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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 ...

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, ...

The monkey's apple (Mimusops coriacea) is originally from Madagascar and now well established in the tropics. Mimusops coriacea is often naturalised in the coastal zone of Mauritius. The fruits are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Giant Granadilla

Fruits & vegetables; Exotic fruit

The Giant Granadilla, (Passiflora quadrangularis), is the largest of the passion-fruits, plants of the genus Passiflora. It is a perennial native of Tropical America. The pleasantly aromatic, ...

Mountain Papaya

Fruits & vegetables; Exotic fruit

The mountain Papaya or mountain paw paw (Carica pubescens) is a native of America. The fruit has five broad longitudinal ribs, it is green turning yellow to orange when ripe. The fruit pulp is ...