thumb|Tropical fruit, including [[mamey sapote, mango, orange, papaya, pineapple, and sapodilla]]

There are many fruits that typically grow in warm tropical climates or equatorial areas.

Tropical fruits

thumb|right|A group of tropical fruit

Varieties of tropical fruit include:

  • Abiu
  • Açaí
  • Acerola (West Indian cherry; Barbados cherry)
  • Achachairú (Bolivian mangosteen; achacha)
  • Ackee
  • Atemoya
  • Avocado (alligator pear)
  • Banana
  • Bengal currant (Christ's thorn; Carandas plum; Karonda; Karanda; Kanna)
  • Biribá (lemon meringue pie fruit)
  • Black sapote (chocolate pudding fruit)
  • Brazil nut
  • Breadfruit
  • Cacao pod
  • Caimito (star apple)
  • Canistel (eggfruit)
  • Carambola (star fruit; five fingers)
  • Cashew apple
  • Chempedak
  • Cherimoya

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  • Coconut
  • Coffee cherry
  • Cupuaçu
  • Custard apple
  • Dragon fruit (pitaya)
  • Durian
  • Genipap
  • Governor's plum
  • Granadilla (maracujá-açu in Portuguese)
  • Guaraná
  • Guava
  • Hog plum (taperebá in Portuguese)
  • Ice-cream bean (inga-cipó in Portuguese)
  • Indian gooseberry
  • Jabuticaba
  • Jackfruit
  • June plum (golden apple;cajamanga or cajarana in Portuguese)
  • jamun
  • Indian jujube (Indian plum; Chinese date; Chinee apple; ber; dunks)
  • Langsat (longkong)
  • Longan (dragon's eye)
  • Lúcuma
  • Lychee
  • Macadamia
  • Malay apple (rose apple; pommerac in French)
  • Manila tamarind (Madras thorn; monkeypod tree; camachile)
  • Mamey apple
  • Mamey sapote (abricó in Portuguese)
  • Mango
  • Mangosteen
  • Marang
  • Miracle fruit
  • Mousami (musami; mosambi; sweet lime; sweet lemon; sweet limetta)
  • Natal plum
  • Papaya
  • Passion fruit
  • Peanut butter fruit
  • Pewa (peach nut; pupunha in Portuguese)
  • Pili nut
  • Pineapple
  • Plantain
  • Pomelo
  • Pulasan
  • Quenepa (Spanish lime; mamoncillo)
  • Rambutan
  • Safou (butterfruit)
  • Salak (snake fruit)
  • Sapodilla (chicle; naseberry)
  • Silver date palm (Indian date; sugar date palm; wild date palm)
  • Soursop (graviola in Portuguese)
  • Strawberry guava (Cattley guava)
  • Sugar apple (sweetsop; ata in Portuguese)
  • Suriname cherry (pitanga)
  • Tamarind
  • Wax apple (bell apple)
  • White sapote

See also

  • List of culinary fruits