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Content

About the Author ...................................................................................... 05About the Book ......................................................................................... 06Preface ...................................................................................................... 07The Importance of Ripeness ..................................................................... 09Some Useful Vocabulary ........................................................................... 13Dragon Fruit .............................................................................................. 14Guava ........................................................................................................ 16Snake fruit ................................................................................................. 18Jabuticaba ................................................................................................. 20Cacao ........................................................................................................ 22Similar name - different fruit .................................................................... 25 Mango ................................................................................................... 26 Mangosteen ........................................................................................... 28A similar group 1 ....................................................................................... 31 Lychee .................................................................................................... 32 Longans .................................................................................................. 34 Ackee ..................................................................................................... 36 Rambutans ............................................................................................ 0 38A similar group 2 ....................................................................................... 0 41 Passion fruit ........................................................................................... 0 42 Granadilla .............................................................................................. 0 44A similar group 3 ....................................................................................... 0 47 Sapodilla ................................................................................................ 0 48 Peanut butter fruit ................................................................................. 0 50A similar group 4 ....................................................................................... 0 53 Papaya ................................................................................................... 0 54A similar group 5 ....................................................................................... 0 57 Tamarind ................................................................................................ 0 58 Ice-cream beans .................................................................................... 0 60Meet the Sapotes ...................................................................................... 0 63 Mamey sapote ...................................................................................... 0 64 Egg fruit ................................................................................................ 0 66 Lucuma ................................................................................................. 68 Abiu ....................................................................................................... 0 70 Black sapote .......................................................................................... 0 72 White sapote ........................................................................................ 0 74Meet the Annona family ........................................................................... 0 77 Cherimoya ............................................................................................ 0 78 Sugar apple ......................................................................................... 080 Custard apple ...................................................................................... 082

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Tropical Fruit Guide

Author

Marina Grubić

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No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form whatsoever, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any informational storage or retrieval system without express written, dated and signed permission from the author.

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About the Author

Marina Grubić is a blogger, author, YouTuber, translator, yoga teacher, raw food chef, art teacher and actress in a theater for children. Marina is currently enrolled in the Vibrant Health and Wealth Academy, studying toward earning certification as Vibrant Health and Wealth Teacher – Counselor. She enjoys traveling, roller skating, exploring the world and discovering tropical fruits.

Marina offers a lot of advice, recipes and workout routines at her web site www.healthglows.net

You can follow Marina at social media under “Health Glows”, as well as Marina’s travel blog at marinagrubic.blogspot.com

Atemoya .............................................................................. 084 Rollinia ................................................................................. 086 Soursop ................................................................................ 088Meet the “star” fruits ................................................................ 091 Star fruit ............................................................................... 092 Star apple ............................................................................. 094Meet the Banana family ............................................................ 097 Red bananas ......................................................................... 098 Blue Java bananas ................................................................. 100 Apple bananas ...................................................................... 102 Burro bananas ....................................................................... 104 Baby bananas ........................................................................ 106 Plantains ................................................................................ 108Meet the Artocarpus family ........................................................ 111 Marang .................................................................................. 112 Chempedak ........................................................................... 114 Jackfruit ................................................................................. 116 Breadfruit ............................................................................... 118Meet fatty fruits ........................................................................... 121 Acai ........................................................................................ 122 Coconut .................................................................................. 124 Avocado .................................................................................. 126 Durian ..................................................................................... 128References ..................................................................................... 131

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Preface

Dear reader,Thank you for purchasing this book and your interest in tropical fruits. I have fallen in love with fruit as a child, I believe. Coming from the country of Serbia, I enjoyed fruits like peaches, apricots, plums, vari-ous berries, cherries and other fruits characteristic for the climate in Eastern Europe. It was only at the age of 27 that I first went to the tropics and discovered some fruits that I immediately recognized as Paradise food that absolutely amazed me.

What amazes me about fruit in general is... just everything:• How it is a beautiful creation of Nature;• How there are so many fruit varieties and each is so different

and so special in its uniqueness;• How you are rewarded if you plant and grow a fruit tree;• How fruit trees nurture us with their final and ultimate parts;• How a fruit is the sweetest only when the seed in it is mature

enough to develop in a new plant;• How there is only certain time when the fruit is ready to be

eaten not before when it is still unripe, not after when it starts to go bad, but just in the right time, when its sweet scent feels up the air, when it is mildly soft to touch, full of juice and sweetness;

I am especially amazed with tropical fruit.

I hope that you feel the same about fruit or at least that this book will make you excited about discovering tropical fruits.

For your fruitful journey,Marina Grubić

About the Book

This is a guide to some tropical fruits. In this book you can learn how different tropical fruits look, where they are grown, how their taste can be described and some interesting facts about the fruits.

You can enjoy reading this book from cover to cover and just learn about the tropical goodies, or you can read it selectively, just to find an information of your interest at the given moment.

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The Importance of Ripeness

This chapter I dedicated especially to the ripeness of fruit hoping to stress how important it is to consume fruit exclusively in its ripe state.

The Symbiosis

The fruit trees are hoping to have their seeds planted and thus propa-gate. To ensure this, they offer their final, the utmost product, when it is in its sweetest, the most delicious state, in return of having their seed thrown back to the soil. To make sure that the seed is not let on its own too early, the tree makes sure that the flesh enclosing it - the fruit - is unpalatable, starchy, bitter or even toxic before the seed matures. As the seed - the embryo - matures, the features of the fruit - the uterus - changes. It turns from hard to soft and start emitting sweet scent, inviting frugivors to enjoy its sweetness and thus free the seed that is ready to germinate and grow into a new plant.

Nutritious

The blossoms that are to become fruits are nurtured by the tree that pulls the inorganic minerals and water from the soils. This nutrients travel through its roots, through its bark and branches, all the way to the blossoms. As the Sun kisses the nurtured blossoms, they start to turn into flesh surrounding the embryos. The flesh then continues to change over a period of time, having the inorganic minerals turn into organic, vitamins created, complex carbohydrates broken into simple sugars, proteins broken into amino-acids and fats to fatty acids. And thus it turns to a nutritious and delicious food.

Appearance

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It is other story with non climacteric fruit though. If a non climacteric fruit is picked too early, it will not ripe. It might soften a bit, like in the case of pineapple, but it won’t be any riper than at the moment of harvesting. It is thus useful to know which fruit is climacteric and which is not. Here is a list of climacteric and non climacteric fruits that are described in this book.

Climacteric fruit varieties:

Dragon FruitGuavaMangoMangosteenPassion fruitGranadillaSapodillaPeanut butter fruitPapayaPaw pawMamey SapoteEgg fruitLucumaBlack sapoteCherimoyaSugar appleCustard appleAtemoyaRolliniaSoursopStar appleBananasMarangChempedakJackfruit

In general, ripe fruit is mildly soft to touch and it emits pleasant aro-ma.

Cautious

There is a difference between ripe and overripe fruit. While ripe fruit is perfect to consume, if it goes beyond that, its sugars turn into vin-egar or even alcohol, making it toxic. It is easy to spot an overripe fruit - it is too soft and it emits unpleasant smell.

Surprising

However, some fruit is just ripe when it is usually considered overripe. For example, dragon fruit, chempedak, breadfruit, jackfruit, marang and plantains are perfect when their skins look wrinkled, somewhat darker in the case of dragon fruit, so soft that it can be pressed and emitting fragrance through the skin in the case of the artocaprus fam-ily, and almost all black in the case of plantains.

Ripening off tree

Today many fruits are for commercial reasons picked too early, before they get a chance to fully ripe on tree. This way fruit is not as fully nutritious as it is when it ripens on the tree. However, the problem is not of the same scale with all the fruit varieties. There are some fruit varieties that will ripe off tree and these are called climacteric fruits, while other will not and these belong to the group of non climacteric fruits. Of course, all fruit is of a better quality when allowed to ripe on tree, but at least climacteric fruits continue to emit the gas ethylene that ripens the fruit. All it takes is to properly store a not fully ripe cli-macteric fruit at the room temperature and wait for a couple of days.

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Some Useful Vocabulary

Pericarp - the part of a fruit formed from the wall of the ripened ovary;

Exocarp - the outer layer of the pericarp of a fruit;

Mesocarp - the middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit, between the exocarp and endocarp;

Endocarp - the innermost layer of the pericarp which surrounds a seed in a fruit; It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry);

Drupe - a fleshy fruit, such as a peach, plum, or cherry, usually having a single hard stone that encloses a seed, also called stone fruit;

BreadfruitAvocadoDurian

Non climacteric fruit varieties:

SalakJabuticabaRambutansLycheeLonganTamarindIce-cream beansStar fruitWhite sapoteAcaiCoconut

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Interesting

The cactus tree of this fruit flowers only at night and its flowers are among those known as “moonflowers” or “The Queen of the Night”.

Dragon Fruit

Scientific name: Hylocereus undatus

Description

Pitaya, or pitahaya, is the name of a cactus fruit that thanks to its ornamented pink or yellow skin bares the name “dragon fruit”. There are three main varieties, with many sub-varieties: pink skin with white flesh inside, pink skin with dark pink flesh inside and yellow skin with white flesh inside. The flesh of each variety contains tiny edible seeds. Fruit has ovalish shape and can weigh from 150 g (5.3 oz) up to 1 kg (2.2 lbs).

Taste

While you may hear that dragon fruits have no sweetness, I would like to encourage you to let them really ripe, get really soft to touch and then try them. Even if it seems as if it has gone bad in some places on the skin, it doesn’t mean it has gone bad inside. As a matter of fact, it might be that it is just perfect to be eaten.

Origin and distribution

Pitaya is originally native to Mexico, but today it is grown in Hawaii, Central America, Israel, Cyprus, China, South and South East Asia, Oki-nawa and Northern Australia.

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Guava

Scientific name: Psidium guajava

Description

There is a couple of different varieties of guavas and they are round, ovoid or pear shaped, from 4 to 12 cm (1.6 to 4.7 inches) in length, with skin around the flesh that is full of tiny seeds. A ripe guava has green, maroon or yellow skin, while the pulp inside ranges from white to deep pink, depending on variety. In some varieties the skin of fully ripe guava becomes soft and edible.

Taste

The taste varies between different varieties and can be sour or sweet, more or less creamy. Usually, smaller varieties are creamier and sweeter.

Origin and distribution

Guava is native to Mexico, Central America and Northern South America, but also grown in South and South East Asia.

Interesting

It is one of the least chemically treated and sprayed fruits.

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Snake Fruit

Scientific name: Salacca zalacca

Description

Snake fruit, or salak, is a palm tree fruit, the size and shape similar to fig, called “snake fruit” due to its brown, scaly skin. The white or pink flesh under the skin has a texture of a peeled garlic and texture can vary from dry and crumbly to moist and crunchy, depending on variety. There is a pit in the center.

Taste

Sweet and acid taste that reminds somewhat of apple - pineapple taste;

Origin and distribution

Native to Java and Sumatra, but also grown on other island of Indonesia and in Malaysia, as well as in Thailand and India;

Interesting

Palm tree on which snake fruit grows is the most common palm tree in the world.

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All the best,

Marina Grubić