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| The Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables |
| Apples -Protects your heart -Prevents constipation -Blocks diarrhea -Improves lung capacity -Cushions joints Apricots -Combats cancer -Controls blood pressure -Saves your eyesight -Shields against Alzheimer's -Slows ... |
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| Apple (Malus domestica) |
| General info about Fruit The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family Rosaceae. It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. The tree is small and deciduous, reaching - m tall, with a broad, often densely twiggy crown. The leaves ar ... |
| Acerola (Malpighia glabra) |
| General info about Fruit The Barbados cherry, a member of the Malpighiaceae, is an interesting example of a fruit that rose, like Cinderella, from relative obscurity about 40 years ago. It was at that time the subject of much taxonomic confusion, having been described and discussed previou ... |
| Abiyuch (Crataeva religiosa)/Caper (Capparis spinosa) |
| General info about Fruit There is a strong association between the caperbush and oceans and seas. Capparis spinosa is said to be native to the Mediterranean basin, but its range stretches from the Atlantic coasts of the Canary Islands and Morocco to the Black Sea to the Crimea and Armenia, ... |
| The Feijoa (Feijoa sellowiana) |
| General info about Fruit The feijoa is native to extreme southern Brazil, northern Argentina, western Paraguay and Uruguay where it is common wild in the mountains. It is believed that the plant was first grown in Europe by M. de Wette in Switzerland and, a little later, about 1887, it was ... |
| Quince (Cydonia oblonga) |
| General info about Fruit The Quince (Cydonia oblonga) is the sole member of the genus Cydonia and native to warm-temperate southwest Asia in the Caucasus region. It is a small deciduous tree, growing 5-8 m tall and 4-6 m wide, related to apples and pears, and like them has a pome fruit, wh ... |
| Chayote (Sechium edule) |
| General info about Fruit The chayote (Sechium edule), also known as choko, is an edible plant, which belongs to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae along with melons, cucumbers and squash. The plant has large leaves that form a canopy over the fruit. The vine is grown on the ground or mor ... |
| Autumn-olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) |
| General info about Fruit Elaeagnus umbellata, also referred to as Japanese Silverberry, Umbellate Oleaster or Autumn-olive, is a species of Elaeagnus native to eastern Asia from the Himalayas east to Japan. Because airborne nitrogen can be fixed in its roots, it has the capability to grow ... |
| Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens) |
| General info about Fruit Partridge Berry, is the best known plant in the genus Mitchella. It is a herbaceous woody shrub, occurring in North America and Japan, and belonging to the madder family (Rubiaceae). This evergreen plant is a creeping, but not climbing, vine, 15-30 cm long. T ... |
| Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) |
| General info about Fruit Virginia creeper or five-leaved ivy (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) is a woody vine native to eastern and central North America, in southeastern Canada, the eastern and central United States, eastern Mexico, and Guatemala, west as far as Manitoba, South Dakota, Utah ... |
| Maypop (Passiflora incarnata) |
| General info about Fruit Maypop (Passiflora incarnata), also known as Purple passionflower, is a fast growing perennial vine with climbing or trailing stems. A member of the passionflower genus Passiflora, the Maypop has large, intricate flowers with prominent styles and stamens. One of th ... |
| Christmasberry (Photinia arbutifolia) |
| General info about Fruit Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia, syn. H. salicifolia) is a common perennial shrub native to southwestern California, USA and the extreme northwest of Mexico, from the San Francisco Bay area to northern Baja California. It is the sole species of Heteromeles, but is c ... |
| Spanish Bayonet (Yucca) |
| General info about Fruit Hesperoyucca whipplei (syn. Yucca whipplei; Our Lord's Candle, Spanish Bayonet, Quixote Yucca, Common Yucca) is a species of flowering plant closely related to and formerly usually included in the genus Yucca. It is native to southern California, United States and ... |
| Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) |
| General info about Fruit Pawpaw (Asimina) is a genus of eight or nine species of small trees with large leaves and fruit, native to eastern North America. The genus includes the largest edible fruit indigenous to the continent. They are understory trees of deep fertile bottomland so ... |
| Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) |
| General info about Fruit Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is a species of Arctostaphylos, one of several related species referred to as bearberry. Other names for this species include kinnikinnick and pinemat manzanita. It is a small procumbent woody shrub 5-30 cm high. The leaves are ... |
| Serviceberry (Amelanchier) |
| General info about Fruit The Serviceberry (Amelanchier), also known as juneberry, mespilus, sarvis, shad-blossom and shadbush, is a genus of about 25 species of small deciduous trees and large shrubs in the family Rosaceae. In some areas an Amelanchier species is known as the curran ... |
| Citron (Citrus medica) |
| General info about Fruit The Citron (Citrus medica) is a species of citrus fruit. It is characterized by its thick rind and small sections. Generally, it is eaten preserved or in bakery goods, such as fruitcakes. (The candied peel rather than the fruit is often used in cooking.) The ... |
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| Sea-buckthorns (Hippophaë rhamnoides) |
| General info about Fruit The sea-buckthorns are deciduous shrubs in the genus Hippophae, family Elaeagnaceae. The name sea-buckthorn, hyphenated here to avoid confusion with the buckthorns (Rhamnus, family Rhamnaceae), is also referred to as "sea buckthorn" or "seabuc ... |
| Garden Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) |
| General info about Fruit Garden Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa and related cultivars) is the most common variety of strawberry cultivated worldwide. Like all strawberries, it is in the family Rosaceae; its fruit is more technically known as an accessory fruit, in that the fleshy pa ... |
| Guelder-rose (Viburnum opulus) |
| General info about Fruit Viburnum opulus (Guelder-rose) is a species of Viburnum, native to Europe and Asia. Some botanists also treat the closely related North American species Viburnum trilobum as a variety of it (as Viburnum opulus var. americanum Ait.), or a subspecies, Viburnum ... |
| Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) |
| General info about Fruit The apricot (Prunus armeniaca or Armenian plum in Latin, syn. Armeniaca vulgaris, Armenian: Ծիրան, Chinese: 杏子, Czech: Meruňka) is a fruit-bearing tree, native to China and spread to Europe through Armenia. It ... |
| Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) |
| General info about Fruit The jackfruit, Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. (syns. A. integrifolius Auct. NOT L. f.; A integrifolia L. f.; A. integra Merr.; Rademachia integra Thunb. ), of the family Moraceae, is also called jak-fruit, jak, jaca, and, in Malaysia and the Philippines, nang ... |
| Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) |
| General info about Fruit Artocarpus altilis is a tree and fruit native to the Malay Peninsula and western Pacific islands. It has also been widely planted in tropical regions elsewhere. It was collected and distributed by Lieutenant William Bligh as one of the botanical samples coll ... |
| Common Hazel (Corylus avellana) |
| General info about Fruit The Common Hazel (Corylus avellana) is a species of hazel native to Europe and Asia. It is typically a shrub reaching 3-8 m tall, but can reach 15 m on occasion. The leaves are deciduous, rounded, 6-12 cm long and across, softly hairy on both surfaces, and w ... |
| Gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa) |
| General info about Fruit The Gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa (syn. R. grossularia) is a species of Ribes, native to Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia. It is one of several similar species in the subgenus Grossularia; for the other related species (e.g. North American Goo ... |
| Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) |
| General info about Fruit The nutmegs Myristica are a genus of evergreen trees indigenous to tropical southeast Asia and Australasia. They are important for two spices derived from the fruit, nutmeg and mace. Mace within nutmeg fruit Nutmeg is the actual seed of the tree, ... |
| Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) |
| General info about Fruit The Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna is a species of hawthorn native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia. Other common names include May, Maythorn, Quickthorn, and Haw. It is a broadly spreading shrub or small tree 5-14 m tall, with a dense ... |
| Redcurrant (Ribes rubrum) |
| General info about Fruit The Redcurrant (Ribes rubrum) is a member of the genus Ribes in the gooseberry family Grossulariaceae, native to parts of western Europe (France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and northern Italy). It is a deciduous shrub normally growing to 1-1.5 m tall, oc ... |
| European Pear (Pyrus communis) |
| General info about Fruit The European Pear Pyrus communis is a species of pear native to central and eastern Europe and southwest Asia. The European Pear is one of the most important fruits of temperate regions, being the species from which most orchard pear cultivars grown in Europ ... |
| Water Melon (Citrullus lanatus) |
| General info about Fruit Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, Family Cucurbitaceae) is both a fruit and a vegetable and plant of a vine-like (climber and trailer) herb originally from southern Africa and one of the most common type of melon. This flowering plant produces a special type of ... |
| Muskmelon (Cucumis melo) |
| General info about Fruit Muskmelon refers to the many cultivars of Cucumis melo, and is one of the broader group of fruits grown and traded as melons. It is an accessory fruit of a type that botanists call a false berry. It was first cultivated more than 4000 years ago (circa 2000 B ... |
| Peach (Prunus persica) |
| General info about Fruit The Peach (Prunus persica) is a tree native to China that bears a juicy fruit of the same name. It is a deciduous tree growing to 5–10 m tall, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae. It is classified with the almond in the ... |
| Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) |
| General info about Fruit The grapefruit was first described in 1750 by Griffith Hughes who called it the "forbidden fruit" of Barbados. In 1789, Patrick Browne reported it as growing in most parts of Jamaica and he referred to it as "forbidden fruit" or "sma ... |
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| Tangelo (Citrus paradisi × Citrus reticulata) |
| General info about Fruit The tangelo is a citrus fruit that is a hybrid of any mandarin orange, popularly known as a tangerine, and either a pomelo or a grapefruit. It may have originated in Southeast Asia over 3,500 years ago. The fruits look like good-sized, oblong oranges and hav ... |
| Mandarin (Citrus reticulata) |
| General info about Fruit The mandarin orange is considered a native of south-eastern Asia and the Philippines. It is most abundantly grown in Japan, southern China, India, and the East Indies, and is esteemed for home consumption in Australia. It gravitated to the western world b ... |
| Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) |
| General info about Fruit The orange is unknown in the wild state; is assumed to have originated in southern China, northeastern India, and perhaps southeastern Asia (formerly Indochina). It was carried to the Mediterranean area possibly by Italian traders after 1450 or by Portuguese ... |
| Sour Orange (Citrus aurantium) |
| General info about Fruit The sour orange is native to southeastern Asia. Natives of the South Sea Islands, especially Fiji, Samoa, and Guam, believe the tree to have been brought to their shores in prehistoric times. Arabs are thought to have carried it to Arabia in the 9th Century. ... |
| Sloe or Blackthorn (Prunus Spinosa) |
| General info about Fruit The Blackthorn is a large shrub or a small tree of the genus Prunus, botanically Prunus spinosa. Its fruit is called the sloe, or in the Scots language, slaes. The blackthorn is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. The common name is deriv ... |
| Plum (Prunus Domestica) |
| General info about Fruit A plum or gage is a stone fruit tree in the genus Prunus, subgenus Prunus. The subgenus is distinguished from other subgenera (peaches, cherries, bird cherries, etc) in the shoots having a terminal bud and the side buds solitary (not clustered), the f ... |
| Cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccos) |
| General info about Fruit Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the genus Vaccinium subgenus Oxycoccus, or in some treatments, in the distinct genus Oxycoccus. They are found in acidic bogs throughout the cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere. ... |
| Pomegranate (Punica granatum) |
| General info about Fruit Origin: The pomegranate is native from Iran to the Himalayas in northern India and was cultivated and naturalized over the whole Mediterranean region since ancient times. It is widely cultivated throughout India and the drier parts of southeast Asia, ... |
| Carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) |
| General info about Fruit These trees cannot withstand waterlogging, although the root system is usually deep. It grows well in warm temperate and subtropical areas and tolerates hot and humid coastal areas. It is a xerophytic (drought-resistant) species, well adapted to the ... |
| Service Tree (Sorbus domestica) |
| General info about Fruit Woodland Garden; Canopy; The Service Tree (Sorbus domestica) is sometimes known as the True Service Tree to distinguish it from the Wild Service Tree. It is native to western and southern Europe (north to south Wales), northwest Africa, and sout ... |
| Hackberry (Celtis Occidentalis) |
| General info about Fruit Woodland Garden; Canopy; Hackberry Celtis is a genus of about 60-70 species of deciduous trees widespread in warm temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, in southern Europe, southern and eastern Asia, and southern and central North America ... |
| Fig (Ficus Carica) |
| General info about Fruit Woodland Garden; Sunny Edge; South Wall By; West Wall By; The Common Fig (Ficus carica) is a large shrub or small tree native to southwest Asia and the eastern Mediterranean region (Greece east to Afghanistan). It grows to a height of 3-10 m ta ... |
| Sour Cherry (Prunus cerasus) |
| General info about Fruit The Sour Cherry or Morello Cherry, (Prunus cerasus) is a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia. It is closely related to the Wild Cherry (P. avium), also known as sweet cherry, but has a fruit which ... |
| Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) |
| General info about Fruit Habitats Woodland Garden; Sunny Edge; Dappled Shade; Ground Cover; Crowberry (Empetrum) is a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruit. They are commonly found in the northern hemisphere, from temperate to subarctic climates, ... |
| Raspberry (Rubus idaeus) |
| General info about Fruit The Raspberry or Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus) is a plant that produces a tart, sweet, red composite fruit in summer or early autumn. In proper botanical language, it is not a berry at all, but instead an aggregate fruit of numerous drupelets around a central ... |
| Bilberry (vaccinium-myrtillus) |
| General info about Fruit Bilberry is a name given to several species of low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium (family Ericaceae) that bear tasty fruits. The species most often referred to is Vaccinium myrtillus L., also known as blaeberry, whortleberry, whinberry (or winberry), ... |
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| Posting Guidelines |
| This forum was created to educate people about different fruits that exist around the globe. Thus showing that vegans have a huge diversity of healthy foods available. Everyone is welcome to contribute. Each topic will be dedicated to a specific fruit, and first post will contain information ... |