Akee fruit- From west Africa. Soft and creamy pulp with white to yellow flesh. |
Babaco- From Ecuador. Tastes like a strawberry,kiwi,pineapple and papaya. |
Biriba Fruit- From Brazil. Soft and sweet banana like flavor. |
Blood Orange- From Italy. Tastes like an orange with hints of a flower. |
Chocolate Vine- From Japan. Smells like chocolate, tastes like tapioca pudding. |
Buddhas Hand- From India & China. Citrus fruit used as zest. |
Calamondin- From China. Juicy pulp like an Orange. |
Canistel- From Mexico. Flesh is sweet, with the texture of an egg yolk. |
Cashew- From Northern South America. The cashew nut is the seed, who knew. |
Cheimoya- From the Andes. Fleshy & Soft, white in color. Sherbet like texture. |
Dragon Fruit- From Mexico. Similar to Kiwi fruit in taste. |
Heart of palm- From Costa Rica. Tastes like artichokes or water chess nut. |
Jackfruit- From southeast Asia. Weighs in at 100lbs. Tastes like a tart banana. |
Lanzones Fruit- From southeast Asia. Bitter seeds with flesh that's sweet and sour. |
Ilama Fruit-From Central America. Taste close to that of a Cherimoya with a hint of lime and lemon. |
Lychee- From Southern China. Has a sweet translucent white flesh. Juicy. |
Mammee Apple- From South America. Close relative of the mangosteen. Astrigent layer under the skin, then the flesh is yellow and can be crisp or juicy. |
Mangosteen- From Sunda Islands. Sweet tangy and Juicy. |
Okinawan Sweet Purple Potato- From Japan. Light sweet taste. |
Passion Fruit- From Paraguay. Juicy filled with seeds , is tart and smells sweet. |
Peanut Butter Fruit- From Venezuela. Has a sticky, dense pulp like peanut butter. Smells like peanut butter too. |
Prickly Pear- From Mexico & Americas.Tastes like a watermelon. |
Pulasan - From Peninsula Malaysia. Sweet and Juicy with the flavor of an almond. |
Rambutan- From Vietnam. The fruit has a sweet mildly acidic flavor. |
Romanesco- From Italy. An Edible flower from the broccoli cauliflower family. |
Safou- From Africa. Has a rich buttery pulp that smells like citrus and has a slight acidic taste. |
Salak - From Indonesia. Sweet and acidic, apple like texture, very dry and crumbly. Also called the snake fruit because the skin looks and feels like that of a snake. |
Spiky Kiwano Melon- From Africa. Tastes like a cucumber. |
Star Apple- From Central America. Star like pulp that's sweet. |
Star Fruit- From Indonesia & Sri Lanka. Crunchy, firm extremely juicy and it tastes like a grape. |
Sweet Granadilla- From Andes Mountains. Gelatinous transparent pulp that's sweet and soft. |
Wax Apple- From India. They have the taste of a Pear and Watermelon. |
Wood Apple- From Bangladesh. Sticky brown pulp that may be sweet or sour. Has a citrus smell. The outside rind is so hard (like that of a coconut) it's used as a bowl . |
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