The most unusual fruits and vegetables

Kiwano melon (Antillean cucumber, horned melon, anguria). Kiwano, a fellow Kiwi, is originally from New Zealand.
Outwardly, the fruit resembles a yellow-orange cucumber with numerous horns. In fact, kiwano is not as formidable as it seems:
The spines are soft, the crust is not dense. The best way to eat the fruit is to cut it in half and sip the green pulp.
Kiwano looks like a cucumber and a lemon at the same time – it is refreshing. It contains vitamins of the PP group, and there is more than enough vitamin C in it.
The average weight of the fruit is 300 g, the average length is 12 cm
And even as Christmas tree decorations.





Romanescu. It is a close relative of broccoli and cauliflower. If you love cabbage, then you will undoubtedly like this fantastic vegetable. In addition, this amazing vegetable is literally stuffed with antioxidants.


Buddha's hand. These are popular fruits in Asia of one of the representatives of the citrus subfamily (Rutaceae family). The contents of this fruit under the thick skin are very similar to lemon. It has the largest of all citrus fruits. Their length is 20-40 cm, diameter is 14-28 cm.


Duriot. The durio fruit resembles some kind of "alien" fruit the size of a soccer ball, covered with a tough prickly skin. The flesh inside the fruit is pale yellow. The smell is similar to dirty worn socks, rotting meat, or sewage (choose what you like best). However, this fruit tastes amazing and delicate. The first European explorer to taste this fruit for the first time in the 1700s called it the "king of fruits". "It was worth going on a dangerous journey just to try this fruit," the brave traveler added.


Monstera grows in many people's homes. In nature, this plant produces delicious fruits. The ripe core of the Monstera fruit, despite the unpleasant pungent smell, is delicious and tastes like pineapple.


Few people know that there is a North American banana Lapa-lapa (prairie banana). This banana grows in the southeast of America. Outwardly, it is very similar to an ordinary banana, only slightly shorter and has a more fragrant smell.


Dragon fruit or pitaya is a very sweet and delicious fruit with white flesh strewn with small edible pits, like kiwi. Many people who have been to Thailand have already "tasted" pitaya. Nowadays, this fruit is rapidly gaining popularity in the Western world.


Jaboticaba. At first glance, these fruits can be mistaken for parasitic wood fungi. In fact, these are sweet fruits that taste somewhat like plums.


Star fruit. A cross-section of this fruit forms an almost regular star. This fruit is juicy, sweet with a sour tint. It tastes like grapes, mangoes, lemons – all in one. It contains a lot of oxalic acid, so it is not recommended to abuse this fruit for people with kidney failure. The homeland of the fruit is Sri Lanka


Goat's beard. Goat's beard root. It tastes like oysters.