Apple, pear, grapes, banana, no one in the worldwide is surprised. However, the following special fruits are not easily found on supermarket shelves. For us, this is strange fruit. This does not apply to people living in areas where this fruit is quite normal. In Thailand they are not surprised by a Durian, but they may find an apple very exotic!
The Elephant Apple belongs to the same family as oranges, tangerines and lemons (Vine family). At 10 inches in diameter, the fruits are quite large, which is probably why they are called elephant apples, although elephant oranges might have been a better name. You have to love it, the fruit is quite tough, mealy, contains little juice and tastes sour to sweet and sour. Naturally, the elephant apple is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Indochina.
The black large glossy berries with black-purple skin are not the most striking thing about the Jabuticaba. The fruit tree is especially striking in the tropics. From root to crown of the tree, the trunk and branches can be covered with berries. The berries are soft, juicy and taste sweet.
The Salak fruit is a much soaked palm. The fruit has a special appearance due to its pear-shaped shape covered with overlapping scales. It looks a bit like a snake skin, so the fruit is called snake fruit. The flesh is firm and tastes sweet and sour, somewhat like pineapple.
Dragon fruit is the fruit of a number of cactus species. They grow in Mexico, Central America and South America, but are also widely cultivated in Southeast Asia. There are three different varieties: with white flesh and a pinkish-red skin, with red flesh and a pinkish-red skin, and with white flesh and a yellow skin. Dragon fruit with pink skin has relatively little flavor, with the yellow flavor is very sweet.
Buddha's Hand is a lemon variety found in China that stands out because of its unusual shape, it does resemble a hand. This fruit has no pulp and is used in the kitchen only for its peel. They also smell very good and are used as a fragrance in the home.
Rambutan fruit belongs to the same family as the lychee and is therefore sometimes called the 'hairy lychee'. The fruit has a strong sweet and sour taste. It is one of the most popular fruits in Southeast Asia.
The mangosteen fruit is known as one of the most delicious fruits in the world. Unfortunately, the mangosteen also has a very short shelf life; they mold very quickly. The story goes that the English Queen Vicotria was so fond of mangosteen that in the 1890s she promised a knighthood to someone who could bring her this fruit (which did not succeed). Hence, mangosteen is also called the "queen of fruits."
Hala fruit comes from Hawaii where it grows on palm-like trees. By the way, it doesn't seem to be very tasty. You don't eat this strange fruit, but chew on it. The fruit was eaten mainly during the famine in Hawaii in 1806.
Also know as kiwano Melon with horns on the skin from the Kalahari Desert in Africa. The fruit is related to the cucumber and the melon, which can be seen in the flesh, which is bright green with seeds inside and tastes fresh watery. The taste is described as a combination of banana, melon and cucumber.
The Durian fruit is famous, not for its making, but because of the smell. Due to the formation of hydrogen sulfide when ripe, the fruit has a very pungent smell, which is why Durian is also called "stink fruit. In Southeast Asia they love these sweet fruits. You may not eat them everywhere, at bus and airline companies and large hotels you may not take the durian because of the smell.
10. Elephant Apple
The Elephant Apple belongs to the same family as oranges, tangerines and lemons (Vine family). At 10 inches in diameter, the fruits are quite large, which is probably why they are called elephant apples, although elephant oranges might have been a better name. You have to love it, the fruit is quite tough, mealy, contains little juice and tastes sour to sweet and sour. Naturally, the elephant apple is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Indochina.
9. Jabuticaba
The black large glossy berries with black-purple skin are not the most striking thing about the Jabuticaba. The fruit tree is especially striking in the tropics. From root to crown of the tree, the trunk and branches can be covered with berries. The berries are soft, juicy and taste sweet.
8. Salak
The Salak fruit is a much soaked palm. The fruit has a special appearance due to its pear-shaped shape covered with overlapping scales. It looks a bit like a snake skin, so the fruit is called snake fruit. The flesh is firm and tastes sweet and sour, somewhat like pineapple.
7. Dragon Fruit
Dragon fruit is the fruit of a number of cactus species. They grow in Mexico, Central America and South America, but are also widely cultivated in Southeast Asia. There are three different varieties: with white flesh and a pinkish-red skin, with red flesh and a pinkish-red skin, and with white flesh and a yellow skin. Dragon fruit with pink skin has relatively little flavor, with the yellow flavor is very sweet.
6. Buddha’s hand
Buddha's Hand is a lemon variety found in China that stands out because of its unusual shape, it does resemble a hand. This fruit has no pulp and is used in the kitchen only for its peel. They also smell very good and are used as a fragrance in the home.
5. Rambutan fruit
Rambutan fruit belongs to the same family as the lychee and is therefore sometimes called the 'hairy lychee'. The fruit has a strong sweet and sour taste. It is one of the most popular fruits in Southeast Asia.
4. Mangosteen
The mangosteen fruit is known as one of the most delicious fruits in the world. Unfortunately, the mangosteen also has a very short shelf life; they mold very quickly. The story goes that the English Queen Vicotria was so fond of mangosteen that in the 1890s she promised a knighthood to someone who could bring her this fruit (which did not succeed). Hence, mangosteen is also called the "queen of fruits."
3. Hala Fruit
Hala fruit comes from Hawaii where it grows on palm-like trees. By the way, it doesn't seem to be very tasty. You don't eat this strange fruit, but chew on it. The fruit was eaten mainly during the famine in Hawaii in 1806.
2. Horned melon
Also know as kiwano Melon with horns on the skin from the Kalahari Desert in Africa. The fruit is related to the cucumber and the melon, which can be seen in the flesh, which is bright green with seeds inside and tastes fresh watery. The taste is described as a combination of banana, melon and cucumber.
1. Durian
The Durian fruit is famous, not for its making, but because of the smell. Due to the formation of hydrogen sulfide when ripe, the fruit has a very pungent smell, which is why Durian is also called "stink fruit. In Southeast Asia they love these sweet fruits. You may not eat them everywhere, at bus and airline companies and large hotels you may not take the durian because of the smell.
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