Kumquat: nutrition facts and health benefits
The kumquat is the smallest of citrus fruits: its size varies from 2.5 to 5 cm. It looks like a tiny orange. Its flesh is very juicy and divided into quarters. Its skin, very...
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...
Guava: nutrition facts and health benefits
Much consumed in tropical regions, the guava is gradually democratizing in Western countries. This small fruit is widely distributed in the Caribbean, Latin America and more generally in tropical countries. It brings a note...
Persimmon: nutrition facts and health benefits
This tree is native in eastern China; the kaki is the fruit of the persimmon tree. It has the size of a tomato, its skin is orange, and its flesh has a flavor which...
Durian: nutrition facts and health benefits
The durian is a fruit having its origins in the Malay Archipelago, a south east Asia region including Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand. The tree which produces the fruit can reach 20 to 40...
Blackcurrant: nutrition facts and health benefits
Blackcurrant is a small berry, very dark purple, almost black, which grows in clusters on a shrub, the black gooseberry. But it does not taste the same as gooseberry, its flavor is less sour,...
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,...
Date: nutrition facts and health benefits
Small brown, elongated and sweet, fruit containq a nucleus and pointed oblong. The date is the fruit of the date palm, native of the Persian Gulf. Over the centuries, it spread throughout North Africa,...
Cantaloupe: nutrition facts and health benefits
Cantaloupe is the fruit of a creeping plant which belongs to the large Cucurbitaceae family. It consists of a very thick skin, which, according to the varieties, is smooth or not, and presents divisions....
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...