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Know and Enjoy Tropical Fruit

This book contains interesting details about 141 tropical fruit and nuts. Learn how to identify, harvest or purchase tropical fruit and nuts; learn how to store them and know when they are mature or ripe. Most importantly, Know and Enjoy Tropical Fruit explains how to eat these fruit and contains 333 cosmopolitan recipes. Extensive tables list each fruit's vitamins, minerals, energy contents, botanical and common names and their fruiting periods.

Know and Enjoy Tropical Fruit is an excellent reference to tropical fruit and nuts and their uses. Tropical fruit is appealing and healthy. Frequent travel and fast international trade have made these fruit widely available. Knowledge opens the way to best appreciation. A unique book for the gourmet, adventure traveller and fruit lover.

Written by James J Darley the book has 192 printed pages on glossy art paper. 62 high quality colour photographs are integrated with the text. Hardcover binding with gold stamped spine. Attractive, colourful jacket. ISBN 0 646 135392  



The book Know & Enjoy Tropical Fruit contains 35 chapters, of these 5 chapters drawn from the book are online.

Measures, Conversions & Abbreviations i
Preface ii
Annonas & Rollinias, the Custard Apples 1
Avocado 5
Bananas & Plantains 10
Cacti Fruit 17
Carambola & Bilimbi 20
Casimiroa, Black Persimmon & Mabolo 25
Citrus 34
Duku, Langsat, Rambai & Santol 41
Durian & Mangosteens 43
Guavas 47
Jackfruit, Breadfruit & Relatives 50
Lychee, Rambutan & Longan 60
Mango & Mangos of the Wet Tropics 66
Nuts of the Tropics 74
Palms: Coconut, Pejibaye & Salak 80
Papaya, Mountain Papaya & Babaco 88
Passionfruit & Granadillas 95
Pineapples 101
Abiu, Cainito & Sapodilla 105
Sapotes: Green & Mamey Sapote, Canistel & Lucmo 110
Minor Fruit of the Tropics 116
Tropical Berries & Cherries 129
Tropical Fruit Drinks 135
Fruit in Fondues & Salads 143
Sherbets & Ice Creams 147
Dried Fruit & Leathers 151
Preserves & Pickles 153
Pie-Crusts, Cases & Custards 163
Table: Vitamins & Minerals in Fruit and Nuts 170
Fruiting Calendar 178
Bibliography, Contacts & Acknowledgements 180
Table of Recipes 182
Harvest and Storage of Tropical Fruit 184
Index 185

Many people write to me for free advice. Generally I am happy to give this, if I can. Please restrict yourself to questions concerning tropical fruit and consider that I'm not likely to know where to purchase tropical fruit in NY City. Obviously I cannot provide a detailed horticultural advisory service. Also, I will not reply to people who don't give any name or write without most basic common courtesy. All communications are confidential - I hate spammers. Don't use HTML email or other emails within an "envelope. They may not be read and just deleted.
Jim Darley


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Other Fruitful Sites

Brevard County Rare Fruit Council A RFCI Chapter's site and newsletter

California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc A large site, to make rare fruit common

Don't Panic Eat Organic California's Organic Growers Site

Durian OnLine (DOL) Homepage Dedicated to the King … of tropical fruit

Tropical Fruit World An Australian Fun Park


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Aegle marmelos - bael Aleurites moluccana - candle nut Anacardium occidentale - cashew Ananas comosus - pineapple Annona cherimola - cherimoya A. diversifolia - ilama A. glabra - pond apple A. muricata - guanabana A. purpurea - soncoya A. reticulata - mamon A. squamosa - sweetsop Atemoya - African pride Antidesma bunius - bignay Artocarpus altilis - breadfruit A. elasticus - terap A. heterophyllus - jackfruit A. odoratissimus - marang A. polyphema - chempedak Averrhoa bilimbi - bilimbi A. carambola - carambola Baccaurea dulcis - ketupa B. motleyana - rambai Bactris gasipaes - pejibye Berholletia excelsa - Brazil nut Blighia sapida - akee Bouea macrophylla - maprang Butia capitata - jelly palm Byrsonima crassifolia - nance Cajanus cajan - pigeon peas Camellia sinensis - tea Canarium commune - canari C. mehenbethene - galip C. ovatum - pili Carica bornii x pentagona - babaco C. papaya - papaya C. pubescens - mountain papaya Carissa edulis - Egyptian carissa C. grandiflora - Natal plum Caryocar nuciferum - souari Casimiroa edulis - casimiroa Ceratonia siliqua - carob Cereus peruvianus - apple cactus Chrysophyllum icaco - icaco C. cainito - cainito Citrofortunella mitis - calamondin Citrus aurantifolia - West Indian lime C. aurantium - sour orange C. jambhiri - rough lemon C. latifolia - Tahiti lime C. limetta - Mediter lime C. limon - lemon C. maxima - pummelo C. medica - citron C. reticulata - mandarin C. X paradisi - grapefruit Clausena lansium - wampi Coccoloba uvifera - uvero Cocos nucifera - coconut Coffee arabica - coffee Cyphomandra betacea - tamarillo Dillenia indica - dillenia Diospyros digyna - black persimmon D. discolor - mabolo Dovyalis caffra - kei apple D. hebecarpa - kitembilla Durio zibethinus - durian Elaeis guineensis - African oil palm Eugenia brasiliensis - grumichama E. uniflora - Brazil cherry E. pitanga - pitanga Euterpe oleracea - euterpe palm Euphoria longan - longan E. malaiensis - mata kuching Feronia limonia - wood apple Flacourtia indica - ramontchi F. inermis lovi - lovi F. rukam - rukam Fortunella sp - kumquat Garcinia atroiviridis - asam gelugur G. dulcis - mundu G. livingstonei - imbe G. mangostana - mangosteen G. xanthochymus - kochin goroka Hymenia courbaril - West Indian locust Hylecereus guatemalensis - pitaya H. undatus - red pitaya Inga cinnomonea - inga Inocarpus edulis - Polynesian chestnut Lansium domesticum - langsat/duku Lecythis minor - monkey pod L. pisonis - Brazil monkey pod L. usitata - paradise nut Licania platypus - sansapote Litchi chinensis - lychee Macademia integrifolia - macadamia Malipighia glabra - acerola Mammea americana - mammea Mangifera caesia - binjai M. foetida - bacang M. indica - mango M. odorata - kuini M. pajang - bambangan Manilkara zapota - sapodilla Matisia cordata - quaribea Melicoccus bijugatus - mamoncillo Monstera deliciosa - monstera (ceriman) Morus alba - white mulberry M. nigra - mulberry Musa X paradisiaca - banana M. X paradisiaca - plantain Myrciaria cauliflora - jaboticaba Nephelium lappaceum - rambutan N. mutabile - pulasan/ meritam Opuntia ficus-indica - Indian fig Parmentiaria edulis - cuachilote Passiflora edulis - purple passionfruit P. ligularis - sweet granadilla P. quadrangularis - granadilla Persea americana - avocado Phoenix dactylifera - date Phyllanthus acidus - chermai Physalis peruviana - Cape gooseberry Pourouma cecropiaefolia - uvilla Pleiogynium cerasiferum - Burdekin plum Pouteria bifera - egg fruit P. caimito - abiu P. campechiana - canistel P. nitida - lucmo P. sapota - mamey sapote P. viride - green sapote Prunus serotina - capulin Psidium guajava - guava P. littirale - strawberry guava Rebaudi stevia - rabaudi Rheedia madruno - madrono Rhodomyrtus tomenosa - downy rose myrtle Rollinia spp - biriba Saccharum officianarum - sugarcane Salacca edulis - salak Sandoricum koetjape - santol Santalum acuminatum - quandong Solanum hyporhodium - cocona S. muricatum - pepino S. quitoense - naranjilla S. pondias cytherea - ambarella S. mombin - yellow mombin S. purpurea - red mombin Stelechocarpus burahol - kepel Synsepalum dulcificum - miracle fruit Syzygium aqaeum - bell fruit S. cumini - jambolan S. jambos - roseapple S. malaccense - Malay apple S. pycnanthum - wild rose apple S. samarangense - wax jambu Tamarindus indica - tamarind Terminalia catappa - catappa T. kaernbachi - okari Theobroma bicolor - mocambo T. cacao - cocoa Ziziphus chinensis - Chinese jujube Z. mauritiana - Indian jujube