No wonder, that the Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), correctly named as purple Mangosteen, got the name Queen of the Fruits. While You once tasted the Queen, You will be addicted to the tantalising, sweet and slightly sour taste of her Majesty, The Queen of the Fruits. While the Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) is native to Malaysia and
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Every year in July and August the juicy Lamyai, the Thai word for Longan fruits (dragon eyes) (Dimocarpus longan), is appearing at the local Thai markets. The season for Longan, a relative to Lychee, is short, so everybody in the North of Thailand, takes his chance to get as much as possible from the Longan
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The juicy cantaloupe melons, also called muskmelons, rockmelons or honeydews are cultivated varieties of the muskmelon (Cucumis melo), which is native to Persia (Iran) and Armenia. The highly aromatic melon has been named after the Italian aristocratic estate Cantalupo, north of Rome, where the melon has primarily been cultivated from seeds, brought from Armenia, about
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The tomatillo, also called Mexican tomato, jamberry or green tomato (Spanish: tomate verde) is a fruit from the tomato family (Solanaceae), related to the cape gooseberry. Tomatillos are widely used in the cuisines of central Amerika, especially in the Mexican cuisine for salsas, chilis and stews and are also eaten raw. The taste of the
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Plantains, are the fruits of several plants of the genus Musa. The plantain fruit, also called cooking plantain or banana plantain is generally used for cooking, opposite to the so called sweet dessert bananas. Plantains are an important staple food in many tropical countries and could be compared with the importance of potatoes in the
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In the beginning of this century the healthy cranberries has been given the commercial status as a superfruit. The cranberries are dwarf shrubs or vines from the genus Vaccinium, which contains several cranberry species, native to the cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere. First records of farming the healthy berries are dating back to 1816
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The coconut is the fruit of the cocos palm tree (Cocos nucifera) and isn´t a nut in botanical sense. Cocos palm trees are widly spread over tropical countries worldwide and the coconut is used in many tropical cuisines. A fresh coconut contains beside the coconut flesh, a lot of coconut water, which is often confused
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