Only the most timid traveler, finding himself in an exotic country, embarrassed by the appearance, smell or name, will refuse to try some unfamiliar fruit. Accustomed to apples and oranges, tourists can hardly force themselves to bite off a piece of mangosteen, durian or herring. Meanwhile, it is the gastronomic revelation that can become one of the most vivid impressions of the entire trip.
Below are exotic fruits from different countries - with a photo, description and English equivalents of names.
Durian
The fruits of durian - "a fruit with the taste of heaven and the smell of hell" - are irregular oval in shape, with very sharp thorns. Under the skin - viscous pulp with a unique taste. The “king of fruits” has a strong ammonium smell, so strong that durian is forbidden to be transported on airplanes and carried into hotel rooms, as evidenced by the corresponding posters and signs at the entrance. Thailand's most fragrant and most exotic fruit is very rich in vitamins and nutrients.
A few rules for those who want to taste (by no means try!) Durian:
- Do not try to choose the fruit yourself, especially in the off season. Ask the seller about this, let him cut and pack it in a transparent film. Or find already packaged fruit in the supermarket.
- Lightly press down on the pulp. It should not be elastic, but easily slip under your fingers, like butter. Elastic pulp already smells unpleasant.
- It is undesirable to combine with alcohol, since the pulp of durian acts on the body as a stimulant of great power. Thais believe that durian warms the body, and a Thai proverb says that the "heat" of durian can be tempered with the coolness of mangosteen.
Where to try: Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia.
Season: April to September, depending on the region.
Mangosteen
Other names are mangosteen, mangosteen. It is a delicate fruit with thick purple skin and round leaves at the stem. The white flesh resembles a peeled orange and has an indescribable sweet and sour taste. Inside the mangosteen are six or more soft white slices: the more there are, the fewer seeds. To choose the right mangosteen, you need to take the most purple fruits in your hand and gently squeeze: the peel should not be hard, but not very soft either. If the skin breaks unevenly in different places, the fetus is already stale. You can open the fruit by making a hole in the peel with a knife and fingers. Do not try to take the slices with your hands: the pulp is so tender that you just crush it. Handles transportation well.
Where to try: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, India, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica.
Season:
Jackfruit
Other names are Indian breadfruit, eve. It is a large fruit with thick, spiky, yellow-green skin. The pulp is yellow, sweet, with an unusual smell and taste of a Duchesse pear. The segments are separated from each other and sold in bags. The ripened pulp is eaten fresh, the unripe is cooked. Jackfruit is mixed with other fruits, added to ice cream, coconut milk. The seeds are edible when boiled.
Where to try: Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore.
Season: January to August, depending on the region.
Lychee (Lychee)
Other names are litchi, Chinese plum. The heart-shaped or round fruit grows in clusters. Under the bright red skin is a white transparent pulp, juicy and sweet in taste. In the off-season in Asian countries, these tropical fruits Sold in canned form or in plastic bags.
Where to try: Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Australia, China.
Season: from May to July.
Mango
One of the most popular fruits in all tropical countries. The fruits are large, ovoid, elongated or spherical in shape. The pulp is yellow and orange, juicy, sweet. The smell of mango resembles the aroma of apricot, rose, melon, lemon. Unripe green fruits are also eaten - they are eaten with salt and pepper. It is convenient to peel the fruit with a sharp knife.
Where to try: Philippines, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, China, Pakistan, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba.
Season: year-round; peak in Thailand from March to May, in Vietnam in winter and spring, in Indonesia from September to December.
Papaya
Large fruit with yellow-green skin. The cylindrical fruits of exotic fruits reach 20 centimeters in length. Taste is a cross between melon and pumpkin. Ripe papaya has bright orange flesh that is extraordinarily tender and pleasant to eat and aids in digestion. Unripe papaya is added to a spicy Thai salad (som tam), it is fried, and meat is stewed with it.
Where to try: India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bali, Indonesia, Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia.
Season: all year round.
Longan
Other names are lam-yai, "dragon's eye". It is a round, brown fruit that looks like a small potato. Very sweet and juicy and high in calories. Easily peelable skin covers a transparent white or pink pulp, close in consistency to jelly. In the core of the fruit is a large black bone. Longan is good for health, but you should not eat a lot at once: this will lead to an increase in body temperature.
Where to try: Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, China.
Season: mid-June to mid-September.
Rambutan
Rambutan is one of the most famous tropical fruits, which is characterized by "increased hairiness." Under the red fleecy skin lies a white translucent flesh with a sweet taste. To get to it, you need to "twist" the fruit in the middle. The fruits are eaten fresh or canned with sugar. Raw seeds are poisonous, while roasted seeds are harmless. When choosing, you need to be guided by color: the pinker, the better.
Where to try: Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, India, partly Colombia, Ecuador, Cuba.
Season: mid-April to mid-October.
Pitaya
Other names are pitahaya, long yang, "dragon fruit", "dragon fruit". This is the fruit of a cactus from the genus Hylocereus (sweet pitaya). Very beautiful in appearance: bright pink, the size of a large apple, slightly elongated. The peel is covered with large scales, the edges are green. If you remove the skin (as in the case of an orange), inside you can see a dense white, red or purple flesh with many small seeds. Good in fruit cocktails in combination with lime.
Where to try: Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, China, Taiwan, partially Japan, USA, Australia, Israel.
Season: all year round.
Carambola (Carambola)
Other names are "tropical stars", starfruit, kamrak. Its yellow or green fruits are similar in size and shape to sweet peppers. On the cut, they have the shape of a star - hence the name. Ripe fruits are juicy, with a slight floral taste, not very sweet. Unripe fruits contain a lot of vitamin C. They are good in salads and smoothies, they do not need to be peeled.
Where to try: Borneo island, Thailand, Indonesia.
Season: all year round.
Pomelo
This fruit has a lot of names - pomelo, pamela, pompelmus, Chinese grapefruit, sheddock, etc. The citrus fruit looks like a huge grapefruit with white, pink or yellow pulp, which, however, is much sweeter. It is widely used in cooking and cosmetology. The smell is the best guide when buying: the stronger it is, the more concentrated, rich and fresh the taste of the pomelo will be.
Where to try: Malaysia, China, Japan, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Tahiti, Israel, USA.
Season: all year round.
Guava
Other names are guava, guava. Round, oblong or pear-shaped fruit (4 to 15 centimeters) with white flesh and yellow hard seeds. Edible from skin to bone. When ripe, the fruit turns yellow, and it is eaten with the peel - to improve digestion and stimulate the heart. Unripe, it is eaten like a green mango, sprinkled with spices and salt.
Where to try: Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Egypt, Tunisia.
Season: all year round.
Sapodilla (Sapodilla)
Other names are sapotilla, tree potato, akhra, chicu. A fruit that looks like a kiwi or a plum. The ripe fruit has a milky-caramel taste. Sapodilla can "knit" a little, like a persimmon. Most often it is used for making desserts and salads. Unripe fruits are used in cosmetology and traditional medicine.
Where to try: Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, USA (Hawaii).
Season: from September to December.
Sugar Apple
A very useful pale green fruit. Under the pronouncedly bumpy marsh-green skin, sweet, fragrant flesh and bean-sized seeds are hidden. Aroma with barely perceptible coniferous notes. Ripe fruits are moderately soft to the touch, unripe - hard, overripe falling apart in the hands. Serves as the basis for Thai ice cream.
Where to try: Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia, China.
Season: from June to September.
Chompoo
Other names are rose apple, Malabar plum. It is shaped like a sweet pepper. It comes in both pink and light green. The pulp is white, dense. It is not necessary to clean it, there are no bones. The taste is not particularly distinguished by anything and resembles more slightly sweetened water. But when chilled, these tropical fruits quench their thirst well.
Where to try: India, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Colombia.
Season: all year round.
Aki (Ackee)
Aki, or bligia delicious, is pear-shaped with a red-yellow or orange skin. After full ripening, the fruit bursts, and a creamy pulp with large glossy seeds comes out. These are the most dangerous exotic fruits in the world: unripe (unopened) fruits are highly poisonous due to the high content of toxins. They can only be eaten after special treatment, such as prolonged boiling. Aki tastes like a walnut. In West Africa, soap is made from the skin of the unripe fruit, and the pulp is used to catch fish.
Where to try: USA (Hawaii), Jamaica, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Australia.
Season: January to March and June to August.
Ambarella (Ambarella)
Other names are Cythera apple, yellow plum, Polynesian plum, sweet mombin. Oval fruits of golden color with a thin hard peel are collected in clusters. Inside - crispy, juicy, yellow flesh and hard bone with thorns. It tastes like a cross between pineapple and mango. Ripe fruits are eaten raw, juices, jams, marmalade are prepared from them, unripe fruits are used as a side dish, added to soups.
Where to try: Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Fiji, Australia, Jamaica, Venezuela, Brazil, Suriname.
Season: from July to August.
Bam-balan (Bambangan)
Winner in the nomination "The most native taste". Bam-balan resembles borscht with sour cream or mayonnaise. The fruit is oval in shape, dark in color, the smell is a bit harsh. To get to the pulp, you just need to remove the skin. Fruit is also added to garnishes.
Where to try: Borneo island (Malaysian part).
Salak (Salak)
Other names are lard, herring, rakum, "snake fruit". Round or oblong small fruits grow in clusters. Color - red or brown. The peel is covered with small spines and can be easily removed with a knife. There are three sweet segments inside. The taste is rich, sweet and sour, reminiscent of either persimmon or pear.
Where to try: Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia.
Season: all year round.
Bael (Bael)
Other names are tree apple, stone apple, Bengal quince. When ripe, the gray-green fruit turns yellow or brown. The peel is dense, just like a nut, and it is impossible to get to it without a hammer, so the pulp itself is most often sold in the markets. It is yellow, with fleecy seeds, divided into segments. Bail is eaten fresh or dried. It is also used to make tea and sharbat drink. The fruit has an irritating effect on the throat, causing itching, so the first experience of interacting with bail may be unsuccessful.
Where to try: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand.
Season: from November to December.
Kiwano
Also - horned melon, African cucumber, horned cucumber. When ripe, the shell is covered with yellow spikes, and the flesh becomes a rich green color. Oblong fruits are not peeled, but cut like a melon or watermelon. Taste is a mix of banana, melon, cucumber, kiwi and avocado. In other words, it can be added to both sweet and spicy dishes, as well as pickled. Unripe fruits are also edible.
Where to try: Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Israel, USA (California).
Season: all year round.
Magic Fruit (Miracle Fruit)
Other names are wonderful berries, sweet puteria. The name of the exotic fruit was deservedly deserved. The taste of the fruit itself does not stand out in any way, but for an hour it will seem to a person that everything he eats after is sweet. Taste buds are deceived by a special protein found in magical fruits, miraculin. Sweet foods seem tasteless.
Where to try: West Africa, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Australia, USA (South Florida).
Season: all year round.
Tamarind (Tamarind)
Tamarind, or Indian date, belongs to the legume family, but it is also consumed as a fruit. Curved fruits up to 15 centimeters long with brown skin and sweet and sour pulp. It is used as a spice, is part of the famous Worcestershire sauce and is used to prepare snacks, desserts and various drinks. Sweets are prepared from ripe dried tamarind. As a souvenir, tourists bring home meat sauce and cocktail syrup based on Indian dates.
Where to try: Thailand, Australia, Sudan, Cameroon, Oman, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama.
Season: from October to February.
Marula (Marula)
Fresh marula is found exclusively on the African continent, and all because after ripening, the fruits begin to ferment in a matter of days. It turns out such a low-alcohol drink (you can meet elephants “drunk” from marula). Ripe fruits are yellow in color and look like plums. The flesh is white, with a hard bone. Until the fermentation process begins, it has a pleasant aroma and unsweetened taste.
Where to try: South Africa (Mauritius, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Botswana, etc.)
Season: since March.
Kumquat (Kumquat)
Other names are Japanese orange, fortunella, kinkan, golden apple. The fruits are small, really look like mini-oranges, the crust is very thin. Edible whole, excluding bones. It tastes a little sourer than an orange, smells like a lime.
Where to try: China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Greece (Corfu), USA (Florida).
Season: from May to June, on sale all year round.
Citron (Citron)
Other names are Buddha's hand, cedrat, Corsican lemon. Behind the outward originality lies a trivial content: the oblong fruits are almost a solid peel, reminiscent of lemon in taste and violet in smell. It can only be used for making compotes, jellies and candied fruits. Often the hand of the Buddha is planted in a pot as an ornamental plant.
Where to try: China, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, India.
Season: from October to December.
Pepino (Pepino Dulce)
Also - sweet cucumber, melon pear. Formally, this is a berry, although it is very large. The fruits are varied, come in different sizes, shapes and colors, some have a bright yellow color with red or purple strokes. The pulp tastes like melon, pumpkin and cucumber. Overripe pepino are not tasty, just like unripe ones.
Where to try: Peru, Chile, New Zealand, Turkey, Egypt, Cyprus, Indonesia.
Season: all year round.
Mameya (Mamey)
Other names are sapota. The fruit is small, round. Inside - orange pulp, to taste, as you might guess, resembles an apricot. It is added to pies and cakes, canned, and jelly is prepared from unripe fruits.
Where to try: Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Antilles, USA (Florida, Hawaii), Southeast Asia.
Naranjilla
Other names are naranjilla, lulo, the golden fruit of the Andes. Outwardly, naranjilla looks like a shaggy tomato, although it tastes like pineapple and strawberries. Juice with pulp is used to make fruit salads, ice cream, yogurt, biscuits, sweet sauces and cocktails.
Where to try: Venezuela, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile.
Season: from September to November.
Soursop (Soursop)
Also - annona, guanabana, graviola. One of the largest tropical fruits on the planet: the weight of the fruit can reach 7 kilograms. The fruits are oval or heart-shaped, the peel is hard, covered with soft spines. The flesh is creamy white, tastes like lemonade, with a pleasant sourness. Used to make smoothies, juices, purees, sherbets and ice creams. Black seeds are poisonous.
Where to try: Bermuda, Bahamas, Mexico, Peru, Argentina.
Season:
Also Jaboticaba, a Brazilian grape tree. The fruits, which look like grapes or currants, grow in clusters on trunks and main branches. The skin is bitter. Juices, alcoholic drinks, jelly, marmalade are made from the pulp.
Where to try: Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Panama, Peru, Colombia, Cuba, Philippines.
Season: from April to the end of October.
Curuba
Unripe green fruits clearly resemble cucumbers, only larger. When ripe, they become bright yellow. The orange-brown flesh is sour, aromatic, with small seeds. Kuruba perfectly quenches thirst. Juice, jam, jelly, wine, salads are made from the pulp.
Where to try: Bolivia, Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, India, New Zealand.
Season: all year round, in India and New Zealand from March to November.
Cupuaçu
Juicy and fragrant fruits are shaped like a melon, reach a length of 25 centimeters, a width of 12 centimeters. The skin is slightly hard, red-brown. The flesh is white, sour-sweet, the seeds are arranged in five nests. It is eaten fresh and used to make juices, yoghurts, liqueurs, jams, sweets and chocolates. It is believed that the most delicious cupuaçu is the one that fell to the ground.
Where to try: Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Colombia.
Season: all year round.
Marang
Marang fruits are elongated, thick skin covered with thorns that harden as they ripen. Inside - white slices with seeds, are quite large, with a third of the palm. Everyone describes the taste in their own way. So, some are sure that it resembles a sundae in a waffle cup, others that it resembles marshmallow. Others can't describe their feelings at all. Marang is not exported because it spoils instantly. If the dents do not straighten out when pressed, it must be eaten urgently. If the fetus is slightly squeezable, it should be allowed to lie down for a couple of days. Marang is usually eaten fresh but is also used in desserts and cocktails. The seeds are roasted or boiled.
Where to try: Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Borneo, Australia.
Season: from August to the end of April.
fruits of thailand
Fruit is sold all year round, although in the off season mangosteen, for example, is not very common, and pineapples are twice as expensive. You can buy in the markets, from street stalls, from merchants with mobile carts.
Pineapple, banana, guava, jackfruit, durian, melon, carambola, coconut, lychee, longan, longkong, mango, mangosteen, tangerine, mapla, noina, papaya, pitaya, pomelo, rambutan, herring, sapodilla, tamarind, jujube.
Fruits of Vietnam
Vietnam, one of the largest suppliers of fruits in the world market, can seriously compete even with Thailand. Most fruit in the south of Vietnam. In the off season, prices for especially exotic fruits can increase by 2-3 times.
Avocado, pineapple, watermelon, banana, guava, jackfruit, durian, melon, star apple, green orange, carambola, coconut, lychee, longan, mango, mangosteen, tangerine, passion fruit, milk apple, mombin, noina, papaya, pitahaya, rambutan , rose apple, sapodilla, tangerine, citron.
fruits of india
India is located in several climatic zones at once, which creates favorable conditions for growing fruits that are characteristic of both tropical and temperate zones (highlands). On the shelves you can find familiar apples, peaches and grapes and exotic coconuts, papaya and sapodilla.
Avocado, pineapple, anonna (cherimoya), watermelon, banana, guava, guava, jackfruit, fig, carambola, coconut, mango, tangerine, passion fruit, papaya, sapodilla, tamarind.
Egyptian fruits
Harvest in Egypt is harvested in spring and autumn, so the "season" of fruit is almost always here. The exception is the border periods, for example, early spring, when the "winter" fruits have already departed, and the "summer" ones are just on the way.
Apricot, quince, orange, watermelon, banana, grape, pomegranate, grapefruit, pear, guava, melon, fig, cantaloupe, carambola, kiwi, red banana, lemon, mango, marania, medlar, pepino, peach, pitaya, pomelo, sugar apple, physalis, date, persimmon.
Fruits in Cuba
In contrast to the same Egypt, the seasons in Cuba are expressed much more clearly. All year round you can buy pineapples, oranges, bananas, guava, papaya. In July-August, the most delicious mangoes, in the summer the season of mamonchillo, cherimoya, carambola and avocado also starts, in the spring - coconuts, watermelons, grapefruits.
Avocado, pineapple, annona, orange, banana, barbados cherry, grapefruit, guava, caimito, carambola, coconut, lime, lemon, mamonchillo, mango, passion fruit, papaya, sapodilla, tamarind, cherimoya.
Fruit in the Dominican Republic
In the tropical Dominican Republic, there are predictably a lot of fruits: from the most familiar ones like bananas and pineapples to exotic ones - granadillas, mamonchillos and sapots.
Avocado, pineapple, annona, watermelon, banana, granadilla, pomegranate, grapefruit, guanabana, melon, caimito, kiwi, coconut, mamonchillo, mammon, mango, passionfruit, sea grapes, medlar, noni, papaya, pitahaya, sapota.
Everyone who comes to Thailand is faced with a large number of unfamiliar and incomprehensible fruits.
There are a lot of articles on the Internet, and even sites dedicated to this.
But what to choose from all this and try if you have limited time in Thailand or other Southeast Asian countries?
I want to warn you, many fruits in Thailand, although exotic in appearance, do not have a pronounced taste.
Especially for you I chose the top 10 most striking tastes. Some fruits are sold only in season, many are always on store shelves.
1) Mango Even if you have tried mango, do it in Thailand. Sweet tender juicy pulp, slightly fibrous towards the stone. Slight spruce flavor, eaten without skin. Traditional Thai dish, mango + rice boiled in sweet coconut milk.
One of the favorite fruits in Thailand, it comes in different colors and shapes: dark green, light green, milky yellow, yellow.
2) durian This is something with something, I advise everyone to try this fruit at least once. Huge, watermelon-sized fruit. All studded with spikes. If it suddenly falls from a tree on top of you, it will remain sticking out of your head.
You cut its thick skin, inside the fruit is tender and fat like a creamy dessert. Very sweet like cream, hints of melon, chestnut and fried onions! It has a strong smell of rotten meat, many stores do not sell it, and airlines do not allow transportation on board. But when you eat, you hardly notice the smell!
It acts on the body like alcohol, the heartbeat quickens, potency increases.
The leader among all fruits in terms of the content of useful elements and minerals. And some, like indole (a natural compound with antibacterial properties) are only in it. It is the only fruit containing organic sulfur suitable for eating.
I heard that if you eat a portion of durian within a week, there will be a strong strengthening and strengthening of the body.
The seller will be happy to help you choose the best fruit. This is determined by the sound by tapping the sides with a wooden stick. Also cut and pack it. Just please don't buy durian pieces wrapped in cling film! And do not drink durian with alcohol, you can get poisoned. 
3) passion fruit(Passion fruit) a round box the size of a tangerine, like a rigid foam cut into 2 parts. Inside the seeds with pulp. The taste is very complex sour-saturated. Very juicy. As if mixed pineapple with orange, but a tropical shade, the bones crunch on the teeth. The flavor will likely sound familiar to you, and is used in many gums and yogurts.
It is very easy to make juice from passion fruit, just put the core on a sieve and rub it with a spoon. 
4) Coconut Fresh coconut has a completely different taste, grassy-sweet. But at the same time soft. The difference is clear on the example of hazelnuts in the supermarket and fresh from the tree, if anyone has tried it.
It is interesting that people buy coconut in Russia more often because of the nut. Here, fresh coconut is used for drinking. Cut off the top and insert the tube. The nut itself is more often thrown away.
Many Thai soups are prepared on the basis of coconut juice in packs: Tom Yum Kung, Curry ... 
5) Jackfruit Sweet, turbo gum flavor, light banana and pineapple flavor. The pulp feels like chewing hard peppers. The fruit grows large, green, all over with growths. When cut open, the edible part is like large yellow corn kernels.
Unlike Durian, you can buy already cut and packed in a box. 
6) Mangosteen round, outside hard thick eggplant-colored peel. It paints hands very much, like blueberries. Inside, sweet tender jelly pulp of grape flavor, refreshingly sweet, with sourness.
Thais going to visit each other often give a bag of mangosteen. Mangosteen has a short season and is highly valued. 
7) Longan. In appearance, a broom with buffy balls the size of a cherry tomato. Outside, the peel is like a tangerine, only dry. Inside there is a jelly grape, light notes of melon, spicy notes, and a little taste of wood lice, if anyone has tried it. Fruit for the sweet tooth. The stone is round dark maroon-brown. 
8) Lychee, lychee (Litchi chinensis) is a small fruit about the size of a quail testicle. Outside, a slightly prickly texture like a spruce cone, only the texture is less. Color from pink to red-brown. Jelly grape inside. Brown stone, acorn shape. Apparently a relative of the Longans and Lancongs. I really liked the taste, like pink or red large grapes, only stronger, lemonade-candy.
This fruit is rare, it ripens once a year in early May. Just in the low season, so it is difficult for tourists to catch it. Often sold with a broom, like longan. 
9) Guava Similar in texture and appearance to a pear. Complex taste, strawberry aftertaste. If bitten off with the peel, coniferous notes. Small hard bones of a yellowish milky color. 
10) Salak, snake fruit (snake fruit) scales on top, inside the fruit looks like a steamed acorn. Often in 2 halves. The skin is similar to a chestnut but breaks more easily.
The taste is sweet-sour-dry. Notes of sea buckthorn, feijoa, strawberry. 
Below are the rest of the fruits without any order.
11)dragonfruit to a greater extent it is figs, seeds and consistency from kiwi. It looks like a red kohlrabi from the outside. Delicate, not sour, not sweet. 
12) Sugar apple, Annona (custard apple) dense jelly texture, or like latex. It looks like a persimmon, and powdery too.
Very sweet. It also looks like a mango. Spruce notes. The pits are dark like a large apple seed. 
13) Longkong behind a dense peel, a delicate fruit is hidden. Outside round, inside resembling a head of garlic with cloves. If you look closely at a grapefruit, then its slices consist of small capsules with juice. There are several of these capsules only larger. To taste: light citrus, grapefruit, lime. Sweet, delicate texture, like jelly. A few hard bones. 
14) Papaya Oblong fruit. Looks like a zucchini. Inside the fruit is a cavity filled with black and white peas, similar to black pepper.
Color on a cut from yellow to carrot. I thought that this fruit was not widely used because of the unexpressed taste. The first association, unripe melon, undercooked carrots.
The consistency of a ripe fruit is like an avocado, but not as greasy, but rather grainy. 
15) Lime small sour green lemon with a strong citrus aroma, somewhere between lemon and bergamot. Thai lime is smaller than the ones that are brought to us. An important component of Thai dishes. Salads with seafood are poured with its juice, awesome soups are prepared ...
16) Kaffir lime It differs from the usual one by a curved skin, as if covered with growths, and a stronger aroma. More rare. Kaffir lime leaves are used in Thai soups.
17) Bergamot Many of you love tea with bergamot (Earl Grey), but not many thought that this is a relative of lime or just lemon. Very aromatic, more sour and bitter than limes. The whole is covered with semicircular growths. Used for aromatic purposes, make oils and add to tea. 
18) Rambutan Funny fruit, hairy all over, greenish to maroon in color. The taste is not as memorable as the outside. Dense grape, jelly, without much sweet taste. Inside the bone, like an acorn. Around the bone, the peel, if it enters the mouth along with the pulp, is unpleasant, as if eating with the husk. Looks like longkong. 
19) pomelo It looks like a large green-yellow grapefruit. To taste, this is probably the least aromatic citrus. Ripe fruit is very sweet. With a little bitterness. Inside, everything is like in a grapefruit, only the slices are larger. 
20) sapodilla(lamut). Skin from orange-yellow to brown. The shape is closer to the circle, sharper towards the bottom. It tastes like a sweet pear, a little astringent, the flesh is large in texture, as if frayed. Black oblong bones. 
21) zhuzhuba(jujube, or Chinese date) In Thailand, it is green. It has nothing in common with an ordinary date. Green apple shape, green tomato skin. Crispy flesh like a radish, taste of unripe apple, pear, no pronounced taste. A stone like a plum. 
22) Chompoo(pink apple) In general, the color is not pink, not a drop, but very burgundy! Pear shape, barely visible edges. From below, like several converging petals. Crispy like a Chinese salad, reminiscent of sour rhubarb, a little knit, a subtle hint of celery. Fresh-sweet-sour-watery taste. Oddly enough, I imagine it in a vegetable salad and not as a fruit. 
23) yellow watermelon The oblong shape of a melon, the peel is like that of an ordinary watermelon, only lighter. Inside the flesh is lemon yellow. The price in a Thai supermarket is almost the same as red 22 rubles per kg. Honey notes, no refreshing watermelon aroma. Sweeter, but the taste is softer. 
24) marian plum or Gandaria (marian plum) rather dense peel, apricot color, plum shape and consistency. The taste of mango at the bone, apricot. Delicious with a crispy skin and very juicy, the price is from 60-150 baht. 
25) Starfruit or Carambola a, sweet and sour watery fruit. The shape is oblong, the edges protrude strongly, an asterisk is obtained in the section, hence the name of the fruit.
The taste is very variable, in the store it is a slightly tasteless, watery fruit, more suitable for garnishing salads and sweets. If you buy from locals or pick wild carambola, then the taste is completely different, with a strong candy smell of Duchess or Iron Brew lemonades. Fresh, crispy, sour. Smaller in size. Doesn't look like the one in the store at all. 
- an exotic fruit, has a unique composition, interesting taste, helps to get rid of extra pounds, on its basis you can cook many healthy dishes. But the product has some contraindications, and if used excessively, it can cause harm to health.
Sweety - healthy and tasty citrus
Where does sweetie grow and what kind of fruit is it?
Sweety is a citrus fruit, the result of painstaking selection work. In the 1980s, the oroblanco fruit was bred by crossing sweet pomelo and white grapefruit. Israeli scientists continued the experiment, and created a sweeter and juicier citrus, a fruit hybrid called sweety (sweety) or pomelit.
Sweets are covered with not very thick green zest, sometimes pale yellow, spongy layer and juicy pulp, what an exotic product looks like can be seen in the photo. Is citrus sweet or sour? The fruits have a sweet taste that resembles a pomelo, very juicy.
Sweets have a sweet taste
Previously, sweetie was considered a purely tropical fruit, but it grows in many European countries with a warm climate - Italy, Spain, Portugal, on the supermarket shelves you can find fruits from India, Israel, China and Japan.
Sweetie is a low-calorie product, 100 g of pulp contains an average of 50 kcal, which makes it possible to include fruit in the diet for people who are struggling with being overweight.
Sweetie fruit composition
Sweetie is 80% water, which explains its low calorie content, the ratio of BJU in 100 g of the product is 0.7 g / 0.2 g / 9 g.
What is included:
- fiber - it accounts for about 2% of the mass of the fetus;
- vitamin C;
- vitamins B1, B2, B6, B9;
- in a small amount, the fruit contains vitamins A, E;
- of the minerals in citrus, the most potassium is about 200 mg / 100 g;
- calcium, iron, copper, phosphorus, fluorine, sodium and magnesium - 10–23 mg / 100 g;
- essential medicinal oils.
Sweetie contains unique enzymes that are able to break down fats, proteins and carbohydrates, which has a beneficial effect on the digestion process and promotes weight loss.
Useful properties of suite
Sweet and fragrant tropical fruit is a storehouse of nutrients that helps prevent the development of many serious diseases.
The benefits of sweet fruit for the body:
- normalizes the level of cholesterol in the blood, improves the condition of the walls of blood vessels, reduces the risk of developing heart disease, the fruit is indispensable for hypertension;
- cleanses the body of toxic substances;
- strengthens the immune system, reduces the body's susceptibility to viruses and bacteria;
- improves the functioning of the gallbladder, liver, intestines;
- helps with obesity;
- eliminates the manifestations of stress, increases efficiency, prevents the development of depressive conditions, increases concentration;
- helps to preserve vision for people who spend a lot of time at the computer;
- improves the condition of hair and skin;
- contains pigments that reduce the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, lung cancer;
- eliminates swelling.
Exotic citrus is a powerful antioxidant, it contains elements that neutralize the negative effects of free radicals and slow down the aging process.
How to choose a suite
To prevent citrus fruit from being bitter, you need to learn how to choose ripe fruits. Outwardly, the suite looks like a large grapefruit, the only difference is that the exotic product, even when ripe, has a green color, it is heavier.
Selection rules:
- The color of the peel does not allow one to judge the ripeness of the suite, the main indicator of quality is the smell, the brighter it is, the sweeter the product will be.
- The size of the fruit also matters, it is better to choose large and heavy fruits, they contain more pulp.
- If the citrus has been frozen, its peel will become soft, and dents will remain on the surface when pressed. Such products should not be purchased, since there are practically no useful substances in them, and freezing does not affect the taste in the best way.
- A surface that is too shiny means that the fruit has been waxed, it is better to choose fruits with a matte skin.
Choose large size suites with a bright scent
How to peel fruit
They eat fresh fruit, you just need to peel it - one of the few drawbacks of the suite is a large amount of waste, they account for almost half the weight of the product.
How to properly clean your suite:
- Wash the fruit thoroughly under running hot water, you can rub it with a brush.
- Make 4-6 cuts on the peel from top to bottom, after which the shell can be easily removed.
- It is better to eat fruit with a white film, if it is bitter, thin shells should be removed.
If you make several cuts, then the peel is well removed.
Sweets can not be peeled, but cut the fruit into 2 halves, carefully remove the pulp with a spoon.
Exotic citrus must be consumed by people who smoke a lot, abuse alcohol and fatty foods.
Application methods
Citrus is consumed fresh, I use the fruit for making jams, juices, dietary salads, delicious and fragrant candied fruits are obtained from the zest, the pulp is perfect for creating anti-aging and vitamin masks, essential oil is used in perfumery production.
For weight loss, you need to eat 1 fruit for breakfast or before bedtime - this will help get rid of 5-7 kg in 8 weeks.
Helpful Recipes:
- Summer salad - cut the peeled pulp of the suite, ripe tomato and yellow bell pepper into small cubes, add 50 g of cheese or feta, basil, season with olive oil.
- To prepare a rejuvenating vitamin salad, you need to cut 2 suites into medium-sized cubes. 1 avocado, half a red onion cut into thin rings. Put the mixture on a leaf lettuce, sprinkle with 50 g of roasted pine nuts on top. For dressing, mix 15 ml of honey, 5 ml of lime juice, a little nutmeg, pour over the finished dish.
- To prepare candied fruits, you need to take the peel of 3 fruits, remove the white spongy layer, finely chop. Pour the prepared raw materials with water for 48-72 hours, you need to change the water 2-3 times a day. Boil the syrup from an equal amount of sugar and water, pour the crusts, leave for 3 hours. Boil the mixture for 5 minutes on low heat, cool, repeat the procedure three times. Store the finished product in the refrigerator.
- Fat-burning cocktail - squeeze juice from half a suite, a small cucumber, 50 g of spinach, add 5 ml of honey, drink a drink before bedtime.
- Fasting day. Breakfast - half suite, green tea without sugar, lunch - a light vegetable salad, afternoon tea - half a citrus, dinner - 1 boiled egg, 150 g of stewed cabbage, half an exotic fruit.
Sweets can be added to salads
To make a rejuvenating mask at home, you need to peel off the peel and white films, chop, add 10-15 ml of olive or almond oil. Apply the mixture on the skin of the face and neck, leave for 20 minutes, rinse with warm water. The procedure is carried out twice a week, the course consists of 10-12 sessions.
A mask of 30 g of rice flour, 30 ml of fresh sweetie juice, 3 drops of essential mala bergamot will help to tighten the oval of the face, whiten and refresh the skin of the face. Mix all components, apply to the skin, leave for 10 minutes, rinse with cool water.
Sweetie oil can be added to the bath, used for massage - such procedures help get rid of cellulite.
Fruit harm
With the correct and reasonable use of the suite does not cause harm to health, in order to avoid the occurrence of negative reactions, allergies, you need to consume no more than 800 g of the product per day.
If there is a lot of retinue, then the head may hurt
Citrus contains a lot of ascorbic acid, so the abuse of suite is fraught with severe headaches, rashes, problems with blood clotting.
Sweets cannot be combined with starchy foods - potatoes, corn, white flour pastries - sharing is fraught with bloating, heartburn.
Contraindications
Despite all the benefits of the suite, the fruit has certain contraindications; for many problems with the gastrointestinal tract, this citrus cannot be consumed.
Main contraindications:
- gastritis with high acidity;
- nephritis in the acute stage;
- hepatitis;
- enteritis;
- cholecystitis;
- ulcer;
- colitis.
You can not eat sweet fruits with colitis
Sweetie should be avoided by people who are taking blood thinners, diuretics, or dietary supplements high in vitamin C.
During pregnancy, it is not forbidden to use the fruit, the fruit helps to cope with toxicosis, edema, but on condition that the woman has tried sweets before, otherwise allergic reactions may occur. Since the product is able to thin the blood, you should stop using it at the end of the third trimester.
- an exotic citrus fruit that looks like a grapefruit, but has a sweet taste. Regular and proper use of the fruit will help improve well-being, increase stamina, and avoid colds. But it is necessary to observe the measure, remember about contraindications and possible adverse reactions.
More recently, an unusual fruit has appeared on the shelves of supermarkets. Many people thought that it was just a grapefruit that did not have time to ripen, but in fact it is a completely different fruit. In the people it is most often called. This green exotic fruit began to gradually gain recognition, and given its beneficial properties, we simply cannot help but talk about it.
Origin story
An unusual fruit has an unusual name and an equally unusual story. But let's understand everything in order.
First about the title. Sweetie means "sweet" in English. It got its name due to its mild sweet taste. In fact, its official name is oroblanco, which in Spanish means "white gold", and in scientific circles it is customary to call it pomelite - because of its origin.
By the way, about the origin. sweet fruit belongs to citrus fruits and is a hybrid of pomelo with grapefruit. Some sources claim that it was white grapefruit that was used to breed the suite. Indeed, it tastes very similar to grapefruit, but has a sweeter pulp. It was this task that scientists set themselves in the process of developing a new citrus hybrid.
Sweetie is literally the fruit of the work of Israeli scientists who conducted their research in the experimental laboratory of the University of California at the American city of Riverside. True, about the exact time of withdrawal pomelita opinions differ. Some argue that it was in the middle of the 20th century and even give the exact date - 1958, others are sure that the experiments on breeding the suite were carried out in the mid-1970s, and the fruit itself was patented in 1981, the third one completely pushes back the time creation of oroblanco for 1984. Be that as it may, scientists managed to create a fruit equal in size and composition to a grapefruit, but taking on the sweet taste of a pomelo.
Like a grapefruit, only sweeter
As we have already mentioned, sweetie looks very similar to grapefruit, but has an important distinguishing feature - even when ripe, its skin remains green or, in extreme cases, may turn yellow (depending on the variety and degree of ripening of the fruit). The fruits of the suite are round and somewhat flattened above and below. In the process of its use, in no case should there be partitions that divide the pulp into sections - they are very bitter. After eating the pulp of the suite, just like a pomelo, a large amount of waste remains - partitions and a skin that is quite thick.
Note that the sweetie has not yet been able to overtake any of its progenitors in terms of popularity, but it has begun to appear more and more often on our tables. And this is no coincidence: the demand for healthy exotic fruits is constantly growing, and sweets are grown in countries that may well be its importers for Russia. These are China, India, Israel, Italy, Portugal.
To get it right choose suites, the fruit must be taken in hand. It should be somewhat heavy, despite its relatively small size, and the peel should be smooth and shiny, without darkening or dents. Oroblanco can be stored in the refrigerator and at room temperature for up to three weeks - even for such a long period of time, the fruit will not deteriorate and retain its beneficial properties.
Composition and useful properties
The composition of the suite is about the same as that of a grapefruit, and pomelit helps to lower blood cholesterol levels much more effectively than its ancestors.
Oroblanco contains a very large amount of ascorbic acid, which makes it an excellent prophylactic and therapeutic agent for colds, flu and other viral infections.
The composition of the suite includes essential oils, vitamins and beneficial microelements, antioxidants, as well as special enzymes that break down proteins and fats well. Thanks to this, sweetie is considered a dietary product: it helps to get rid of extra pounds and is very useful for maintaining good physical shape.
Besides, pomelit normalizes blood pressure, improves heart function. Like all citrus fruits, it has another very valuable quality: it effectively fights apathy and depression, improves mood, sharpens attention and memory, and ultimately awakens an interest in life.
Application and contraindications
Sweeties are eaten in the same way as a grapefruit - cut in half or with a spoon scraping out the delicious pulp. Peeled and peeled, it is often added to salads and desserts. To taste, pomelit goes well not only with other fruits, but also with seafood, poultry and vegetables.
As for contraindications, they are very similar to grapefruit. The use of these citrus fruits should be abandoned by those who have problems with the gastrointestinal tract, primarily increased acidity of gastric juice, gastritis, colitis, enteritis, and inflammatory bowel diseases. Also, it should not be eaten by those who suffer from hepatitis, cholecystitis and acute nephritis.
Long gone are the days when people queued up to buy apples and pears at vegetable stalls, and before the New Year they rejoiced at tangerines.
For quite a few years, supermarket shelves have been littered with all sorts of exotic fruits. Residents of large cities will not be surprised by bananas, pineapples, kiwis and mangoes, and so on.
But one of these overseas delicacies is still treated with distrust by many. And this fruit is not deservedly deprived of attention.
Most buyers perceive it as an unripe grapefruit and therefore often pass by. Moreover, different sellers call it differently, somewhere on the price tag it says “sweetie”, somewhere “Oroblanco”, and in some places it will even “grind”, it just confuses people. Although the sellers are absolutely right in principle, this unusual fruit really has three names.
In addition, this fruit does not have a completely custom history of origin. After all, such a fruit did not exist in nature, it was artificially bred in America, at the University of California research center, by crossing the sweet Siamese and white Marsh grapefruit.
In 1984, Israeli breeders, taking the American fruit as a basis, brought out an even more successful version, which was called "Sweety", which means "sweet" in English. This variety has become widespread in many countries where citrus fruits grow. Now suites can be seen not only in America and Israel, but also in Italy, Spain, India, China, Japan, and in the countries of South America.
How does the suite grow?
Just like grapefruit, these are sprawling evergreen trees, usually up to 4 meters high, although sometimes more than 10 meters are found. But on plantations where suites are massively grown, the height of the trees is usually much lower, on average up to 2.5 meters. Most likely this is done for the convenience of caring for trees and harvesting. The leaves of these trees are oblong, dark green. Young fruiting branches are greenish, perennial dark in color.
Suite blooms with white flowers no more than 5 cm in diameter with 4-5 petals and a protruding corolla. In appearance, the flowers are unsightly, but have a surprisingly delicate aroma. Flowers can be located either one at a time or in clusters of up to a dozen pieces nearby. Here is a photo of this flower giving an amazing fruit.
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The fruits themselves are somewhat lighter in color. Outwardly, they look like a pomelo, but almost the size of a grapefruit, but it tastes much sweeter than oranges, tangerines and grapefruits. They are about 10 - 12 cm in diameter, have a shiny, smooth and thick peel. The fruits are quite dense and therefore even small in appearance they seem weighty. In most varieties, the skin of the fruit remains green even when it is fully ripe. The peel of the fruit is oily to the touch and if you remove it, a kind of layering remains on the hands.
Beneficial features
Unlike other citrus fruits such as oranges, tangerines, sweets have a rather thick peel and a lot of film between the slices, so a lot of waste remains when consumed. Because of this, for a long time it was not popular even at home, let alone abroad, until people tasted it and learned its beneficial properties. And the beneficial properties of the suite, as it turned out, are much greater than those of its ancestors, grapefruit and pomelo. The pulp contains about 7% proteins and 48% carbohydrates, fats are completely absent. 100 g of the product contains up to 45 mg of vitamin C, up to 10 mg of vitamin A and B6, a large amount of iron, magnesium, copper, silicon, sodium, calcium, fluorine, phosphorus and potassium, antioxidants, essential oils, folic acid, and most importantly special enzymes that help break down fat and protein.
Due to the high content of vitamin C, sweets are one of the effective fruits that can be used in the treatment and prevention of colds. The presence of these very “special enzymes” make it an excellent dietary product, the use of which not only does not contribute to weight gain, but, on the contrary, helps to get rid of the heat accumulated in the body from other products. Ordinary grapefruits also possess such properties to some extent, but the bitterness of their pulp is not to everyone's taste and most often discourages them from consuming them often. The retinue has a slight bitterness only in the films between the slices, and if they are carefully removed before use, then it is quite possible to eat several fruits a day and then you can actually get the result of weight loss. And given that the energy value is not more than 55 kcal, it becomes clear why this fruit is useful for overweight people. Its use will help get rid of toxins, lower cholesterol. In addition, the work of the heart is normalized, this is a solid reason for the suite to be used by people suffering from cardiovascular diseases.
It should be noted that you should not get carried away especially with this overseas fruit. The pulp of the suite should not be the main product, but an addition to the main diet. Sweetie is sweet, but do not forget that it is citrus and it is possible that it can cause allergies in some people. Even in quite healthy people, the constant high consumption of this fruit can cause irritation of the intestinal mucosa and stomach. Therefore, for those suffering from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, its use is limited. Such people should first try quite a bit of sweetie juice, diluting it with half a glass of boiled water no more than a quarter of a glass. Drink every other day. And if a negative effect does not appear within a week, then you can use but no more than half a glass a day, also diluted with water. But for people with a stomach or duodenal ulcer, colitis, gastritis, cholecystitis, enteritis and an acute form of nephritis and hepatitis, as well as for pregnant women, this fruit is generally contraindicated.
How they eat?
Sweets are consumed in the same way as grapefruit or pomelo. Having cut the skin, it can be cleaned simply with your hands, then, divided into slices, cleaned of films and can be used for food. You can simply cut vertically into several pieces and then cut or peel off the skin from each slice, and then remove the films. You can also eat it by cutting it in half, and then scraping out the pulp with a spoon, trying not to swallow the film. The pulp of this fruit can be added to salads, having previously cleared the films.
The taste of the suite goes well with meat and fish dishes, in dishes with chicken, mushrooms, seafood and various vegetables. Freshly squeezed juice is the most useful. Not only is it a completely invigorating drink, it will also improve the functioning of the liver and gastrointestinal tract and normalize the state of the gallbladder. In addition, it can help with edema, as well as balance the water-salt balance of the body. This is a great antidepressant. One fruit or half a glass of juice a day will help you get rid of chronic fatigue or depression. But you need to keep in mind that you should not allow interlobular films to get into the juice. Not only do they spoil the taste of the juice, making it bitter, they also reduce its beneficial properties.
Application in cosmetology
With success, the useful and even amazing properties of the suite are used in cosmetology. From the pulp and juice, excellent anti-aging masks are obtained, perfectly moisturizing and nourishing the skin of the face. Masks are especially useful for older people. After all, with age, as a rule, the elasticity and firmness of the skin are lost. And the enzymes contained in the suite help not only moisturize the skin, but also retain moisture in it for a long time and thereby restore freshness to the skin of the face.
Sweetie masks are usually used at the first signs of aging and aging skin, however, they are also beneficial for the deterioration of the general condition of the skin and unhealthy complexion caused by vitamin deficiency or various inflammations, such as acne or blackheads. With the use of additional ingredients, face masks are used by professional cosmetologists for various purposes: for whitening, rejuvenation, moisturizing, as nourishing and tonic. However, you need to know that they are not suitable for everyone. A high content of vitamin C in some people can cause an allergic reaction. Recently, the use of sweetie oil for massage has become widespread. Judging by the numerous reviews, this is an excellent means of getting rid of cellulite.
Application in perfumery
The suites and perfumers did not miss it. The exotic, attractive, alluring, sweetish fruity smell of the blooming suite has led to the creation of several types of perfume compositions by famous French perfume companies. Here is one piece from their product collection.
How to choose a suite?
And although in most supermarkets suites are not always on sale, you should not take anything. Therefore, it is better to carefully examine the fruits before buying. Take the fruit in your hands, it should be quite heavy despite its relatively small size. The rind should be emerald or, in some varieties, yellowish, smooth and shiny. There should be no cracks, dents or darkening on the surface. When swaying, nothing should hang out in it, it should be solid and dense.
A good quality suite has a small sticker on each fruit - the supplier's logo. In extreme cases, such a logo must be present on the packaging. By the way, on the packaging, in addition to the supplier's marking, the month of harvest and the date of packaging are affixed. Do not be too lazy to put the fruits in a solid package for transportation, this will guarantee that they will remain intact during transportation. These are certainly not chicken eggs, but the integrity of the peel will ensure that you store the fruits in the refrigerator for more than a month, at room temperature for up to 2 weeks. For information: in Moscow and the Moscow region, the average price for 1 kg is about 100 - 120 rubles.
How to grow sweeties at home?
By the way, suites can be grown even from a seed, as a room citrus fruit. To do this, you need to collect the largest bones, rinse and dry. Wrap in wet cotton wool or gauze for two weeks. When a sprout appears, plant it in the ground. True, the composition of the land for a tropical exotic is difficult to choose in Russian conditions, but nevertheless, many indoor plant growing enthusiasts managed to grow full-fledged plants that serve as excellent decorations in their greenhouses or winter gardens. By the way, taking care of him at home is quite simple. Like any citrus, he loves the sun, you need to water it as the earth dries out in a pot. For the winter, the tree is transferred to heat and sprayed regularly. The plant is transplanted every two to three years.
Despite the mass of obvious positive qualities and useful properties, suites were not immediately recognized in society. At first, the green color of the fruit evoked persistent associations with immaturity. And the mass of unused inner shells and films also did not give rise to surges in consumer demand. However, the Israelis managed to convince the public. The first step towards this was a new name - Citrus Sweety. They managed to convince some countries, in particular Japan, of the special charm of these emerald fruits. Germany, France and Holland have now joined Japan. And every year there are more and more fans of this product. We hope that thanks to our review and you will be among them.
