums.
- The tree wood is also popular for the manufacture of furniture, including doors and windows, and also in roofs.
- Jackfruit heartwood is used by buddhist monks in Asia as a dye for their light brown colours.
Lychee bundle
Lychee fruit collection
Lychee cut open
Lychee cut open
Lychee Fruit Facts
- They are mostly grown in China, India, Southern Africa, Madagascar, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Taiwan, northern Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Mexico.
- It has a sweet taste, and is a fragranced fruit.
- Lychees mature from July through to October, around 100 days after flowering.
- There is a single brown seed in the middle, that is like a nut, but it is not edible.
- One of the earliest references to the fruit is in chinese history, made by Yan Yuhuan.
- The Emperor during the tang dynasty's favourite concubine ( Maternal friend)
- The lychee fruit has lots of vitamin C, and about 10 would meet your daily requirements.
- An average cup of Lychee fruit contains many essential minerals including: Copper,Phosphorous,and Potassium.
- Lychees are low in Saturated Fat, also Cholesterol and Sodium.
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Rambutan Fruit
Rambutan Fruit ripe
Rambutan Fruit Bunch
Rambutan Fruit Bunch
Star Fruit Fresh
Star Fruit Fresh
Star Fruit Growing
Star Fruit Growing
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