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Mediterranean Fruits
Fruits in Mediterranean category are not very hardy to extreme cold, as the preceding temperate fruits are, yet tolerate some frost and can have a modest chilling requirement. Notable among these are natives of the Mediterranean Fruits.

Mango
A tropical Asian evergreen tree (Mangifera indica) cultivated for edible fruit. The ovoid fruit of this tree that having a smooth rind, sweet juicy flesh, and a flat one-seeded stone. It is eaten ripe and pickled when green.

Mangos teen
A fruit, native to East India and Asia that has a dark red rind and a delicious milky juice. Inside, this fruit typically has 4 to 6 sections containing meat that could be easily scooped out with a spoon to be eaten while the seeds are discarded. To prepare, either slice off the top stem to scoop out the meat and cut the fruit in half, removing the seeds and scoop out the flesh. The fruit has a slightly tart but very sweet and delicious tasting meat that could be served as a snack or added to fruit salads.

Mesocarp
Mesocarp in a botanical term for the succulent and fleshy middle layer of the pericarp of drupaceous fruit, between the Exocarp and very endocarp; it is usually the part of the fruit, which is eaten. The term may also refer to any fruit which is fleshy throughout.

Mulberry
Mulberry (Morus) is a genus of 10-15 species of deciduous trees native to warm temperate and also subtropical regions of Asia, Africa and North America, with the majority of the species native to Asia. The closely related genus Broussonetia is also frequently known as mulberry, notably the Paper Mulberry Broussonetia papyri era.

Multiple Fruits
A multiple fruit is formed from a cluster of flowers known an inflorescence. Each flower does generate a fruit, but these mature into a single mass. Good examples are mulberry, pineapple, and breadfruit.




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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