Physalis: nutrition facts and health benefits
Physalis is a fruit widely consumed, especially fresh and in jams. It resembles a small yellow-orange cherry, which is removed at maturity from a closed calyx, membranous and green turning to brown and an...
Strawberry: nutrition facts and health benefits
Strawberry is a small fleshy and red fruit that grows on the strawberry. There are more than 600 varieties, some being grown commercially for almost year-round. These have been developed to ensure great fruit...
Pineapple: nutrition facts and health benefits
The pineapple is the fruit of a tropical plant having the same name. It has the shape of a huge pine cone with green and hard leaves on the top. Its bark, consisting of...
Jujube: nutrition facts and health benefits
The jujube is a fruit tree once very common in the Mediterranean region. Its tasty fruits, named Chinese dates or jujubes, are rich in vitamins and also have medicinal properties.
The genus Ziziphus includes 80...
Avocado: nutrition facts and health benefits
The avocado is the fruit of the avocado tree. Its clear flesh has the consistency of butter. According to variety, the avocado has a shiny and smooth or textured, dark green or brown skin...
Quince: nutrition facts and health benefits
The quince is the fruit of quince, a tree of 4 to 8 meters high. It is pear shaped, very hard and corduroy. Its skin and flesh are yellow. It is impossible to eat...
Lychee: nutrition facts and health benefits
Lychee is a small fruit with a hard and rough peel, pink or red, protecting a white and fragrant flesh with delicate floral flavor. Also called "cherries of China", in reference to their origin,...
Mango: nutrition facts and health benefits
Mango is the fruit of the mango, a large tree growing easily under warm climates. Depending on the species, the mango is round or ovoid, sometimes pointed, and its weight varies from 300 to...
Clementine: nutrition facts and health benefits
This fruit is a cross between a mandarin and a bigaradier (bitter orange). Its skin is thin and orange-green. The flesh is juicy and tart (but less fragrant than mandarin), and usually seedless.
The first,...
Jackfruit: nutrition facts and health benefits
The jackfruit is the tree of tropical origin which bears the largest fruits of the plant kingdom. They can reach a weight between 35 and 50 kg. It is cultivatable under temperate climate in...
