"as a diminutive in Australian English, a clipped form, ""avo"", has since become a common colloquialism in South Africa and the United Kingdom. It is known as ""butter fruit"" in parts of India and goes by the name ""bơ"" [ɓɘː] in Vietnamese, which is the same word that is used for butter. In eastern China, it is known as ""è lí"" (""alligator pear"") or ""niú yóu guǒ"" (""butter fruit""). In Taiwan, it is known as ""luò lí"" or ""cheese pear"". The subtropical species needs a climate without frost and with little wind. High winds reduce the humidity, dehydrate the flowers,"
"Alligator pepper Alligator pepper (also known as mbongo spice or hepper pepper) is a West African spice which corresponds to the seeds and seed pods of ""Aframomum danielli"", ""A. citratum"" or ""A. exscapum"". It is a close relative of grains of paradise, obtained from the closely related species, ""Aframomum melegueta"". However, unlike grains of paradise which are generally sold as only the seeds of the plant, alligator pepper is sold as the entire pod containing the seeds (in the same manner to another close relative, black cardamom). The plants which provide alligator pepper are herbaceous perennials of the ginger (Zingiberaceae)"
"agenda and prior to any other food or entertainment. Prayers and libations are made together with kola nuts and alligator pepper. Alligator pepper Alligator pepper (also known as mbongo spice or hepper pepper) is a West African spice which corresponds to the seeds and seed pods of ""Aframomum danielli"", ""A. citratum"" or ""A. exscapum"". It is a close relative of grains of paradise, obtained from the closely related species, ""Aframomum melegueta"". However, unlike grains of paradise which are generally sold as only the seeds of the plant, alligator pepper is sold as the entire pod containing the seeds (in the"
"Annona glabra Annona glabra is a tropical fruit tree in the family Annonaceae, in the same genus as the Soursop and Cherimoya. Common names include pond apple, alligator apple (so called because American alligators often eat the fruit), swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, and monkey apple. The tree is native to Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and West Africa. It is common in the Everglades. The ""A. glabra"" tree is considered an invasive species in Sri Lanka and Australia. It grows in swamps, is tolerant of saltwater, and cannot grow in dry soil. The trees"
"Amelanchier alnifolia Amelanchier alnifolia, the saskatoon, Pacific serviceberry, western serviceberry, alder-leaf shadbush, dwarf shadbush, chuckley pear, or western juneberry, is a shrub with edible berry-like fruit, native to North America from Alaska across most of western Canada and in the western and north-central United States. Historically, it was also called pigeon berry. It grows from sea level in the north of the range, up to elevation in California and in the Rocky Mountains, and is a common shrub in the forest understory. The name ""saskatoon"" derives from the Cree inanimate noun ""misâskwatômina"" (""misâskwatômin"" ""NI sg"", saskatoonberry, ""misâskwatômina"" ""NI pl"" saskatoonberries)."
"language ). In El Salvador, it is called Jocote de Corona. Among the English-speaking Caribbean islands it is known as yellow mombin or hog plum, while in Jamaica it is called Spanish plum, gully plum or coolie plum. In Surinam the fruit is called Mope. In Brazil, the fruit is known by several different names, such as cajá, taperebá and ambaló. In Peru, it is known as uvos or mango ciruelo. In Ghana, it is hog plum or Ashanti plum. It is called ""Akukor"" in the Ewe language of Ghana. In Bengali, it is called ""আমড়া"" (Amṛa). In Nigeria, the"
"tree featured on a stamp of the United States Postal Service. Lucy Larcom composed a poem, titled ""The Governor's Tree"", about the Endicott Pear Tree in 1890 for Arbor Day. Endicott Pear Tree The Endicott Pear Tree, also known as the Endecott Pear, is a European Pear (""Pyrus communis"") tree, located in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts. It is believed to be the oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America. The Endicott Pear Tree was planted in its current location between 1632 and 1649 (William Bentley reports dates of 1630, 1631, and 1639 in his diary) by John Endecott—a governor"
"to be more complex-tasting and flavorful, often described as possessing undertones of almond. They are known by many other names, including ""doughnut peach"" or ""donut peach"", ""paraguayo peach"", ""pan tao peach"", ""saucer peach"", ""flat peach"", ""belly-up peach"", ""UFO peach"", ""Chinese flat peach"", ""hat peach"", ""anjeer peach"", ""custard peach"", ""wild peach"", ""white peach"", ""pumpkin peach"", ""squashed peach"", ""bagel peach"" or ""pita peach"". The flat peach originated in China, where it is known as (). The fruit made a significant appearance in the 16th-century novel ""Journey to the West"", in which the Jade Emperor tasks Wukong to take charge of the ('Coiled"
"pungent flavour. When babies are born in Yoruba culture, they are given a small taste of alligator pepper (atare) shortly after birth as part of the routine baby-welcoming process, and it is also used as an ingredient at traditional meet-and-greets. In Igboland, alligator pepper, ""ósè ọ́jị́"" with kola nuts are used in naming ceremonies, as presentation to visiting guests, and for other social events with the kola nut rite. The Igbo present and eat the alligator pepper together with kola nuts. In virtually every Igbo ceremony, alligator peppers and kola nuts are presented to guests at the top of the"
"century, and Israel in 1908. In the United States, the avocado was introduced to Florida and Hawaii in 1833 and in California in 1856. Before 1915, the avocado was commonly referred to in California as ""ahuacate"" and in Florida as ""alligator pear"". In 1915, the California Avocado Association introduced the then-innovative term ""avocado"" to refer to the plant. The word ""avocado"" comes from the Spanish ""aguacate"", which in turn comes from the Nahuatl word ""āhuacatl"" , which goes back to the proto-Aztecan ""*pa:wa"" which also meant ""avocado"". Sometimes the Nahuatl word was used with the meaning ""testicle"", probably because of"
"first cultivated in South Central Mexico about 10,000 years ago. In the early 1900s, avocados frequently went by the name ""alligator pear"". The Hass avocado is named after postal worker Rudolph Hass who purchased a seedling in 1926 from a California farmer and patented it in 1935. Guacamole has increased avocado sales in the US, especially on Super Bowl Sunday and Cinco de Mayo. The rising consumption of guacamole is most likely due to the U.S. government lifting a ban on avocado imports in the 1990s and the growth of the U.S. Latino population. Guacamole dip is traditionally made by"
"loquat, one of several ""Eriobotrya"" species, was formerly thought to be closely related to the genus ""Mespilus"", and is still sometimes known in some European countries as a medlar and is still sometimes called the ""Japanese medlar"". Many authors group ""Mespilus"" together with ""Crataegus"" in a single genus. When thus combined, the correct species name is ""Crataegus germanica"" (L.) Kuntze. The common name “snowy mespilus” attaches to certain species of ""Amelanchier"", notably ""Amelanchier lamarckii"" and ""Amelanchier ovalis"". ""Mespilus germanica"" features an unusual apple-like fruit. In southern Europe, the medlar fruit ripen fully and can be eaten off the tree, but"
"include many ""Prunus"" species including prunes and cherries, crowberries (""Empetrum nigrum""), pears (""Pyrus"" ssp.), crabapples (""Malus"" ssp.), brambles (""Rubus fruticosus""), raspberries (""Rubus idaeus""), bearberries (""Arctostaphylos"" ssp.) (reportedly named for bears' fondness for them), blueberries (""Vaccinium"" ssp.), lingonberries (""Vaccinium vitis-idaea"") and huckleberries (""Vaccinium parvifolium""). Fruit appears to become more secondary in the diet in areas where hard masts and animal protein are abundant in late summer and fall, as these more protein-rich foods appear to be more nutritious for bears than carbohydrate-rich fruits are, despite their fondness for fruit. Even where fruit are commonly eaten, other foods must be eaten to"
"moderate source of dietary fiber and no other essential nutrients in significant amounts (table, USDA National Nutrient Database). Pears grow in the sublime orchard of Alcinous, in ""Odyssey"" vii: ""Therein grow trees, tall and luxuriant, pears and pomegranates and apple-trees with their bright fruit, and sweet figs, and luxuriant olives. Of these the fruit perishes not nor fails in winter or in summer, but lasts throughout the year."" 'A Partridge in a Pear Tree' is the first gift in ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"" cumulative song. This verse is repeated twelve times in the song. The pear tree was an"
"important food for many birds, including Florida duck, American black duck, mourning dove, ruffed grouse, bobwhite quail, wild turkey, northern flicker, sapsuckers, cedar waxwing, eastern bluebird, American robin, gray catbird, northern mockingbird, and white-throated sparrow. Mammals that eat the fruit include nine-banded armadillo, American black bear, gray fox, raccoon and skunks. The foliage and twigs are browsed by white-tailed deer. Native Americans used the leaves and stems to brew a tea, commonly thought to be called ""asi"" or black drink for male-only purification and unity rituals. The ceremony included vomiting, and Europeans incorrectly believed that ""Ilex vomitoria"" caused it (hence"
"Ximenia americana Ximenia americana, commonly known as tallow wood, hog plum, yellow plum, sea lemon, or pi'ut (Chamorro), is a small sprawling tree of woodlands native to the tropics. Leaves are oval shaped, bright green and have a strong smell of almonds. Flowers are pale in color. Fruits are lemon-yellow or orange-red. The fruits have a pleasant plum-like flavor. In Asia, the young leaves are cooked as a vegetable. However, the leaves also contain cyanide and need to be thoroughly cooked, and should not be eaten in large amounts. Ximenia americana was investigated by researchers from Nigeria's Ahmadu Bello University."
"Endicott Pear Tree The Endicott Pear Tree, also known as the Endecott Pear, is a European Pear (""Pyrus communis"") tree, located in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts. It is believed to be the oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America. The Endicott Pear Tree was planted in its current location between 1632 and 1649 (William Bentley reports dates of 1630, 1631, and 1639 in his diary) by John Endecott—a governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the Colony's earliest settlers, and ancestor of Endicott Peabody—and was probably brought from England on the ""Arbella"" in June 1630. Various reports indicate"
"and ""setar"", and is the origin of the toponym Alor Setar (with ""alor"" meaning ""small stream""). In 2015 a major retailer introduced the fruit to the British public under the name ""plango"", apparently a portmanteau word for ""plum"" and ""mango"". At the time the announcements noted the resemblance of the fruit to plums and mangoes, and some of the local press deliberately or naively announced that the fruit was a cross between a plum and a mango, which is not botanically plausible without genetic engineering, given that plums and mangoes are not even in the same family; they are in"
"Apricot An apricot is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus ""Prunus"" (stone fruits). Usually, an apricot tree is from the species ""P. armeniaca"", but the species ""P. brigantina"", ""P. mandshurica"", ""P. mume"", ""P. zhengheensis"" and ""P. sibirica"" are closely related, have similar fruit, and are also called apricots. The scientific name ""armeniaca"" was first used by Gaspard Bauhin in his ""Pinax Theatri Botanici"" (1623), referring to the species as ""Mala armeniaca"" ""Armenian apple"". Linnaeus took up Bauhin's epithet in the first edition of his ""Species Plantarum"" in 1753, ""Prunus armeniaca"". ""Apricot"""
"Pear The pear () tree and shrub are a species of genus Pyrus , in the family Rosaceae, bearing the pomaceous fruit of the same name. Several species of pear are valued for their edible fruit and juices while others are cultivated as trees. The word ""pear"" is probably from Germanic ""pera"" as a loanword of Vulgar Latin ""pira"", the plural of ""pirum"", akin to Greek ""apios"" (from Mycenaean ""ápisos""), of Semitic origin (""pirâ""), meaning ""fruit"". The adjective ""pyriform"" or ""piriform"" means pear-shaped. The pear is native to coastal and mildly temperate regions of the Old World, from western Europe"
"to November, which is the dry season. There are currently no studies that have looked at the biological control of ""A. glabra"" within Australia. Without studies, any actions taken to eliminate the ""A. glabra"" with biological controls could inadvertently affect native Australian apple species that belong to the same family. Annona glabra Annona glabra is a tropical fruit tree in the family Annonaceae, in the same genus as the Soursop and Cherimoya. Common names include pond apple, alligator apple (so called because American alligators often eat the fruit), swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, and monkey apple. The tree is native to"
"at the Dayton Art Institute in Dayton, Ohio. Asimina triloba Asimina triloba, the papaw, pawpaw, paw paw, or paw-paw, among many regional names, is a small deciduous tree native to the eastern United States and Canada, producing a large, yellowish-green to brown fruit. It belongs to the genus ""Asimina"" in the same plant family (the Annonaceae) as the custard-apple, cherimoya, sweetsop, ylang-ylang and soursop. The pawpaw is a patch-forming (clonal) understory tree found in well-drained, deep, fertile bottom-land and hilly upland habitat, with large, simple leaves. Pawpaw fruits are the largest edible fruit indigenous to the United States (not counting"
"Pyrus pashia Pyrus pashia, the wild Himalayan pear, is a small to medium size deciduous tree of the small and oval shaped crown with ovate, finely toothed leaves, attractive white flowers with red anthers and small pear-like fruits. It is a fruit bearing tree that is native to southern Asia. Locally, it is known by many names such as batangi (Urdu), tangi (Kashmiri), mahal mol (Hindi) and passi (Nepal). ""Pyrus pashia"" is distributed across the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Vietnam and from southern province of China to the northern region of India. It is also found in Kashmir, Iran and"
"both the fruits and the tender leaves are eaten. Spondias dulcis Spondias dulcis (syn. ""Spondias cytherea""), known commonly as ambarella (ඇඹරැල්ලා) in Sri Lanka or June plum is an equatorial or tropical tree, with edible fruit containing a fibrous pit. It is known by many other names in various regions, including kedondong in Indonesia and in Malaysia, buah long long among the Chinese population in Singapore,Isbaandheys' in Somalia, Embe Ng'ong'o' in Tanzania, prune de cythère, pommecythere, or golden apple in Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Suriname, Saint Lucia and Martinique, June plum in Bermuda and Jamaica, mangotín in Panama, yuplón"
"Spondias dulcis Spondias dulcis (syn. ""Spondias cytherea""), known commonly as ambarella (ඇඹරැල්ලා) in Sri Lanka or June plum is an equatorial or tropical tree, with edible fruit containing a fibrous pit. It is known by many other names in various regions, including kedondong in Indonesia and in Malaysia, buah long long among the Chinese population in Singapore,Isbaandheys' in Somalia, Embe Ng'ong'o' in Tanzania, prune de cythère, pommecythere, or golden apple in Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Suriname, Saint Lucia and Martinique, June plum in Bermuda and Jamaica, mangotín in Panama, yuplón in Costa Rica, golden apple in Grenada, Saint Vincent"
"Opuntia ficus-indica Opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear) is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant grown in agricultural economies throughout arid and semiarid parts of the world. Likely having origin in Mexico, ""O. ficus-indica"" is the most widespread and most commercially important cactus. Common English names for the plant and its fruit are Indian fig opuntia, Barbary fig, cactus pear, and spineless cactus, among many. In Mexican Spanish, the plant is called nopal, while the fruit is called tuna, names that may be used in American English as culinary terms. Fig opuntia is grown primarily as"
"The Huguenot settlers were especially skilled in the development of fruits and flowers. The 'Churchland' and 'Huntington' pear varieties are also native to the community, as well as the Lawton blackberry, the first widely cultivated blackberry in the country. The 'Parsonage' Pear is of large size, approximately 3 1/4 inches in length by 2 1/2 inches wide. It is pyriform in shape, rounded at the base and often long and turbinate. The skin is yellow in color, with a russet-ed base and crown, and russet markings interspersed across the remaining exterior portions. The stem is 5/8 of an inch long"
"Department of Agriculture, commonly known for the discovery of the Meyer Lemon, for agricultural experimentation, pre-dating recognition in the 1950s of the species' potential as an ornamental plant. Pyrus calleryana Pyrus calleryana, or the Callery pear, is a species of pear tree native to China and Vietnam, in the family Rosaceae. It is most commonly known for its cultivar 'Bradford', widely planted throughout the United States and increasingly regarded as an invasive. ""Pyrus calleryana"" is deciduous, growing to tall, often with a conical to rounded crown. The leaves are oval, long, glossy dark green above, on long pedicels that make"
"rounded pear shaped fruit cauliflorously (on the trunk). Inside the hard green shell that contain several large seeds about 4 cm in diameter. The yellowish-orange pulp is edible, is usually boiled after which it is said to resemble meat in taste. It is rich in A, B and C vitamins. The tree is not widely known outside its native range from Ecuador to Panama and Venezuela, but has been planted in tropical botanical gardens, including in Singapore (where it is referred to as 'pungol') and Australia. Gustavia superba Gustavia superba is an understory tree that grows in Central and North-Western"
"groups. Most of the cultivars belong to the ""Akanashi"" ('Russet pears') group, and have yellowish-brown rinds. The ""Aonashi"" ('Green pears') have yellow-green rinds. Important cultivars include: Pyrus pyrifolia Pyrus pyrifolia is a species of pear tree native to East Asia. The tree's edible fruit is known by many names, including: Asian pear, Chinese pear, Korean pear, Japanese pear, Taiwanese pear, zodiac pear, and sand pear. Along with cultivars of ""P. × bretschneideri"" and ""P. ussuriensis"", the fruit is also called the nashi pear. Cultivars derived from ""Pyrus pyrifolia"" are grown throughout East Asia, and in other countries such as India,"
"Pyrus pyrifolia Pyrus pyrifolia is a species of pear tree native to East Asia. The tree's edible fruit is known by many names, including: Asian pear, Chinese pear, Korean pear, Japanese pear, Taiwanese pear, zodiac pear, and sand pear. Along with cultivars of ""P. × bretschneideri"" and ""P. ussuriensis"", the fruit is also called the nashi pear. Cultivars derived from ""Pyrus pyrifolia"" are grown throughout East Asia, and in other countries such as India, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (e.g., California). Traditionally in East Asia the tree's flowers are a popular symbol of early spring, and it is"
"Alibertia patinoi Alibertia patinoi, commonly known as borojó, is a small (2-5m), dioecious tropical rainforest tree. It is one of the few of the Rubiaceae family that has edible fruit. It grows in the northwest area of Colombia in the Chocó Department and in the Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador, in areas of high humidity and temperature. Borojó is an Emberá word meaning: ""boro"" = head, ""jo"" = fruit - head-shaped fruit, or round, globulous fruit. The species has also been reported from Panamá, Venezuela and Costa Rica. ""Alibertia patinoi"" has grey-brown bark and sometimes has two or three smaller trunks"
"to tacos. Jams and jellies are produced from the fruit, which resemble strawberries and figs in color and flavor. Mexicans may use ""Opuntia"" as an alcoholic drink called ""colonche"". In Sicily, a prickly pear-flavored liqueur called ""ficodi"" is produced, flavored somewhat like a medicinal aperitif. In Malta, a liqueur called ""bajtra"" (the Maltese name for prickly pear) is made from this fruit, which can be found growing wild in most every field. On the island of Saint Helena, the prickly pear also gives its name to locally distilled liqueur, ""Tungi Spirit"". The cattle industry of the Southwest United States has"