Pomegranate

Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is an ancient fruit native to the Middle East, somewhere between northeast Turkey and Afghanistan. The word pomegranate means “apple with many seeds”. Pomegranates grow on deciduous …

Sapodilla

Sapodilla fruits are technically berries, and they grow on evergreen trees in the Sapotaceae family, which originated from southern Mexico. Purportedly, there were over 100,000,000 sapodilla trees in this zone, …

Longan

Longan (Dimocarpus longan) is a tropical fruit, originating from southern China. In Chinese, the name means ‘dragon’s eye’, a reference to the fruit’s white flesh and dark, perfectly round …