Cape Gooseberries are native to Chile, Columbia, and Peru but are now also cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions of China, India, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The name comes from a husk that grows around the yellow fruits like a cape. They are often used in pies, jams, ice cre...
Kiwifruit is native to north-central and eastern China. The first recorded description ofthe kiwifruit dates backto the 12th century China during the Song Dynasty. Kiwifruit were first grown in Chile in the 1980s. The fruit has adapted to local climate conditions. Also, all kiwifruit sold acros...
The fruit tastes like tart rhubarb or apricot. Quandongs are highly prized not only for their tart-sweet flavor but also for their medicinal qualities. In Chinese medicine, quandongs are used to treat a wide range of ailments. Native healers considered the fruit to be absolutely essential due...
The tropics with relatively warm climate occupy nearly 40 % of the earth’s surface supporting nearly half of the world’s population. The temperature variations are less significant. Majority of the world’s biodiversity is adapted to the diverse...
Mango is also used to make nectar and ice-cream. Naseberry (Mamey, Níspero, Sapodilla) The naseberry is native to Central America and the Caribbean. The Indians of Mexico originally called the tree 'sapodilla', a name that is retained in many parts of the region. The fruit is round ...
Maqui fruit comes in a beautiful purple color. Native to Chile, maqui fruit is also commonly known as a berry fruit. 15. Marang Fruit Commonly known as a cousin of jackfruit, marang fruit has a weird odor. It smells like gasoline and tastes like a pear. Its exterior is covered in a ...
Native Americans introduced Europeans to strawberries hundreds of years ago, but their wild strawberries were pretty small. Fortunately, the French brought a different variety from modern day Chile back to Europe where multiple strawberry cultivars were bred into the large juicy strawberries we know tod...
Sendt is a small tree native to the subtropical Andean region of South America from Colombia to Chile, popularly known as arboreal tomato, belonging to the family Solanaceae. The objective of this study was to evaluate the physicochemical characteristics of fruits and the germination of tamarillo ...
Cherries are native to Asia, but currently, they are widely cultivated in temperate climates such as the Mediterranean area (Bastos et al., 2015). The production has been increasing over the years, corresponding to the increase interested by the consumer in this fruit. In fact, in 2020, 2.6...
Inadequate nutrient intake, coupled with increased oxidative stress, leads to an imbalance responsible for the current major diseases. Many foods have traditionally been used as traditional medicine, including native berries from southern Chile. Both Maqui and Calafate possess high antioxidant activity, wh...