Native to Latin America primarily Brazil to Paraguay, passionfruit can be found in almost any tropical zone around the world. Unlike most tropical plants that grow from tropical fruit trees or shrubs, passionfruit grows from a vine and the passion flower. It comes in different varieties but the...
Native to South America, Umari (Poraqueiba sericea) is one of the rare and unique fruits that start with the letter U. The fruit possesses yellow or orange skin along with a buttery texture. It also has an intense aroma. One can consume this fruit raw or use it as one of the ingredi...
Watermelon - One of the few commercial fruits native to Africa, the Citrullus lanatus vine grows wild throughout much of southern Africa. With fruits weighing less than five pounds (2.2 Kg) and more than 40 pounds (18 Kg) or even larger, they are also one of the most variable in size....
And to taste, it is something in between an apple,… Continue reading →Passion fruitPassion fruit (Passion fruit, Passfruit, Passion fruit, Passionflower edible, Passiflora edible, Granadilla purpurea) is native to South America, and is currently grown in many countries with a tropical climate....
Calabash are native to South America. They are shaped like cucumbers, and can be green or yellow with just a single seed. They are often eaten raw, dried, or juiced. They are also used extensively in local medicines. Canistel Fruit The Canistel Fruit is also known as egg fruit or cupcake...
The dragon fruit is a member of the cactus family and is native to Latin America. The unusual name comes from the appearance of the fruit’s skin, which evokes the image of a dragon’s scales. There are two types of dragon fruit: one has deep-purple flesh similar in color to a beetr...
Characteristics: Native to Latin America and the Caribbean, this fist-sized fruit can be found across the world from Hawaii to Egypt to Pakistan. Some guava is white, although some other varieties of guava will have a bright pink interior and a dark green skin. This fruit is usually eaten ...
to health and to produce functional processed products (Costa, Garcia-Diaz, Jimenez, & Silva, 2013; Mikulic-Petkovsed, Schmitzer, Slantar, Stampar, & Veberic, 2012; Szajdek & Borowska, 2008). In tropical countries, specially South America there are a large amount of native small fruit ...
杨桃～Carambola, also known as starfruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native to the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, India,Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The fruit is popular throughout Southeast Asia, the South Pacific and parts of East Asia. The tree is ...
This study investigates the research trends, patents, and nutritional and functional potential of three native Ecuadorian species in the genus: Vasconcellea stipulata V.M. Badillo (toronche), Vasconcellea pubescens (V.M. Badillo) (chamburo), and their natural hybrid Vasconcellea x pentagon...