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Pomegranate (Punica Granatum) Fruits of Kerala

Pomegranate, also called granada is a fruit that is filled with seeds surrounded with a jelly-like pulp. Fresh fruits are sweet and sour. Grenadine, the pulp extracted from the fruit forms an ingredient of alcoholic or non-alcoholic mix. However, grenadine itself is non-alcoholic.

Banana (Musa) Fruits of Kerala, India

Banana perhaps will be the most common fruit in the entire world. In some parts of the world, banana is called plantain. The soft and sweet fruit of this tropical plant (not tree) in enjoyed by people from around the world. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of variety of banana found growing in different parts of the world. In Kerala, there are about 50 cultivars of Banana.

Cocoa - Fruits of Kerala, India

Tall trees densely foliated right from the bottom through the top bearing fruits the size of 10-15 inches is not a rare sight in Kerala. Introduced to India, this tree is now a friend of Kerala farmers. The shades of Western Ghats prepare a unique setting for cocoa trees. Cocoa trees are cultivated on a commercial scale in Kerala, India. Cocoa cultivation in Kerala is mainly as an intercrop to coconut and areca nut farms.

Egg Fruit (Pautaria Campechiana) Kerala or Indian Fruits

Egg fruit (Pautaria campechiana) is a lesser known fruit of sapota family. The tree that yields egg fruit is abundantly branched, bushy and of evergreen nature. In India egg fruit is found in all parts of Kerala. The 20-30 ft tree is abundant at the Western Ghats region. Though rarely, the fruits are sold at local markets of Kerala. Both children and adults take the fruit as a nice delicacy fruit.

Guava (Psidium guajava) -Fruits of Kerala, India

Guava is a common fruit found throughout Kerala. The main variety of guava cultivated and sold in Kerala is Psidium guajava or apple guava. It is a very fleshy fruit with a lot of rounded seeds within the fruits, which are not removed before taking the fruit. The skin is very thin and skinning is not necessary.

Papaya (Carica papaya) -Fruits of Kerala, India

Papaya is a common fruit found in almost all parts of Kerala. Papaya is locally known as kaplam or kaplanga, papanga or pappakka, omakkai etc.

Pineapple – Fruits of Kerala, India

Pineapple is delicate fruit cultivated in Kerala. Pine apple fruit is quite unique in the sense that there is a plant on either ends of the fruit, that is a plant starting growing from top of a fruit, well before the fruit starts maturing.

Sapota (Zapota) – Fruits of Kerala, India

Sapota (also sapodilla, zapota, chikku, chicku) is cultivated in Kerala for its sweet fruit. Though introduced to the land from the Americas, India has become the largest producer of sapodilla or sapota.

Seethappazham (Annona squamosa) -Fruits of Kerala, India

Seethappazham (Annona squamosa) is found in all parts of Kerala, in family properties. Sugar-apple or sweetsop (sweet sop) is the English names of the fruit. The muntiri pazham is another name for the fruit. The same name refers to grape fruits as well.