What are Fruits?
When discussing fruits as food, fruits usually refers to those that are sweet and fleshy (ex. bananas, mangos, pineapples). However, a great many common vegetables, as well as nuts and grains, are the fruit of that plant species. These include cucurbits, tomatoes, peas, beans, corn, eggplant, sweet pepper and spices, such as allspice and chillies.
Fruit Types and Classification:
- Tropical and Exotic (Bananas, Mango, Pineapple, Carambola…)
- Fruit-Vegetables (Cucumber, Tomato, Green and Hot Pepper, Avocado…)
- Citrus (Lemon, Lime, Grapefruit, Orange, Tangerine, Pumello…)
- Berries and Small Fruit (Strawberry, Raspberry, Huckleberry, Currants, Grapes…)
- Tree fruit (Apple, Apricot, Cherry, Peach, Nectarine, Fig, Pear…)
- Melons (Watermelon , Sweet Melon, Papaya, Galia, Casaba and more)
- Nuts (Peanuts, Almonds, Hazelnuts, Chestnuts, Macadamianuts, Groundnuts)
- Olives
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