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Calyx
In botany, calyx is a collective term for all of the sepals, structural components of the flower.

Cantaloupe
A variety of melon (Cucumis melo var. reticulates) having a tan rind with netlike ridges and the sweet fragrant orange flesh.

Capsule
A covering that is used on the top and at the neck of a wine bottle to protect the cork.

Cherry
Any of a variety of fruit grown on a shrub or also on small shrub-like tree that are not considered domestic tree cherries. Some of the varieties of Bush Cherries include the Nanking cherry, Hansen's Bush cherry, Pin cherry, Sand cherry, Joy Cherry, Chinese Bush cherry, Korean Bush cherry, and also the Chokecherry. Bush cherries are universally used to make pies, baked sweets, jams, jellies, syrups, juices, and also concentrate.

Citron
A mid-sized to large citrus fruit that is grown in quite a lot of different variations, all similar in taste and aroma. The citron has a thick rough skin, which provides a very bitter taste, typically considered unpalatable. When candied, the peel becomes translucent and more attractive as a garnish or ingredient in marmalades and jams

Citrus
Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, originate in tropical and subtropical Southeast Asia. The plants are great shrubs or small trees, reaching 5-17 m tall, with spiny shoots and alternately prearranged evergreen leaves with an entire margin.

Compound Fruits
A compound fruit is one, which develops from several ovaries in either a single flower or even multiple flowers . Conversely, a simple fruit develops only from one ovary.

Custard Apple
The Custard-apple (Annona reticulate) is known in English as bullock's heart or bull's heart, does a species of Annona, native to the tropical New World, prefer a low elevation, and a warm, humid climate. It is a very small deciduous or even semi-evergreen tree reaching 12 m tall. The leaves are alternate, simple, oblong-lanceolate, 10-13 cm long and 5-12 cm broad. The flowers are produced in clusters, each flower 2-3 cm across, with six yellow-green petals.

Cypsela
A dry, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit that is formed from an inferior ovary. Common to the Astraea family.




Apple stuck in Adam's throat
Cabbage-a water vegetable
Tomato is a fruit!
Banana-a cure for heartburn
Peanut is the main component of nitroglycerine
Pumpkins and avocados are fruits
Dark green vegetables are more Vitamin C rich
Banana is not a fruit in reality.
Bananas are easily digestible
Cockroach repellent fruit
An apple tree can produce 400 apples a year
Bilberries improve night vision
Cherry seeds believed to have satanic power
Watermelon used to carry water
Worlds favorite fruit
Strawberries have seeds outside them
Kiwi is rich in Vitamin C
Oranges help fight anti-aging
Eating fruits avoids miscarriage
Eating fruits reduce the risk of diseases
Lemon is a good source of Vitamin C-Prevents Scurvy
7000 apples
Grapes do not ripen once plucked
Banana slip accidents in Britain
Quick ripening
 Lemons kill bacteria
Pear-wood is hard
Banana-the 1st fruit on earth

Special fruits for this week

 

Pluots fruit

Few varieties of pluots are called dinosaur eggs (Read more)

Mangosteen

dark purple fruit-tastes like strawberry (Read more)

African cucumber

taste like combination of banana, cucumber and lemon (Read more)

Papaya

Helps digest Proteins (Read more)


 
 

Are exotic fruits much tastier than other fruits?
  No, only some taste better
  All look and taste nice
  Very bad at taste
  Never tried an Exotic fruit

 
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