20 Amazing Fruits That NOBODY Knows.
Do you know the salak, the Pandanus tectorius, or the jacoticaba? Probably not!
These are not the names of extinct dinosaurs, but simply amazing fruits.
Their flavor is probably unknown to you.
Yet, like the fruits that grow in our latitudes, they are loaded with vitamins and their benefits deserve to be known.
These exotic fruits with unknown names have surprising shapes and colors.
You will probably be amazed by the diversity of these fruits: further proof that nature is a magician!
Proof that there aren't just apples, oranges or even bananas!
The biodiversity of your planet must make us proud and we must do everything to preserve it. Look :
1. Jackfruit apple
You will find this tree of the Moraceae family in Southeast Asia, Brazil and Haiti. Although it comes from India and Bangladesh, it is now found in all tropical regions.
Jackfruit or jackfruit or even Artocarpus heterophyllus is nicknamed the 'poor man's fruit'. Even though he's close to the breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) and that its fruits are also edible, they should not be confused.
2. The salak or snake fruit
Salak means "snake" in Javanese but also in Sudanese. It is undoubtedly the skin of the fruit composed of scales reminiscent of the skin of the snake that earned it this name. It is covered with hard, brown scales. Covered with thorns, the salak is a creeping palm that can reach 6 meters in height.
It is a fleshy, white-fleshed fruit, 5 to 8 cm long, with a small stone inside. You will find it in Java, Sumatra, Thailand, Malaysia, or even Indonesia, although its origin is unknown.
3. The jaboticaba
The jaboticaba is a tree that comes from the region of Minas Gerais, in the southeast of Brazil. It is also called guapuru. It is a small, black fruit tree that measures 3 to 4 cm in diameter. Each fruit contains one to four seeds. Its pulp is either white and sweet or pink and gelatinous.
4. The lougan or dragon eye
The longan tree is a small tree about 20 meters high from Southeast China. The longan or also called longani is its fruit. Longan is a name of Vietnamese origin (lung ngaan) meaning: eye of the dragon.
5. The fruit of hala or Pandanus tectorius
The hala fruit is a magnificent fruit that measures approximately 8 inches in diameter. It is very popular in Micronesia where it is eaten cooked or raw: in this case, it is chewed for a long time or it is made into fruit juice. It also serves as dental floss! Its leaves are used to flavor dishes. It pushes on the " Pandanus utilis ". It is also found in Hawaii and Australia.
6. The hands of Buddha
Not sure that Buddha knows that his hands are in fact an aromatic citrus fruit that grows on a shrub with long thorny branches. The skin of Buddha's hands is very thick. It is slightly acidic, without seeds, without juice and almost… without flesh!
Moreover, the Japanese and the Chinese do not eat them but use it to perfume interior rooms or wardrobes and the clothes they contain.
7. The durian
Durian is found throughout Southeast Asia but also in South America. It grows at the top of an evergreen tree also called durian.
Oval in shape, quite large since it measures some 40 cm in length and weighs about 5 kg, it has a very particular characteristic: its pestilential smell!
Good to know: it is often prohibited in places and public transport in Asia because of its smell. Its taste is… special. But it is very popular in Asia. Its white flesh is hidden under a shell topped with thick thorns.
8. The annatto
A small tree from tropical America, the annatto is also found in Southeast Asia. It produces very beautiful red flowers and red fruits topped with thorns filled with seeds ... red.
As beautiful as it is, we do not eat this fruit. It is harvested to dry the seeds surrounded by a wax rich in carotenoids. It is made into an oil or food coloring.
9. The kiwano
It is also called the horned melon (or cucumber) probably because of these thorns which surmount the skin of this tropical fruit. Originally from Africa and Arabia, in Yemen, we feast on its fruit.
10. The akbia
The five-leaf akebia, covered with a bluish, waxy layer, grows in the temperate forests of East Asia. The flowers that bloom on this liana are beautiful. While original, its fruit, which ripens between September and October, is relatively tasteless.
11. The akee
Another magnificent fruit! Native to West Africa, it is also called aki or blighia sapida. Looks like a lychee in an orange-red shell with large black seeds. It is cultivated in the tropics. We eat its white flesh. But if it is not consumed fully ripe, it becomes very poisonous.
12. Rambutan
Rambutan is an amazing fruit! Its hull is covered with long red threads. It is from the same family as lychees, longans and quenettes. The taste of its sweet and sometimes not very juicy flesh is also close to lychee with a little grape flavor! It grows in Asia on a tree which is also called rambutan.
13. Kaffir lime
Kaffir lime is also called combawa, cumbava, cumbaba, makrut, lemon combera, or kaffir lime! In short ... whatever name you choose, it is a citrus fruit native to Indonesia, in the Sunda archipelago in the Moluccas Sea. According to old maritime charts, the name of its island of origin is "Sumbawa". Hence its name !
14. Mangosteen
It is also called the fruit of the gods or mongoose. If you are lucky enough to come across this fruit, make a cure: it is one of the fruits richest in natural antioxidants (40 xanthones at least). It is used in Asia and Central Africa for its healing properties. But beyond that, its taste is very pleasant, between acid and sugar.
It is a small, round fruit about the size of a golf ball, the white flesh of which is divided into 5 or 6 wedges. Its skin (pericarp) is very thick. It is this that concentrates natural antioxidants.
15. The pitaya
The pitaya is the dragon fruit, about ten cm in weight for around 350 grams. It is also one of the most beautiful fruits on Earth. Its beautiful pink and green skin hides a white flesh dotted with small black seeds. Its delicate taste is somewhat reminiscent of kiwi.
16. Aguaje
The buriti or fruit of the tarpaulin palm (or aguaje) is in itself a vitamin cure! It contains up to 38 times more provitamin A than carrot and up to 31 times more vitamin E than avocado. Plus, it has as much vitamin C as an orange or a lemon!
17. Starfruit
The star fruit which is also known as the Goan apple comes from Asia. But today its tree, the carambola, is found in South America, Australia, Israel and India.
The shape of this fruit and its appearance calls out to us: slightly translucent, yellow, waxy. Its flesh is crunchy and acidic. It decorates your plates very pleasantly with its star shape and brings them freshness!
18. Langsat
The langsat or duku is the symbol of the Narathiwat province in Indonesia. Beneath its fair skin is a large stone surrounded by translucent, sweet white flesh. It is popular in Southeast Asia.
19. The cherimoya
Oddly enough, it is also called fruit ice cream. Native to South America, the cherimoya has white flesh and large black seeds. Its taste is reminiscent of apple cinnamon, beef heart and soursop.
20. The cupuaçu
This cousin of the cocoa tree is a large fruit with an elongated pod that can be up to 8 inches long and 10 inches in diameter.
The cupuaçu can weigh 1 to 2 kg. His skin is brown and covered with down.
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