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The name loquat derives from Cantonese lou 4 gwat 1 (Chinese: 盧橘; pinyin: lújú; lit. 'black orange'). The phrase 'black orange' originally referred to unripened kumquats, which are dark green in color, but the name was mistakenly applied to the loquat by the ancient Chinese poet Su Shi when he was residing in southern China, and the mistake was widely taken up by the Cantonese region ...
Kumquat. Kumquats ( / ˈkʌmkwɒt / KUM-kwot ), [ 1] or cumquats in Australian English, are a group of small, angiosperm, fruit -bearing trees in the family Rutaceae. Their taxonomy is disputed. They were previously classified as forming the now-historical genus Fortunella or placed within Citrus, sensu lato.
Jatropha fruit, Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae) Laurel, Prunus laurocerasus (Rosaceae) Lily of the valley, Convallaria majalis (Asparagaceae) Linden (also known as Lime or Basswood), Tilia spp. (Malvaceae) Manchineel, Hippomane mancinella (Euphorbiaceae) Mape tree, Inocarpus fagifer (Fabaceae) Masuri berry, Coriaria nepalensis (Coriariaceae)
Binomial name. Citrus unshiu. (Yu.Tanaka ex Swingle) Marcow. Citrus unshiu is a semi-seedless and easy-peeling citrus species, also known as the satsuma mandarin or Japanese mandarin. [ 1] During the Edo period of Japan, kishu mikans were more popular because there was a popular superstition that eating Citrus unshiu without seeds made people ...
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Kiwifruit has a thin, fuzzy, fibrous, tart but edible light brown skin and light green or golden flesh with rows of tiny, black, edible seeds. The fruit has a soft texture with a sweet and unique flavour. Kiwifruit is native to central and eastern China. [ 1]
Morinda zollingeriana Miq. Sarcocephalus leichhardtii F.Muell. Morinda citrifolia is a fruit-bearing tree in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia and Australasia, which was spread across the Pacific by Polynesian sailors. [ 2] The species is now cultivated throughout the tropics and widely naturalised. [ 3]
Manilkara zapota, commonly known as sapodilla ( Spanish: [ ˌ s a p o ˈ ð i ʝ a] ), [ 4] sapote, chicozapote, chicoo, chicle, naseberry, nispero, or soapapple, among other names, [ 5][ 6]: 515 is an evergreen tree native to southern Mexico and Central America. An example natural occurrence is in coastal Yucatán, in the Petenes mangroves ...