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Solanum quitoense var. septentrionale R.E.Schult. & Cuatrec. Solanum quitoense, known as naranjilla[ 3] ( Spanish pronunciation: [naɾaŋˈxiʝa], "little orange ") in Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Panama and as lulo ( [ˈlulo], from Quechua) in Colombia, is a tropical perennial plant from northwestern South America. The specific name for this ...
Manilkara zapota, commonly known as sapodilla ( Spanish: [ ˌ s a p o ˈ ð i ʝ a] ), [ 4] sapote, chicozapote, chicoo, chicle, naseberry, nispero, or soapapple, among other names, [ 5][ 6]: 515 is an evergreen tree native to southern Mexico and Central America. An example natural occurrence is in coastal Yucatán, in the Petenes mangroves ...
The persimmon ( / pərˈsɪmən /) is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros. The most widely cultivated of these is the kaki persimmon, Diospyros kaki [ 1] – Diospyros is in the family Ebenaceae, and a number of non-persimmon species of the genus are grown for ebony timber. In 2019, China produced 75% of the ...
Diospyros sapota Roxb. (1814) nom illeg. Diospyros nigra, the black sapote, is a species of persimmon. Common names include chocolate pudding fruit, black soapapple and (in Spanish) zapote prieto. The tropical fruit tree is native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. [ 1] The common name sapote refers to any soft, edible fruit.
Stenocereus eruca, commonly known as the creeping devil, is a member of the family Cactaceae. It is one of the most distinctive cacti, a member of the relatively small genus Stenocereus . It is endemic to the central Pacific coast of Baja California Sur , and is found only on sandy soils, where it forms massive colonies.
Binomial name. Spondias dulcis. L. Unripe fruit. Spondias dulcis ( syn. Spondias cytherea ), known commonly as June plum, is a tropical tree, with edible fruit containing a fibrous pit. In the English-speaking Caribbean it is typically known as golden apple and elsewhere in the Caribbean as pommecythere or cythere. In Polynesia it is known as vī.
Raw lychee fruit is 82% water, 17% carbohydrates, 1% protein, and contains negligible fat (table). In a 100-gram (3.5 oz) reference amount, raw lychee fruit supplies 66 calories of food energy. The raw pulp is rich in vitamin C, having 72 mg per 100 grams – an amount representing 86% of the Daily Value – but contains no other micronutrients ...
The fruit of the mangosteen is sweet and tangy, juicy, somewhat fibrous, with fluid-filled vesicles (like the flesh of citrus fruits), with an inedible, deep reddish-purple colored rind when ripe. [5] [6] In each fruit, the fragrant edible flesh that surrounds each seed is botanically endocarp, i.e., the inner layer of the ovary.