Fruits

 It belongs to the Musaceae family and is botanically a berry, due to multiple seeds inside it. It has its roots in Central Asia and now spread to many countries that cultivate many varieties of apples. They are used for making chips, milkshakes, cakes and other culinary delights.

Both the ripe and unripe varieties of fruits are edible, with sweet and starchy-tart tastes respectively.

Bananas are available easily in most countries and also one of the inexpensive fruits in the world. The interesting part about this food group? There are many types of fruits that come in a variety of shapes, sizes and flavors to tickle our taste buds and improve our physical and psychological well being.

In this article, we shall delve deep into the subject of the different kinds of fruits, their properties and 25 most popularly consumed fruits across the world. Fruits are one of nature’s bountiful gifts to mankind. Mangoes are rich in Vitamin C, antioxidants and other key nutrients, making it one of the most nutritional kinds of fruits on the planet

1.Orange:

Orange is a citrus fruit that is loaded with nutrients like Vitamin C. Here are some of the major classification of fruits to know about:

Simple fruits are those which are developed from the single ovary or one pistil of a flower. Technically, even avocadoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash and other sweet-tasting vegetables can also be treated as fruits.

Fruits are divided into groups depending on the number of ovaries they have developed from. Papaya fruits are usually cylindrical in shape and the size can go beyond 20 inches. It has yellow colored tangy pulp, with a unique flavor and fragrance. The peel is used as an aromatic agent in desserts and even in cosmetics for its skin-tightening properties.

They are categorized into follicles, achenes, drupelets, berries and also called compound fruits.

Examples: Custard Apple, Raspberry, Blackberry etc.

These fruits are developed from a cluster of flowers, which merge to become one large fruit.

Examples: Pineapple, Breadfruit, Figs, Mulberry etc.

Accessory fruits are also called pseudo fruits or false fruits, as the edible flesh is not only developed from the ovary of the flower, but also from a non-ovarian tissue residing adjacent to the carpel.

In the above section, you have learnt about the types of fruits divided based on their formation, let us now understand the categorization of fruits based on the physical structure and the seeds

2.Achene:

It is a simple, dry indehiscent fruit that is developed from a single ovary and has a thin and closed wall around the single seed.

Examples: Strawberry, Sunflower Seeds (the actual edible part is technically a fruit), Buckwheat etc.

3.Berry:

It is a fleshy fruit that contains many seeds inside and a soft or hard covering on the outside.

Examples: Kiwi, Watermelon, Cranberries, Passion Fruit, Grapes, Papaya, Bananas and Tomatoes

4.Caryopsis:

It is a type of fruit that is seen in cereals and grasses and is a dry, single fruit in which the ovary wall joins the outer seed coating.

Examples: Corn, Rice, Barley, Rye, Oats and other grassy plants

5.Drupe:

Also called the stone fruit, this variety of fruit belongs to the indehiscent type. It has a sour to sweet and tangy taste, depending on the stage of ripening.

Orange juice is a widely consumed health drink across the globe and even the whole fruit is equally popular. Inside this shell is an edible, single seed.

Examples: Chestnuts, Hazelnuts, Acorns and Beechnuts

List of 25 Different Types of Fruits to Eat:

After that dose of botanical knowledge, we wanted to give you an insight into the characteristic properties of some of the common kinds of fruits with pictures and names:

1. Apple:

Among the many fruit categories, apples top the charts in terms of popularity. Mango belongs to the Anacardiaceae family and available only in summers. These seeds are released when the fruit is split vertically along the two seams.

Examples: Peas, Beans, Tamarind and Peanuts

Nut:

A nut is technically a dry fruit, that has a hard, wood-like outer covering and is generally inedible. They are consumed as whole fruits, cut fruits, juices, pies and other desserts.

2 .Banana:

Banana is a tropical fruit, renowned for its nutritional goodness. It is a fairly large sized fruit with orangish sweet pulp and many tiny, black seeds inside. An Apple is a juicy and edible fruit of the apple tree, scientifically called the Malus Domestica. They are round in shape, with a greenish to orange color leathery, outer skin.

3.Papaya:

Papaya is another tropical fruit that is native to Mexico and Central America. Before you get ready to sink in your teeth into these delicious treats, you must read these interesting facts to appreciate these humble fruits even more

A fruit is a product of the tree that bears seeds and is consumed as a food for its sweet, edible flesh. These so called “exotic” type of fruits are now commonly seen in hot countries like India. The fruit comes with an outer cover, which when peeled reveals a mushy, white flesh. These are grown from flowers and have multiple seeds inside them, which are the only inedible parts of the fruit.

The size of apples varies from 2 to 4 inches in diameter and different colors like yellow, red and green are available in the market. They are further divided into dry and fleshy, where dry fruits can be dehiscent or indehiscent and fleshy ones can be semi pericarp or full.

Examples of simple fruits include fleshy fruits like apples, cherries, plums or dry ones like hazelnuts, walnuts etc.

These types of fruits are developed from multiple ovaries of a single flower. Depending on the variety-the shape, color, texture of pulp and the taste varies drastically. Along with the mushy, ripe ones, Unripe papayas are also consumed in the form of salads and curries.

. The scientific name of Papaya is Carica Papaya and is also called Paw Paw. 

4.Mango:

Mango, the “King of the fruits” is a drupe fruit that grows in tropical regions. They can be eaten in a raw form as a whole or cooked into a stew, juiced, diced or even dried and frozen forms. They are juicy, delicious and filled with nutritional goodness to help us enjoy a healthy and happy life. The unripe mango is very sour and as the fruit ripens, the sugar levels rise to add sweetness. It has a hard pit containing a seed present on the inside and surrounded by a soft, fleshy mass on the outside.

Examples: Peach, Cherry, Coconut, Mango, Plum, Olive etc.

5.Legume:

A legume is a dry, dehiscent fruit that is usually long in size and contains many seeds inside. When this layer is peeled, the fruit reveals small bean-shaped segments that have thin skins, juicy pulp and bitter seeds. Depending on the acidity level of the fruit, apples have a sweet to sour taste.