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Rank Country/Region Fruit production (tonnes) 1 People's Republic of China 242,793,824 2 India 105,971,127 3 Brazil 39,758,842 4 Turkey 24,153,128 5 Mexico 23,837,562
Fruit. Various fruits arranged at a stall at the Municipal Market of São Paulo. Fresh fruit mix of blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries. In botany, a fruit is the seed -bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering (see Fruit anatomy). Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as ...
Durian. The durian (/ ˈdʊəriən /, / ˈdjʊəriən /) [1] is the edible fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus Durio. There are 30 recognized Durio species, at least nine of which produce edible fruit. [2][3] Durio zibethinus, native to Borneo and Sumatra, is the only species available on the international market.
Pyrus pyrifolia is a species of pear tree native to southern China and northern Indochina that has been introduced to Korea, Japan and other parts of the world. [1] The tree's edible fruit is known by many names, including Asian pear, [2] Persian pear, Japanese pear, [2] Chinese pear, [2] [3] Korean pear, [4] [5] [6] Taiwanese pear, apple pear, [7] zodiac pear, three-halves pear, papple ...
Ripe apple guavas (Psidium guajava)Guava (/ ˈ ɡ w ɑː v ə / GWAH-və) [1] is a common tropical fruit cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions. [2] The common guava Psidium guajava (lemon guava, apple guava) is a small tree in the myrtle family (), native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. [2]
The jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) [ 6 ] is a species of tree in the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit family (Moraceae). [ 7 ] The jackfruit is the largest tree fruit, reaching as much as 55 kg (120 pounds) in weight, 90 cm (35 inches) in length, and 50 cm (20 inches) in diameter. [ 7 ][ 8 ] A mature jackfruit tree produces some 200 fruits ...
Manilkara zapota, commonly known as sapodilla (Spanish: [ˌ s a p o ˈ ð i ʝ a]), [4] sapote, chicozapote, chicoo, chicle, naseberry, nispero, or soapapple, among other names, [5][6]: 515 is an evergreen tree native to southern Mexico and Central America. An example natural occurrence is in coastal Yucatán, in the Petenes mangroves ecoregion ...
The fruit is 70 to 120 mm (3 to 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and 60 to 90 mm (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) across. A light pink quince flower. The immature fruit is green with dense grey-white fine hair, most of which rubs off before maturity in late autumn when the fruit changes colour to yellow with hard, strongly perfumed flesh.