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love-in-a-mist
Fruits & vegetables; Exotic fruit
Love-in-a-mist (Passiflora foetida) is a member of the passion fruit family. The fruit has the size of a kumquat, yellowish-orange to red when ripe, and has numerous black seeds embedded in the ...
cocoa
Fruits & vegetables; Exotic fruit
The cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao) is the source of one of the world’s most delicious and familiar products… chocolate. Cocoa is native to Mexico, Central America and northern South America. The ...
monkey's apple
Fruits & vegetables; Exotic fruit
The monkey's apple (Mimusops coriacea) is originally from Madagascar and now well established in the tropics. Mimusops coriacea is often naturalized in the coastal zone of Mauritius. The fruits are ...
noni
Fruits & vegetables; Exotic fruit
The Noni (Morinda citrifolia) is a tree in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. The fruit, also called Noni, is a multiple fruit that has a stinking smell when ripe. It is oval in shape, at first green, ...
spanish lime
Fruits & vegetables; Exotic fruit
Spanish lime (Melicoccus bijugatus) is a fruit-bearing tree of the Sapindaceae family. It is native to northern South America. The fruit is of size of a small lemon, having either a round or oval ...
bilimbi
Fruits & vegetables; Exotic fruit
Bilimbi (Averrhoa bilimbi) is a fruit-bearing tree of the genus Averrhoa, family Oxalidaceae. It is a close relative of the carambola. The bilimbi tree is long-lived and reaches 5-10 m in ...
cattley guava
Fruits & vegetables; Exotic fruit
Much more attractive in foliage and fruit than the common guava, the cattley guava, Psidium cattleianum Sabine, is also known as the strawberry or purple guava. The cattley guava is believed native ...
