Flashcards: Tropical fruit

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Kiwifruit (often shortened to kiwi) or Chinese gooseberry is the name given to the edible berries of several species of woody vines in the genus Actinidia.

A plantain, or cooking plantain, (/ˈplæntᵻn/, US /plænˈteɪn/, UK /ˈplɑːntᵻn/) is one of the less sweet cultivated varieties (cultivars) of the genus Musa whose fruit is also known as a banana.

Bunchosia armeniaca, commonly known as peanut butter fruit, is a species of shrub or tree in the family Malpighiaceae native to northwestern South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil and Perú).

Solanum pimpinellifolium, commonly known as the currant tomato, is a wild species of tomato native to Ecuador and Peru but naturalized elsewhere, such as the Galápagos Islands.

Triphasia brassii is a rare species of Triphasia in the family Rutaceae, native to New Guinea.

Solanum pseudolulo is a subtropical perennial plant from northwestern South America.

Talisia esculenta is a medium-sized tree native to the Amazon Basin, and is found in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay and Bolivia.

Triphasia trifolia (syn. Limonia trifolia Burm. f., Triphasia aurantiola Lour.; also called limeberry, lime berry, or limoncitong kastila) is a species of Triphasia in the family Rutaceae, native to tropical southeastern Asia in Malaysia, the Philippines and possibly elsewhere.

Dracontomelon (Vietnamese:Chi Sấu) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae.

The atemoya, Annona × atemoya, is a hybrid of two fruits – the sugar-apple (Annona squamosa) and the cherimoya (A. cherimola) – which are both native to the American tropics.

Solanum candidum is a species of evergreen shrub native to South America and occasionally grown for its edible fruit.

Solanum caripense is a species of evergreen shrub native to South America and grown for its edible fruit.

Solanum vestissimum is a subtropical perennial plant from northwestern South America.

Solanum repandum is a species of evergreen shrub native to various island groups across the southern Pacific Ocean and occasionally grown for its edible fruit.

Mangifera laurina is a species of flowering plant in the Anacardiaceae family.

Mangifera caesia is a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae.

Boscia senegalensis, or hanza, is a member of the family Capparaceae.

Solanum sibundoyense is a species of plant in the Solanaceae family.

Willughbeia edulis aka Willughbeia cochinchinensis is a tropical fruit of the genus Willughbeia.

Vasconcellea is a genus 20 or 21 species of flowering plants in the family Caricaceae.

Rollinia deliciosa is a species of flowering plant in the custard-apple family, Annonaceae, that is native to tropical South America.

Acioa edulis (Portuguese common name: Castanha-de-cutia; syn. Couepia edulis (Prance) Prance) is a fruit and timber tree, which is native of Amazon Rainforest vegetation in Brazil.

Willughbeia sarawacensis, commonly known as kubal or kubal madu, is a tropical vine-bearing plant with edible fruit native to Borneo and to the nearby Island of Palawan in the Philippines.

Solanum abutiloides is a species of plant in the Solanaceae family.

Quararibea is a genus of aromatic plants in the family Malvaceae.

Malpighia emarginata is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae.

Garcinia warrenii, a is a fruit-bearing tree, up to 15 metres in height, of the mangosteen family (Clusiaceae), commonly known as native mangosteen or Warren's mangosteen.

Annona crassiflora, commonly known as Marolo, Araticum cortiça, Araticum do cerrado or Bruto, is a flowering plant in the Annonaceae family.

The Beach sugar apple, Annona salzmannii, is a tree native to Brazil.

The cawesh, Annona scleroderma (Cawesh or Poshe-te) is a species of tree in the Annonaceae family, with an edible fruit the size of an orange.

Melodorum leichhardtii or Zig-zag vine, is a plant species of rainforest vines native to eastern Australia.

Passiflora tarminiana is a species of passionfruit.

Psidium friedrichsthalianum, the Costa Rican guava or cas, is a species of guava found mostly in Costa Rica but also grown in Guatemala, Nicaragua and other Central American countries.

Fe'i bananas (also spelt Fehi or Fei) are cultivated plants in the genus Musa, used mainly for their fruit.

Pandanus conoideus is a plant in the pandan family.

Annona montana or Mountain soursop is an edible fruit and medicinal plant in the Annonaceae family native to Central America, the Amazon, and islands in the Caribbean.

Mangifera kemanga is a large tree in the Anacardiaceae family.

Solanum lycocarpum, the wolf apple, is common in the Brazilian savanna, the Cerrado ecoregion.

Clusia major, the autograph tree, copey, balsam apple, pitch-apple, and Scotch attorney, is a tropical and sub-tropical plant species in the genus Clusia.

Areca gurita is an extant species of single-stemmed palm tree (genus Areca) indigenous to the Malaysian state of Sarawak on Borneo.

Saba comorensis, the bungo fruit (pl. mabungo), mbungo, or rubber vine is a plant, which is widespread across most of tropical Africa as well as in Madagascar and Comoros.

Campomanesia phaea is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family.

Solanum lasiocarpum, otherwise known as Indian nightshade, is a plant that produces edible fruit.

The International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) is an independent and self-financing global network established under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), whose role is to promote sustainable global development of the tropical fruit industry in relation to production, consumption and trade.

Jacaratia mexicana is a species of the tropical papaya tree, in the Jacaratia genus - Caricaceae family.