How to Identify an Exotic Fruit
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Identify the overall shape of the fruit. A star apple, grown in the West Indies, is round and plump, much like a common apple from America. The durian fruit, with a phenomenal scent of onions and cream cheese, is oblong with an undistinguished shape. Often they are slightly oval with one end lumping out to one side. The salak fruit from Bali resembles a pear, yet is larger in size. With the typical teardrop shape, the salak has a fat bottom that draws in to a point at the top. - 2
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Distinguish the color of the exotic fruit by examining the outer rind and the inner flesh. Lychee, a beloved fruit from China, has rich reddish skin that opens to a white fleshy center. The pulp of the lychee fruit is also somewhat transparent, like the pulp membranes of common citrus fruit. The star apple has an outer skin colored dark purple, like a plum. The inside of the star apple is purple as well, yet lighter in tone than that of the outer skin. The salak fruit is covered in a brown skin that has black specks, much like the seeds on a strawberry. Under the skin lies a creamy-white flesh that is crisp, yet acidic like pineapple. - 3). Open the fruit up and remove the seeds for examination. The abiu, an exotic fruit from the Amazon with pulp that tastes like caramel, has three to four large seeds that are oval and dark brown in color. Three of the seeds would sit just within a teaspoon. The sour sop, a large green fruit with protruding spikes, contains oval seeds about the size of a quarter. (Larger fruit, larger seeds.) The black seeds are found dispersed within the white flesh of the sour sop.
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