Pitaya, or dragon fruit, has thick, pink skin with spikey green growths. Dragon fruit is pink with white or vibrant pink flesh and small black edible seeds.
Passion fruit, or Liliko'i in Hawaiian, is a tropical fruit with a hard purple or yellow shell, jelly-like golden pulp, and seed-filled center.
The tropical fruit rambutan has a red shell and soft, hair-like spikes. Rambutans have plum-sized, translucent, grape-like fruits with an inedible brown seed in the middle.
Jackfruit, a tropical fruit, is 8–3 feet tall and 10–110 pounds! Jackfruit has thick, green spiky skin. A white, fibrous surface holds golden yellow jackfruit pods.
Tropical mangosteens are translucent-white and purple-shelled. Count the mangosteen's natural segments by counting the flat, flower-shaped growth's "petals" at the bottom.
Lychee is a tropical fruit with translucent-white flesh and a thin, hard, breakable pink skin. Middle of fruit is large, inedible seed. A grape-sized lychee fruit is typical.
Large, teardrop-shaped papayas have thin, green or yellow skins. The soft, salmon-colored fruit inside has a cluster of black, shiny, small edible seeds. Eat sparingly.
Large, teardrop-shaped papayas have thin, green or yellow skins. The soft, salmon-colored fruit inside has a cluster of black, shiny, small edible seeds. Eat sparingly.
Acai, pronounced “ah-sigh-ee,” are small, dark purple berries with many health benefits. US grocery stores sell pre-pureed, frozen acai in plastic packets.