LIST OF CULINARY FRUITS

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Here are 'lists of fruits' considered edible in some cuisines. The definition of fruit for these lists is a 'culinary fruit', i.e. "Any sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a ." Note that many ''true fruits'' are considered to be vegetables in the culinary sense (for example: the tomato), and hence do not appear in this article. There exist also many fruits that are edible; however, for various reasons have not become popular. For inedible fruits, please see list of inedible fruits.

Contents

Temperate fruits

Rosaceae family

Berries

Fruits of Asian origin

Fruits of North American origin

Cacti and other succulents

Podocarps

Herbaceous annuals fruits

Melons and other members of Cucurbitaceae or Solanaceae family

Accessory fruits

Mediterranean and subtropical fruits

Tropical fruits

Unsorted

See also

External links

Temperate fruits

Fruits of temperate climates are almost universally borne on trees or woody shrubs or lianas. They will not grow adequately in the tropics, as they need a period of cold (a 'chilling requirement') each year before they will flower. The apple, pear, cherry, and plum are the most widely grown and eaten, owing to their adaptability. Many other fruits are important regionally but do not figure prominently in commerce. Many sorts of small fruit on this list are gathered from the wild, just as they were in Neolithic times.

Rosaceae family

The Family Rosaceae dominates the temperate fruits, both in numbers and in importance. The pome fruits, stone fruits and brambles are fruits of plants in Rosaceae.
The pome fruits:



★ Apple and crabapple (''Malus'')

★ Chokeberry also called cooking apple (''Aronia'')

★ Hawthorn (''Crataegus'' and ''Rhaphiolepis'')

★ Loquat (''Eryobotrya japonica'')

★ Medlar (''Mespilus germanica'')

★ Pear, European and Asian species (''Pyrus'')

★ Quince (''Cydonia oblonga'' and ''Chaenomeles'')

★ Rose hip, the fruitlike base of roses (''Rosa''); used mostly for jams and herbal tea

★ Rowan (''Sorbus'')

★ Service tree (''Sorbus domestica''), bears a fruit known as a sorb or sorb apple

★ Serviceberry or saskatoon (''Amelanchier'')

★ Shipova (''× Sorbopyrus auricularis'')

The stone fruits, drupes of genus ''Prunus'':


★ Apricot (''Prunus armeniaca'' or ''Armeniaca vulgaris'')

★ Cherry, sweet, black, sour, and wild species (''Prunus avium'', ''Prunus serotina'', ''P. cerasus'', and others)

★ Chokecherry (''Prunus virginiana'')

★ Greengage, a cultivar of the plum

★ Hybrids of the preceding species, such as the pluot, aprium and peacotum

★ Peach (of the normal and white variety) and its variant the nectarine (''Prunus persica'')

★ Plum, of which there are several domestic and wild species; dried plums are called 'prunes'

Berries

In non-technical usage, 'berry' means any small fruit that can be eaten whole and lacks objectionable seeds. The 'bramble fruits', compound fruits of genus ''Rubus'' (blackberries), are some of the most popular pseudo-berries:



★ Blackberry, of which there are many species and hybrids, such as dewberry, boysenberry, olallieberry and loganberry (genus ''Rubus'')

★ Cloudberry (''Rubus chamaemorus'')

★ Loganberry (''Rubus loganobaccus'')

★ Raspberry, several species (genus ''Rubus'')

★ Salmonberry (''Rubus spectabilis'')

★ Thimbleberry (''Rubus parviflorus'')

★ Wineberry (''Rubus phoenicolasius'')

The true berries are dominated by the family Ericaceae, many of which are hardy in the subarctic:


★ Bearberry (''Arctostaphylos'' spp.)

★ Bilberry or whortleberry (''Vaccinium'' spp.)

★ Blueberry (''Vaccinium'' spp.)

★ Crowberry (''Empetrum'' spp.)

★ Cranberry (''Vaccinium'' spp.)

★ Huckleberry (''Vaccinium'' spp.)

★ Lingonberry (''Vaccinium vitis-idaea'')

★ Strawberry Tree (''Arbutus unedo''), not to be confused with the Strawberry (''Fragaria'')

Other berries not in the Rosaceae or Ericaceae:


★ Açaí (''Euterpe''), a palm fruit native to the Amazon region

★ Barberry (''Berberis''; Berberidaceae)

★ Currant (''Ribes'' spp.; Grossulariaceae), red, black, and white types

★ Elderberry (''Sambucus''; Caprifoliaceae)

★ Gooseberry (''Ribes'' spp.; Grossulariaceae)

★ Hackberry (''Celtis'' spp.; Cannabaceae)

★ Honeysuckle: the berries of ''some'' species (called 'honeyberries') are edible, others are poisonous (''Lonicera'' spp.; Caprifoliaceae)

★ Mulberry (''Morus'' spp.; Moraceae)

★ Mayapple (''Podophyllum'' spp.; Berberidaceae)

★ Nannyberry or sheepberry (''Viburnum'' spp.; Caprifoliaceae)

★ Oregon grape (''Mahonia aquifolium''; Berberidaceae)

★ Sea-buckthorn (''Hippophae rhamnoides''; Elaeagnaceae)

★ Sea Grape (''Coccoloba uvifera''; Polygonaceae)

★ Wolfberry (''Lycium barbarum'', ''Lycium'' spp.; Solanaceae)

Fruits of Asian origin

Some fruits native to Asia or of Asian Origin.


★ Arhat (''Siraitia grosvenorii''; Cucurbitaceae) Also called longevity fruit

★ Che (''Cudrania tricuspidata''; Moraceae) Also called Cudrania, Chinese Mulberry, Cudrang, Mandarin Melon Berry, Silkworm Thorn, zhe

★ Goumi (''Elaeagnus multiflora ovata''; Elaeagnaceae)

★ Hardy Kiwi (''Actinidia arguta'')

★ Kiwifruit or Chinese gooseberry (''Actinidia'' spp.; Actinidiaceae)

★ Lapsi (''Choerospondias axillaris Roxb.'')

★ Nungu

★ Persimmon (aka Sharon Fruit) (''Diospyros kaki''; Ebenaceae)

★ Rhubarb (''Rheum rhaponticum''; Polygonaceae)

★ Sageretia (''Sageretia theezans''; Rhamnaceae) Also called Mock Buckthorn

Fruits of North American origin

Some other fruits native to North America that are eaten in a small way:


★ American grape: North American species (e.g., ''Vitis labrusca''; Vitaceae) and American-European hybrids are grown where grape (''Vitis vinifera'') is not hardy and are used as rootstocks

★ American Mayapple (''Podophyllum peltatum''; Berberidaceae)

★ American persimmon (''Diospyros virginiana''; Ebenaceae)

★ Buffaloberry (''Shepherdia argenta''; Elaeagnaceae), which grows wild in the prairies of Canada

★ Cocoplum (''Chrysobalanus icaco''; Chrysobalanaceae)

★ Cranberry (''Vaccinium oxycoccus'')

★ False-mastic (''Mastichodendron foetidissimum''; Sapotaceae)

★ Ground Plum (''Astragalus caryocarpus''; Fabaceae), also called Ground-plum milk-vetch

★ Pawpaw (''Asimina triloba''; Annonaceae, not to be confused with Papaya (''Carica papaya''; Caricaceae), which is called pawpaw in some English dialects)

★ Pigeon plum (''Coccoloba diversifolia''; Polygonaceae)

★ Salal berry (''Gaultheria shallon''; Ericaceae)

★ Salmonberry (''Rubus spectabilis''; Rosaceae)

★ Saw Palmetto (''Serenoa repens''; Ericaceae)

★ Texas persimmon (''Diospyros texana''; Ebenaceae)

★ Thimbleberry (''Rubus parviflorus''; Rosaceae)

★ Toyon (''Heteromeles arbutifolia''; Rosaceae)

Cacti and other succulents

Several cacti yield edible fruits, which are important traditional foods for some Native American peoples:


★ Cardón (''Pachycereus pringlei''; Cactaceae)

★ Dragonfruit (''Hylocereus undatus''; Cactaceae), also called pitaya

★ Prickly pear (''Opuntia'' spp.; Cactaceae)

★ Saguaro (''Carnegiea gigantea''; Cactaceae)

★ numerous other species of cacti

Podocarps

Podocarps are conifers in the family Podocarpaceae. The seed cones are highly modified and, in some, the seed is surrounded by fleshy scale tissue, resembling a drupe. These berry-like cone scales are eaten by birds which then disperse the seeds in their droppings and the cones can be eaten in many species. Podocarps are either half-hardy or frost tender, depending on species. Many genera are similar in that they have edible "fruits" and often don't have a common name.


★ Kahikatea (''Dacrycarpus dacrydioides'')

★ Manoao (''Manoao colensoi'')

★ Nageia (''Nageia'' spp.)

★ Podocarpus (''Podocarpus'' spp.)

★ Prumnopitys (''Prumnopitys'' spp.)

★ Rimu (''Dacrydium cupressinum'')

Herbaceous annuals fruits

Melons and other members of Cucurbitaceae or Solanaceae family

Some exceptions to the statement that temperate fruits grow on woody perennials are:



★ Gourds, including, but not limited to:

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★ Butternut squash (''Cucurbita moschata'')

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★ Cushaw squash (''Cucurbita mixta'')

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★ Hubbard squash, Buttercup squash (''Cucurbita maxima'')

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★ Pumpkins, Acorn squash, Summer squash (''Cucurbita pepo'')

★ Horned melon (''Cucumis metuliferus'')

★ Melon (''Cucumis melo''): cantaloupe, galia, and other muskmelons, honeydew

★ Watermelon (''Citrullus vulgaris'')

Accessory fruits

The accessory fruits, seed organs which are not botanically berries at all::


★ Raisin tree (''Hovenia dulcis'', Rhamnaceae) Also called Japanese Raisin Tree

★ Strawberry (''Fragaria'' spp.; Rosaceae)

Mediterranean and subtropical fruits

Fruits in this category are not hardy to extreme cold, as the preceding temperate fruits are, yet tolerate some frost and may have a modest chilling requirement. Notable among these are natives of the Mediterranean:



★ Black mulberry (''Morus nigra''; Moraceae)

★ Cornelian cherry (''Cornus mas''; Cornaceae)

★ Date palm (''Phoenix dactylifera''; Arecaceae)

★ Fig (''Ficus'' spp. Moraceae)

★ Grape, called raisin, sultana, or currant when it is dried. (''Vitis'' spp.; Vitaceae)

★ Jujube (''Ziziphus zizyphus''; Rhamnaceae)

★ Olive (''Olea europea''; Oleaceae)

★ Pomegranate (''Punica granatum''; Punicaceae)

★ Sycamore fig (''Ficus'' sycomorus. Moraceae) also called old world sycomore or just sycomore.

In the important genus ''Citrus'' (Rutaceae), some members are tropical, tolerating no frost. All common species of commerce are somewhat hardy:



★ Citron (''Citrus medica'')

★ Clementine (''Citrus reticulata'' var. Clementine),

★ Grapefruit (''Citrus paradisi'')

★ Hybrids of the preceding species, such as the Orangelo, Tangelo, Rangpur and Ugli fruit

★ Lemon (''Citrus limon'')

★ Limes

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★ Key Lime (''Citrus aurantifolia'')

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★ Persian lime Also known as tahiti lime.

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★ Kaffir lime (''Citrus hystix'')

★ Mandarin (''Citrus reticulata''),

★ Orange, of which there are sweet (''Citrus sinensis'') and sour (''Citrus aurantium'') species

★ Pomelo (also known as the shaddock) (''Citrus maxima'')

★ Tangerine, and similar

:''See also:'' List of ''Citrus'' fruits
Other subtropical fruits:


★ Avocado (''Persea americana''; Lauraceae)

★ Carob (''Ceratonia siliqua''; Fabaceae)

★ Feijoa (''Feijoa sellowiana''; Myrtaceae)

★ Guava (''Psidium guajava''; Myrtaceae)

★ Kumquat (''Fortunella'' spp.; Rutaceae)

★ Longan (''Euphoria longan''; Sapindaceae)

★ Lúcuma (''Pouteria lucuma''; Sapotaceae)

★ Lychee (''Litchi chinensis''; Sapindaceae)

★ Passion fruit or Grenadilla (''Passiflora edulis'' and other ''Passiflora'' spp.; Passifloraceae) Galendar in some part of east India (Darjeeling)

★ Peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''; Fabaceae)

★ Pond-apple (''Annona glabra''; Annonaceae) Also called Alligator-apple and Monkey-apple

★ Strawberry guava (''Psidium litorale''; Myrtaceae)

★ Tamarillo or Tree Tomato (''Cyphomandra betacea''; Solanaceae)

★ Ugni (''Ugni molinae''; Myrtaceae)

★ Yangmei (''Myrica rubra''; Myricaceae) Also called Yamamomo, Chinese Bayberry, Japanese Bayberry, Red Bayberry, or Chinese strawberry tree

Tropical fruits

Tropical fruit grow on plants of all habitats. The only characteristic that they share is an intolerance of frost.



★ Acerola (''Malpighia glabra''; Malpighiaceae), also called West Indian Cherry or Barbados Cherry

★ Ackee (''Blighia sapida'' or ''Cupania sapida''; Sapindaceae)

★ African cherry orange (''Citropsis schweinfurthii''; Rutaceae)

★ Amazon Grape (''Pourouma cecropiaefolia'';Moraceae)

★ Araza

★ Avocado

★ Açaí (''Euterpe oleracea''; Arecaceae), or assai

★ Babaco (''Carica pentagona''; Caricaceae)

★ Bael (''Aegle marmelos''; Rutaceae)

★ Banana (''Musacea'' spp.; Musaceae); its starchy variant is the plantain

★ Barbadine (granadilla; maracujá-açu in Portuguese)

★ Barbados Cherry (''Malpighia glabra L.''; Malpighiaceae), also called Acerola, West Indian Cherry

★ Betel Nut

★ Bilimbi (''Averrhoa bilimbi''; Oxalidaceae) Also called cucumber tree or tree sorrel

★ Biriba

★ Bitter gourd

★ Black sapote

★ Bottle gourd

★ Brazil nut

★ Breadfruit (''Artocarpus altilis''; Moraceae)

★ Burmese grape (''Baccaurea sapida''; Cucurbitaceae)

★ Calabash (''Lagenaria siceraria''; Bignoniaceae)

★ Calabashtree

★ CamuCamu (''Myrciaria dubia''; Myrtaceae)

★ Canistel

★ Cape gooseberry

★ Carambola (''Averrhoa carambola''; Oxalidaceae), also called star fruit or ''five fingers''

★ Cashew

★ Cempedak or Champedak (''Artocarpus champeden''; Moraceae)

★ Ceylon gooseberry

★ Chenet (guinep or ackee; pitomba-das-Guinas in Portuguese)

★ Cherimoya (''Annona cherimola''; Annonaceae)

★ Chili

★ Caimito (caimite; related to the yellow abiu - egg fruit)

★ Cacao

★ Coconut (''Cocos'' spp.; Arecaceae)

★ Coffee

★ Cupuaçu

★ Custard apple (''Annona reticulata''; Annonaceae), also called ''Bullock's Heart''

★ Damson plum (''Chrysophyllum oliviforme''; Sapotaceae), also called ''Satin Leaf''

★ Date

★ Date-plum (''Diospyros lotus''; Ebenaceae)

★ Dragonfruit (''Hylocereus'' spp.; Cactaceae), also called pitaya

★ Durian (''Durio spp.''; Bombacaceae)

★ Eggfruit (''Pouteria campechiana''; Sapotaceae), also called canistel or yellow sapote

★ Elephant apple (''Dillenia indica''; Dilleniaceae)

★ Giant granadilla

★ Golden Apple

★ Guarana (''Paullinia cupana''; Sapindaceae)

★ Guava

★ Guavaberry or Rumberry; (''Myrciaria floribunda''; Myrtaceae)

★ Hog plum (taperebá in Portuguese)

★ Horned melon (''Cucumis metuliferus''; Cucurbitaceae)

★ Huito (''Genipa americana''; Rubiaceae); also called ''jagua'', ''genipap'', jenipapo

★ Indian almond

★ Indian fig

★ Indian jujube

★ Indian Prune (''Flacourtia rukan''; Flacourtiaceae)

★ Jaboticaba (''Myrciaria cauliflora''; Myrtaceae), also called Brazilian Grape Tree

★ Jackfruit (''Artocarpus heterophyllus'' Moraceae), also called ''nangka''

★ Jambul (''Syzygium cumini''; Myrtaceae)

★ Jatobá (''Hymenae coubaril''; Leguminosae) Caesalpinioideae)

★ Jocote, also called Jamaica Plum

★ Kandis (''Garcinia forbesii''; Clusiaceae)

★ Keppel fruit (''Stelechocarpus burakol''; Annonaceae)

★ Kumquat

★ Kundong (''Garcinia sp.''; Clusiaceae)

★ Lablab

★ Langsat (''Lansium domesticum''), also called longkong or duku

★ Lemon

★ Leucaena

★ Lime

★ Longan

★ Loquat

★ Lucuma

★ Lychee

★ Mabolo (''Diospyros discolor''; Ebenaceae) also known as a velvet persimmon

★ Macadamia

★ Mamey sapote (''Pouteria sapota''; Sapotaceae); also known as ''mamee apple''; abricó in Portuguese

★ Mamoncillo (''Melicoccus bijugatus''; Sapindaceae), also known as quenepa, genip or Fijian Longan

★ Mandarin

★ Mango (''Mangifera indica''; Anacardiaceae)

★ Mangosteen (''Garcinia mangostana''; Clusiaceae)

★ Marang (''Artocarpus odoratissima''; Moraceae), a breadfruit relative

★ Melinjo

★ Melon pear

★ Monstera (''Monstera deliciosa''; Araceae) also called Swiss Cheese Plant, Split-leaf Philodendron

★ Morinda

★ Mountain soursop

★ Mundu

★ Mung bean

★ Muskmelon

★ Nance

★ Naranjilla, Lulo (''Solanum quitoense''; Solanaceae)

★ Nutmeg

★ Neem

★ Oil Palm

★ Okra

★ Papaya (''Carica papaya''; Caricaceae)

★ Peach palm

★ Peanut butter fruit (''Bunchosia argentea''; Malpighiaceae)

★ Pequi or Souari Nut (''Caryocar brasiliense''; Caryocaraceae)

★ Pewa (peach palm; pupunha in Portuguese)

★ Pigeon pea

★ Pili nut

★ Pineapple (''Ananas comosus'' or ''Ananas sativas''; Bromeliaceae)

★ Pitomba (''Eugenia luschnathiana'' or ''Talisia esculenta'')

★ Plantain

★ Poha or Cape Gooseberry (''Physalis peruviana''; Solanaceae)

★ Pois doux (''Inga edulis'', ''ice-cream bean'', or ''inga-cipó'' in Portuguese)

★ Poisonleaf (''Dichapetalum cymosum'') (?)

★ Pommecythère or pomcité (''Spondias cytherea''); also known as golden apple, June plum or Jew plum and ambarella, and as cajamanga in Portuguese

★ Pommerac (''Eugenia malaccensis''); also known as Otaheite apple; Malay apple; jambo in Portuguese

★ Pummelo

★ Pupunha or peach-palm (''Bactris gasipaes''; Palmae); also known as ''pewa''

★ Queensland nut

★ Rambutan (''Nephelium lappaceum''; Sapindaceae)

★ Red Mombin (''Spondias purpurea''; Anacardiaceae)

★ Riberry (''Syzygium luehmannii''; Myrtaceae), also called Lilly Pilly, Lillipilli, Chinese Apple

★ Ridged gourd

★ Salak (''Salacca edulis''), also called snakefruit

★ Santol (''Sandoricum koetjape''; Meliaceae)

★ Sapodilla (''Achras/Manilkara zapota''; Sapotaceae), also called chiku, mespel, naseberry, sapadilla, snake fruit, sawo

★ Sea grape

★ Soncoya

★ Soursop (''Annona muricata''; Annonaceae), also called guanabana

★ Soybean

★ Star apple (''Chrysophyllum cainito''), also called caimito or ''caimite''

★ Strawberry guava

★ Strawberry pear

★ Sugar apple (''Annona squamosa''; Annonaceae); ata in Portuguese

★ Summer squash

★ Surinam Cherry (''Eugenia uniflora''; Myrtaceae) also called Brazilian Cherry, Cayenne Cherry, Pitanga

★ Sweet granadilla

★ Sweet orange

★ Sweet pepper

★ Sweetsop

★ Rose apple (''Syzygium jambos''; Myrtaceae), also called Malay apple

★ Tamarind (''Tamarindus indica''; Caesalpiniaceae)

★ Vanilla

★ Water apple

★ Water melon

★ Wax apple (''Syzygium samarangense'')

★ Wax gourd

★ White sapote

★ Winged bean

Unsorted

★ Chocolate vine (''Akebia quinata'')

★ Elaeagnus angustifolia (''Russian olive'')

★ Garden Peach Tomato

★ Ice Plant (''Carpobrotus edulis''; Aizoaceae)

★ Sythus Fagus (''Sythe'')

★ Taxus baccata (''Yew'') sweet red fruit with a highly toxic seed.

See also

★ List of edible seeds

★ List of culinary herbs and spices

★ List of culinary nuts

★ List of culinary vegetables

External links

★ Recipes - Martha Stewart

★ Fruits book

★ Citrus (Orange, Lemon, Lime, Grapefruit, Naartjie genus)

★ Fruits of Warm Climates

★ List of fruits

★ Rare Fruit Growers of California with Common fruit names