Fruits 101: 400 Fruits Name, Type and Trivia

This blogpost serves as the single-stop to discover fruits name, seasonality, color, type and trivia profiles. Basically, everything there is to know about all fruits ranging from the mundane to the exotic, is being profiled here, with 120+ real fruits images to boot!

Significance of Fruits

Long after humans have evolved out of exclusive vegetarian diet styles, fruits continue to hold a special place in human culture and diet. They stand revered for their diverse flavors, vibrant colors, and valuable health benefits.

Take the succulent sweetness of a ripe watermelon to the tart tanginess of a juicy orange, fruits invigorate our senses and nourish our bodies with no ill effects in ways that few other foods can match.

In the evolving culinary landscape of the world, fruits have become an essential ingredients, even gourmet, in a wide array of dishes, be it tantalizing salads with a twist of lime to decadent desserts with cherry toppings or sapodilla slices.

Fruits also play a vital role in cultural traditions, symbolizing abundance, fertility, and celebration in cultures around the world. No wonder then that no Indian ceremony is complete without food and flower offerings to the gods.

Cash In On The Richness of All Fruits

The vast benefits of fresh fruit is never under dispute- that’s just common knowledge! Let’s recount some of the most significant benefits.

• Fruits contain natural sugar and many other beneficial essential vitamins, minerals, and nutrients.
• All fruits make your diet healthy and should be a daily part of your food intake.
• Compared to processed foods like bread or pizza, it takes longer to eat and chew fruits because of the fiber and taste. This makes us feel fuller faster!
• Fruits are best consumed raw without added honey or salt and pepper. If so, they provide us with many anti-oxidants too.
• Most fruits can also be juiced or cut up to go into salads and healthy dessert options like yogurt.
• Fruits are great for skin, hair, vision, bones, and overall health and vitality!

Don’t fruits come across as the springboards of all the good things in life! That explains why they say “A fruit a day keeps the doctor away!” Well, actually, maybe a 1.5 cups of fruit at the minimum.

Just when one thinks one knows most fruits name and origin, one inevitably encounters another wondrous one! So, let’s get started on discovering the different types of fruits, their similarities, differences, potencies, the blessed and bountiful world of all fruits in India as well as the world.

Fruits Name Pillar Post Overview

With the above roles of fruits in mind, this fruits name pillar post aims to offer an extensive exploration of the world of fruits, common and rare, encompassing both dry fruits and fresh fruits.

Irrespective of being a seasoned fruit enthusiast or a school student just beginning to explore the wonders of the produce aisle, this comprehensive guide aims to provide valuable insights and inspiration for incorporating more fruits into your diet and lifestyle while filling you in with fruits name and trivia galore.

Explore now with EnglishGeni’s posts and delight in what mother nature has to offer! We have searched high and low, scanned east to west, to put together this stupendous single source for fruits name, gorgeous pictures to let you see what they look like, and some fun trivia as well.

This blog is not a scientific or botanical compilation, rather the common man’s desire to know about fruits.

This page gives a breakdown of how we systematically delve in to fruits name in English, at times local fruits name as well, different groups, with fruits images and information on each fruit featured in that group. Please click and go right to the posts that interest you.

TYPES OF FRUITS

Let’s understand a few basics about the fruit types. Talking of how fruits originate, they fall into two broad categories as follows:

1. Simple Fruits:

These consist of dry fruits mostly! Read EnglishGeni’s blog post coverage on dry fruits names to know about each with 28 dry fruits images (all links provided below)!

2. Succulent Fruits

These are the juicy and delightful fleshy fruits, let’s say, the opposite of ‘dry‘ then! Among others, succulents broadly consist of single fruits and others like the ones categorized into four different types below:

1. Drupes
2. Berries
3. Pepos
4. Pomes

Drupes Drupes, also called single fruits, i.e., fruits that mostly have a single hard seed inside them, as in mango, coconut, walnut, cherry, peach or almonds.

Berries We’re used to thinking of them as tiny little colorful bombs bursting with taste and juice, but no! They run the gamut from the very dry areca nut (the betel nut/supari in paan, which is actually a berry!) to the juicy guava, date, papaya, chiku and even tomatoes and brinjals.

Pepos These are full-bodies, round or long fruits like the melons like cantaloupe, and gourds like bottle gourd (kaddu) or cucumbers!

Pomes Pomes are the fleshy ones with smaller seeds inside like the apple or pears.

While, drupes, berries, pepos and pomes are scientific classifications, which falls outside our gambit, the fruit afficionados are more about knowing about fruits more along the lines described under different fruit groups. This is also the architecture by which EnglishGeni has grouped its posts on fruits name and trivia.

DIFFERENT FRUIT GROUPS

Let’s get to know each of these fruits in the company of their own kind! That means we are now going to categorize them in lots of interesting ways. Join in for a colorful knowledge-cum-joy-ride as we say hello to each of the wonderful fruits!

Let’s group them on some well-recognized criteria and see the fruits name in English for each category. Rest assured, we are going to be seeing more than 100 fruits name in all! These 100 fruits name with pictures will familiarize you with fruits from India and overseas.

The Basis of ENGLISHGENI’S Blog Posts

EnglishGeni caters to Indian speakers and learners of English. As the bulk of the nation consists of non-native English speakers, we ensure that A1-A2 basic level posts, which means learners who only have rudimentary vocabulary and knowledge of English language structures are facilitated with bilingual posts, mainly Hindi to English posts.

Level of English in Fruits Name Posts

The bulk of the posts covering fruits names fall under the B1-B2 CEFR Intermediate level of English. However, due to the real fruits images and the simplified descriptions, many A1-A2 level of learners may also benefit from these posts.

In the spirit of making English language learning available to all Indians, we have made A1-A2 CEFR Level of English posts for beginners available in Hindi, with unique and crystallized content to support their needs.

Here is a quick guide to the level of English used in the posts so you know the right level for you.

LINKS to All Fruits Names Posts

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Article Summaries

Section 1: Intermediate Level (B1-B2 English)

Article 1: 28 Dry Fruits

The variety of dry fruits, nuts and seeds is incredible. Apart from being more nutrient-rich than their fresh forms, they are also easy to store, have a long shelf-life and a great source of vitamins, carbohydrates as well as healthy fats.

So, we feature 28 tasty and delectable selection of dry fruits, nuts and seeds with real fruits images. Read on to discover their benefits in detail.

Section 2: Succulent Fruits: Intermediate Level (B1-B2 English)

Article 2: 20 Exotic Fruits

Fruits taste divine, we all agree. But, what makes them exotic fruits? Simple- anything that is rare, has a taste, appearance or flavor profile that sets it apart from fruits in some way classifies for an exotic fruit. Of course, this means that what might be regarded as fantastically curious and exquisite exotic fruits in India might not be so in another nation! However, we curated our 20 rare exotic fruits making sure everyone thinks they are head-turners!

Article 3: 20 Green Fruits, Yellow Fruits, Red Fruits

Fruits come in an array of colors no less magnificent than flowers! This makes them attractive, appetizing on the food platter too. But, behind those gorgeous eye-grabbing green fruits is chlorophylis, and behind the red fruits might be lycopene. So also for the yellow fruits.

Read on about the green fruits name surprises, red fruits name lists and enjoy the visual extravaganza of fruits images as nature unleashes a healthful color riot on us.

Article 4: 14 Single Fruits

There are so many single fruits, i.e fruits with one seed encased in a fleshy interior! At times, the fruits names themselves are misleading. For instance, the coconut is a berry, a nut, and a fruit all rolled into one! Then why not call it a coco-berry? Nope! Discover more such quaint but delicious single fruits images! Like all posts in the series on fruits name types, this one also features single fruits images with names!

Article 5: Winter Fruits & All Seasonals

As our personal favorite, we started with cataloguing winter fruits. But then, seasons come, seasons go, so also seasonal fruits come and go! How could we but resist the temptation of looking into the delights of other seasonal fruits such as the summer fruits and the rainy season fruits!

The monsoon fruits are no less appetizing than the winter fruits, we realize. So here on, we’re not playing favorites- we love all seasonals. Read on to glaze over winter fruits and more from other parts of the world too!

Article 6: 20 Citrus, Tropical and Vitamin-Rich Fruits

Ooh, the tangy zesty sprightliness of the citrus fruits simply cannot be ignored! No matter how bad the sweet tooth, nature combines sweet and tart in a way perhaps no gourmet cuisine can. We honor the zesty citrus fruits even if they are not as decadent as the tropical fruits with just as much zeal!

Please take a look at the sight of these tantalizing fruits but do not forget to rejoice in the fruits that are gracious enough to give us healthy vitamins like Vitamin B12, Vitamin K, minerals, anti-oxidants and much more! Check out the article to know it depth about this medley of 20 fruits name and nutrient prowess.

Now, it’s time to delve into our fruits name offerings for kids! In super simple English, we treat them to their first fruits. We don’t stop there though- we go all out and introduce them to 100 fruits names, including dry fruits and that too bilingually! Read more below!

KIDS’ SPECIALS on Fruits Names

Subsection 3: Beginner Level (A1-A2 English)

Article 1: 5 Fruits Names with 5-word Sentences

This post on 5 fruits name focuses on the tiny little ones who are just about learning to watch about the world and soak in the delights! Zero-stress, 100% fun is how these kid lessons are!

Bright fruits images, wee little brain-teasers and memory recall interactive picture-based lessons, we make sure they learn five fruits names. Games and puzzles ensure these 5 fruits name in English stick in their memory as both parents and kids have fun together!

Article 2: 10 Fruits Name with 5-word Sentences and Puzzles

This post for little kids steps up a notch- just a little bit, keeping the fun factor intact but the sub-conscious learning slowly zooming up! Look at the pictures below and guess how that goes!

Article 3: (हिंदी) 100 Fruits Names in Hindi and English

Our Hindi to English readers will not stand deprived of the joy of exploring these heavenly fresh fruits and dried fruits either. We have a post on fruits name in Hindi and English.

Hindi speakers could refer to the fruits name in Hindi and then learn up the English names. Conveniently, the same post covers all dry fruits name in Hindi and English. This accounts for a massive total of 100 fruits name in Hindi and English!

Fruits Names of 400+ Tropical and Seasonal Fruits

Now comes the segment that fruit enthusiasts and hobbyists fancy- discovering fruits’ name in English from India and across the globe!

At a 400 plus fruits name listing, we have been comprehensive in covering fruits names that are reasonably identifiable. However, there are so many berries and fruits in faraway lands that we just don’t get wind of. I doubt any of us would even recognize all fruits name in English or berries’ names growing among the mountains, hills, jungles, countryside, deserts, and remote villages in our own country!

NOTE: Many a times the same fruit is referred to by different local names. We have eliminated such repeats as much as possible so that the above table presents you with fruits name in English that are unique: no repeats, be it scientific names or other wise.

Table with Fruits Names In English
(400 plus fruits names with 332 Tropical Fruits and 74 Seasonal Fruits)

	Tropical Fruits Name No. 1 to 111	Fruits Name No. 112 to 222	Fruits Name No. 223 to 332
1	Abiu	Huito	Papaya
2	Açaí	Iboga	Passionfruit
3	Acerola	Icacina	Pawpaw
4	Akebi	Icaco	Peanut Butter Fruit
5	African Breadfruit	Ice Apple	Pepino Melon
6	African Cherry Orange	Ice Cream Bean	Peruvian Groundcherry
7	African Cucumber	Ichigo	Petit Rouge Grape
8	African Mango	Ilama	Peumo
9	Amanatsu Orange	Illawarra Plum	PF Lucky 13 Flamin’ Fury Peach
10	Amaou Strawberry	Imbe	Physalis
11	Ambarella	Incaberry	Pineapple
12	Amla	Indian Almond	Pineberry
13	Araca-Boi	Indian Gooseberry	Pitaya
14	Araza	Indian Jujube	Plantain
15	Atemoya	Indian Persimmon	Pluot
16	Babaco	Indian Plum	Pulasan
17	Bacuri Fruit	Indian Prune	Pummelo
18	Bael	Indian Sherbet Berry	Purple Mangosteen
19	Banana	Ita Palm	Quandong
20	Barbadine	Jaboticaba	Quenepa
21	Barbados Cherry	Jamaican Tangelo	Rambai
22	Beach Plum	Jambolan	Rambutan
23	Betel Nut	Jambul	Rangpur Lime
24	Black Sapote	Java Apple	Rata
25	Breadfruit	Jujube	Red Bayberry
26	Buddha Apple	Kabosu	Red Mombin
27	Buddha’s Hand	Kakadu Plum	Red Mulberry
28	Burdekin Plum	Kaki	Rhobs El Arsa
29	Bushel and Berry Jelly-Bean-Blueberry	Kantola	Riberry
30	Cacao	Kapok	Rollinia
31	Cactus Pear	Karkalla	Rumdul
32	Calabash	Karonda	Safou
33	Calamansi	Kei Apple	Saigon Mango
34	Calamondin	Keitt Mango	Salak
35	Camu Camu	Kepel	Salak
36	Canistel	Keule	Salal
37	Cape Gooseberry	Kiwano	Salal Berry
38	Carissa	Kumquat	Salmonberry
39	Cashew Apple	Kepel	Santol
40	Cawesh	Keule	Sapodilla
41	Cedar Bay Cherry	Kiwano	Sapote
42	Cempedak	Kumquat	Sarvisberry
43	Ceylon Gooseberry	Kutjera	Sea Buckthorn
44	Changunga	Lablab Fruit	Soursop
45	Charichuelo	Lancetilla Mango	Sunda Plum
46	Cherimoya	Langra Mango	Surinam Cherry
47	Cherry Plum	Langsat	Sweet Lime
48	Chico Fruit	Lemon Drop Mangosteen	Tamarillo
49	Chokeberry	Lemon Drop Melon	Tamarind
50	Citrofortunella	Lemonade Berry	Tangerillo
51	Coconut	Liberty Apple	Tangerinequat
52	Coffee Cherry	Lilly Pilly	Tarap
53	Colonnade ‘Maypole’ Apple	Lingonberry	Tarpan Strawberry
54	Common Apple Berry	Longan	Tawa-Tawa
55	Conkerberry	Loquat	Tayberry
56	Cornelian Cherry	Lovi-Lovi	Tepin Pepper
57	Crab Apple	Lucuma	Terap
58	Cranberry	Lulo	Toronja
59	Cucumber	Lychee	Tuna Fruit
60	Cupuacu	Magellan Barberry	Ububese
61	Custard Apple	Malabar Plum	Udara
62	Dabai Fruit	Malay Rose Apple	Ugli Fruit
63	Damson Plum	Mamey	Ugni
64	Date Plum	Mamey Apple	Ugni Blanc Grape
65	Davidson’s Plum	Mamey Sapote	Ugni Molinae
66	Dead Man’s Fingers	Mamin Chino	Ula
67	Decaisnea	Manchurian Apricot	Umari
68	Dekopon	Manchurian Cherry	Umbu
69	Desert Banana	Manchurian Crab Apple	Ume
70	Desert Fig	Mangifera Indica	Ume Plums
71	Desert King Fig	Mangu	Urava
72	Desert Lime	Maracuja	Usakhelauri
73	Desert Quandong	Marang	Usama
74	Discovery Apple	Marionberry	Utu
75	Dodder-Laurel	Marula	Uva Rara Grape
76	Double Coconut	Mayhaw	Uva Tosca Grape
77	Dragon Fruit	Maypop	Uvalino Grape
78	Duku Fruit	Medlar	Uvaria
79	Durian	Melon	Uvilla
80	Eastern Hawthorn	Mimusops Elengi	Vaccarese Grape
81	Elephant Apple	Mombin	Valencia Orange Fruit
82	Emblica	Moriche Palm Fruit	Van Dyke Mango
83	Emu Apple	Morus	Vanilla Fruit
84	Emu Berry	Mountain Serviceberry	Velvqt Apple
85	Entawak	Muscadine Grape	Velvet Tamarind
86	Etrog	Muskmelon	Vespolina Grape
87	Fairchild Tangerine	Nageia	Voavanga
88	Fazli Mango	Nagami Kumquat	Water Apple
89	Fe’i Banana	Nance	Watermelon
90	Feijoa	Naples Fig	Wax Gourd
91	Fig	Naranjilla	White Mulberry
92	Finger Lime	Nashi Pear	White Sapote
93	Five Flavor Berry	Natal Plum	Wolf Berry
94	Flavorfest Strawberry	Naval Orange	Wood Apple
95	Fuyu Persimmon	Naartjie	Xaoy
96	Gac Fruit	Nepali Hog Plum	Yaca
97	Gamboge	Nere Fruit	Yangmei Fruit
98	Genip	Neroli	Yellow Dragon Fruit
99	Giant Granadilla	Noni	Yellow Guava
100	Goumi	Nopal Fruit	Yellow Himalayan Raspberry
101	Granadilla	Oeillade Noire Grape	Yellow Passion Fruit
102	Guanábana	Ogden Melon	Yellow Plum
103	Guarana	Ogeechee Lime	Yellow Sapote
104	Guava	Oil Palm	Yellow Squash
105	Guavaberry	Oroblanco	Yellow Watermelon
106	Hackberry	Otaheite Apple	Yemenite Citron
107	Hala Fruit	Otaheite Gooseberry	York Imperial Apple
108	Haskap	Oullins Gage Plum	Young Mango
109	Hawaiian Mountain Apple	Ozark Beauty Strawberry	Yumberry
110	Hebesu	Ozark Gold Apple	Yuzu
111	Honeydew Melon	Palestinian Sweet Lime
Seasonal Fruits (74)
1	Apple	Highbush Cranberry	Raspberry
2	Apricot	Honey Crisp Apple	Red Delicious Apple
3	Arava Melon	Jambolan	Red Grape
4	Asian Pear	June Plum	Red Huckleberry
5	Blue Passionfruit	Kiwi	Red Plum
6	Cape Gooseberry	Lemon	Rhubarb
7	Carambola	Lime	Rockmelon
8	Cherry	Loquat	Satsuma
9	Clementine	Mango	Sour Cherry
10	Cloudberry	Nashi Pear	Strawberry
11	Cranberry	Naval Orange	Sugar Baby Watermelon
12	Date	Nectarine	Sugar Palm
13	Early Girl Tomato	Newton Pippin Apple	Sultana
14	Early Gold Mango	Okra	Surinam Cherry
15	European Pear	Orange	Sweet Dakota Rose Watermelon
16	Fuyu Persimmon	Passionfruit	Tamarillo
17	Gala Apple	Pawpaw	Tangerine
18	Goumi	Peach	Thornless Blackberry
19	Grape	Pear	Thornless Loganberry
20	Grapefruit	Persimmon	Thumbelina Apple
21	Green Anjou Pear	Pineapple	Watermelon
22	Grenadier	Plum	White Currant
23	Guava	Pomegranate	Yellow Grape
24	Hardy Kiwi	Pomelo	Yellow Pear Tomato
25	Highbush Blueberry	Ponderosa Lemon

Note on table above: Fruits names mentioned below may appear with any one name in the table above. The rest are here for your reference, to a limited extent. However, these fruits are not always exactly the same but a different variety of the same family of fruit.

Fruits with Multiple Names

African Cherry Orange / Agbalumo

Amanatsu Orange / Tachibana Orange

Asian Pear / Nashi Pear

Mandarin / Mandarine

Passionfruit / Maracuja

Breadfruit / Bread Fruit

Black Sapote / Chocolate-Fruit

Coconut / Coco Plum

Custard Apple / Sugar Apple

Jackfruit / Jakfruit

Mountain Serviceberry / Saskatoon Berry

Star Apple / Caimito

Watermelon / Citrullus lanatus

Pineapple / Ananas

Kiwi / Chinese Gooseberry

Guava / Guayaba

Papaya / Pawpaw

Persimmon / Sharon Fruit

Lemon / Citron

Lime / Kaffir Lime

Plum / European Plum

Grapefruit / Pomelo

Banana / Plantain

Orange / Sweet Pepper

Tomato / Love Apple

Pear / Pyrus

Apple / Malus domestica

Grape / Vitis vinifera

Fig / Common Fig

Cherry / Prunus avium

Date / Phoenix dactylifera

Apricot / Prunus armeniaca

120 Fruits Featured in Our Articles

Our posts on fruit are varied and cover the different kinds of categorizations well.

• We have featured over 120 fruits with real fruits images!
• Plus, over 25 without fruits images but descriptions.
• Each article has a set of new fruits images of newly featured fruits.
• It’s a mix of fruits from India and all parts of the world.

As you can guess, the coverage is wide and comprehensive, so dive deep into nature’s gifts through EnglishGeni posts! Some of the fruits we cover include:

• Apple
• Jujube
• Salacca
• Watermelon
• Kumquats
• Pear
• Sharon fruit
• Yellow watermelon
• Cherry
• Avocado
• Rambutan
• Horned Melon
• Huckleberry
• Raspberry
• Blackberry

And, another additional 100 fruits names!

Relevant Questions

Conclusion:

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