This list of fruits illustrated with interesting pictures helps you learn and remember the new vocabulary words better. Whether you are in the supermarket trying to find your favorite fruit or whether you want to talk about what fruits you like or dislike, you will need to know the names of fruits in the English language. There are many different fruit names to learn but this doesn’t mean that it is an impossible task, by learning a few at a time you will soon be able to name any fruit in English!
Fruit Names
Fruits are a type of healthy food that grows on trees or on other types of plants and usually contains seeds. Fruits taste sweet because they have natural sugars in them and they are soft, dry, or fleshy to make them easy to eat. You can eat the skin of some fruits, like apples and pears, but people usually do not eat the skins of other fruits, like bananas, kiwis, and citrus fruits. When fruits are ready to be picked and eaten, they are described as being ‘ripe’. There are a few different groups where fruits are organized into citrus, stone, exotic, melons, and berries, among others.
Types of Fruits
Tropical Fruit Names
Tropical fruits are produced in tropical regions with an abundance of heat and rainfall. Some popular tropical fruits include:
- Banana
- Mango
- Papaya
- Pineapple
- Guava
- Passion fruit
These fruits are known for their juicy, sweet flavors and are often eaten fresh or used in smoothies and desserts.
Temperate Fruit Names
Temperate fruits grow in more moderate climates, with distinct seasons. Common examples of temperate fruits are:
- Apple
- Pear
- Cherry
- Plum
- Peach
- Grapes
These fruits are often consumed fresh, but can also be cooked, canned, or made into preserves.
Types of Berries
Berries are small, juicy fruits that grow on bushes or vines. Some well-known types of berries are:
- Strawberry
- Blueberry
- Raspberry
- Blackberry
- Boysenberry
- Cranberry
Berries are commonly used in desserts, jams, and even beverages.
Stone Fruit Names
Stone fruits are a type of fruit that has a hard, stone-like pit or seed at the center. These fruits are typically in season during the summer months and are often enjoyed fresh, but they can also be used in a variety of recipes, such as pies, jams, and preserves. Some common examples of stone fruits include:
- Peaches
- Plums
- Apricots
- Cherries
- Nectarines
- Mangoes
- Lychees
Exotic Fruit Names
Exotic fruits are less common in grocery stores and may be harder to find, often originating from remote or unusual locations. Examples of exotic fruits include:
- Dragon fruit
- Durian
- Rambutan
- Mangosteen
- Lychee
- Salak
These fruits can have unique flavors and textures, making them an exciting addition to one’s diet if they can be found.
Citrus Fruit Names
Citrus fruits are characterized by their bright colors, acidic flavors, and high vitamin C content. Some types of citrus fruits are:
- Orange
- Lemon
- Lime
- Grapefruit
- Tangerine
- Clementine
Citrus fruits can be eaten fresh, juiced, or used in cooking and baking for their tangy flavor.
Common Fruit Names
- Apple
- Watermelon
- Orange
- Pear
- Cherry
- Strawberry
- Nectarine
- Grape
- Mango
- Blueberry
- Pomegranate
- Carambola(U.K) – starfruit (U.S)
- Plum
- Banana
- Raspberry
- Mandarin
- Jackfruit
- Papaya
- Kiwi
- Pineapple
- Lime
- Lemon
- Apricot
- Grapefruit
- Melon
- Coconut
- Avocado
- Peach
List of Fruits | Names of Fruits
List of Fruits (with Images)
Fruits List with Descriptions and Pictures
Apple
A round fruit with a red, green, or yellow skin and a white flesh.
Watermelon
A large, juicy fruit with a green rind and a red or pink flesh.
Orange
A round fruit with a tough, shiny, orange skin and a juicy, sweet, orange-colored flesh.
Pear
A sweet, juicy fruit with a green or yellow skin and a white or yellowish flesh.
Cherry
A small, round fruit with a red or black skin and a hard stone inside.
Strawberry
A small, juicy fruit with a red skin and small seeds on the outside.
Nectarine
A juicy fruit with a smooth, fuzzy skin and a sweet, yellow or white flesh.
Grape
A small, juicy fruit with a thin skin and a sweet or sour taste.
Mango
A sweet, juicy fruit with a yellow or green skin and a large, flat seed inside.
Blueberry
A small, round fruit with a blue-black skin and a sweet, juicy flesh.
Pomegranate
A round fruit with a thick, red skin and many small, juicy seeds inside.
Carambola(U.K) – starfruit (U.S)
A fruit with a yellow-green skin and a star-shaped cross-section.
Plum
A small, sweet fruit with a smooth, purple or yellow skin and a juicy, yellow or red flesh.
Banana
A long, curved fruit with a yellow or green skin and a soft, sweet flesh.
Raspberry
A small, red fruit with a soft, juicy flesh and many small seeds.
Mandarin
A small, sweet citrus fruit with a loose, orange skin and a juicy, segmented flesh.
Jackfruit
A large, tropical fruit with a spiky, green skin and a sweet, yellow flesh.
Kiwi
A small, brown fruit with a fuzzy, brown skin and a green or yellow flesh with small black seeds.
Pineapple
A tropical fruit with a tough, spiky skin and a sweet, juicy yellow flesh.
Lime
A small, green citrus fruit with a sour, acidic taste.
Lemon
A small, yellow citrus fruit with a sour, acidic taste.
Apricot
A small, orange fruit with a soft, juicy flesh and a smooth, velvety skin.
Grapefruit
A large, round citrus fruit with a yellow or pink skin and a sour, bitter taste.
Melon
A sweet, juicy fruit with a smooth, hard skin and a soft, pulpy flesh.
Coconut
A large, hard-shelled fruit with a white, fibrous flesh and a sweet, nutty flavor.
Avocado
A pear-shaped fruit with a rough, dark green or black skin and a soft, creamy flesh.
Peach
A soft, juicy fruit with a fuzzy, pink or yellow skin and a sweet, yellow or white flesh.
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List of Fruits (by Types)
Fruits can be categorized into various types based on their characteristics and botanical classification. Here, we will provide a list of fruits divided into six main categories: drupes, pomes, berries, citrus fruits, pepo, and tropical fruits.
Drupes
Drupes, also known as stone fruits, have a fleshy outer part surrounding a hard seed. Some common drupes include:
- Cherry
- Plum
- Peach
- Apricot
- Mango
Pomes
Pomes are fruits with a core containing several seeds enclosed by a tough membrane. The outer layer is fleshy and often edible. Examples of pomes are:
- Apple
- Pear
- Quince
Berries
Berries are small, juicy fruits without a stone or pit. Some well-known berries are:
- Strawberry
- Raspberry
- Blueberry
- Blackberry
- Gooseberry
Citrus Fruits
Citrus fruits are characterized by their thick, leathery rind and juicy pulp. They are known for their high vitamin C content. Citrus fruits include:
- Orange
- Lemon
- Lime
- Grapefruit
- Tangerine
Pepo
Pepo fruits have a typically thick rind and watery flesh, often with numerous seeds. Pepo fruits are mainly from the Cucurbitaceae family. Examples are:
- Watermelon
- Cucumber
- Pumpkin
- Squash
Tropical Fruits
Tropical fruits are usually native to tropical regions and have distinct flavors and fragrances. Some popular tropical fruits are:
- Banana
- Pineapple
- Papaya
- Avocado
- Guava
These categories serve as a general guide to understanding and classifying fruits. Keep in mind that some fruits can belong to multiple categories or have their own unique properties.
100 Common Fruits List
- Apple
- Apricot
- Avocado
- Banana
- Blackberry
- Blueberry
- Cantaloupe
- Cherry
- Coconut
- Cranberry
- Date
- Dragonfruit
- Elderberry
- Fig
- Grape
- Grapefruit
- Guava
- Honeydew
- Jackfruit
- Kiwi
- Kumquat
- Lemon
- Lime
- Lychee
- Mango
- Mulberry
- Nectarine
- Orange
- Papaya
- Passion fruit
- Peach
- Pear
- Pineapple
- Plum
- Pomegranate
- Quince
- Raspberry
- Redcurrant
- Starfruit
- Strawberry
- Tangerine
- Ugli fruit
- Watermelon
- Acai berry
- Acerola
- Appleberry
- Blackcurrant
- Blood orange
- Boysenberry
- Carambola
- Cherimoya
- Cranberry
- Currant
- Dewberry
- Durian
- Elderberry
- Feijoa
- Gooseberry
- Huckleberry
- Jambul
- Key lime
- Kumquat
- Longan
- Loquat
- Lychee
- Mandarin
- Mamey
- Marula
- Medlar
- Mombin
- Mulberry
- Orange
- Papaw
- Passion fruit
- Pawpaw
- Persimmon
- Pineapple
- Pineberry
- Plum
- Pomegranate
- Pomelo
- Quince
- Redcurrant
- Rhubarb
- Sea buckthorn
- Soursop
- Starfruit
- Tamarillo
- Ugli fruit
- White currant
- Yellow plum
- Yellow watermelon
- Zinfandel grape
- Black sapote
- Chayote
- Cherimoya
- Jackfruit
- Loquat
- Serviceberry
- Ugli fruit
All Fruits List
List of Fruits from A-Z
This section presents a comprehensive alphabetical list of fruits.
Fruits Starting with A
- Apple
- Apricot
- Araza
- Arhat fruit
- Atemoya
- Avocado
- Acai berry
- Acerola
- Acerola cherry
- African cherry orange
- African cucumber
- African mango
- Alaskan bunchberry
- Amanatsu
- Ambarella
- American persimmon
- American red raspberry
- Annona
- Annona conica
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Fruits Starting with B
- Banana
- Babaco
- Banana melon
- Bilberry
- Blackberry
- Blackcurrant
- Blueberry
- Boysenberry
- Breadfruit
- Buddha’s hand (fingered citron)
- Barbados cherry
- Blood orange
- Bearberry
- Bignay
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Fruits Starting with C
- Cacao
- Cactus pear
- Canary Melon
- Cantaloupe
- Carambola
- Casaba Melon
- Cherimoya (Custard Apple)
- Cherry
- Chico fruit
- Clementine
- Cloudberry
- Coconut
- Crab apple
- Cranberry
- Currant
- Cucumber
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Fruits Starting with D
- Date
- Dragonfruit
- Damson plum
- Dewberry
- Desert lime
- Duku
- Durian
- Davidson plum
- D’Anjou pear
- Dried fig
- Dragon fruit
- Damiana
- Davidson’s plum
- Dewfruit
- Dingleberry
- Desert raisin
- Duku langsat
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Fruits starting with E
- Elderberry
- Elephant apple
- Emblica
- Emu apple
- Entawak
- Etrog
- European pear
- Eggfruit
- Evergreen huckleberry
- Exotic fruit
- Emblic
- Elderflower
- Elderberry fruit
- Eastern mayhaw
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Fruits starting with F
- Fig
- Feijoa
- Finger lime
- Fuji apple
- Fuyu persimmon
- Farkleberry
- Forest strawberries
- Florida strangler fig
- Fennel fruit
- Fei zi xiao
- Fivefinger fruit
- Fragrant pear
- Finger citron
- Frangipani fruit
- Fingered citron
- Flat peach
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Fruits starting with G
- Grapefruit
- Grapes
- Guava
- Gooseberry
- Golden kiwi
- Galia melon
- Genip
- Gac fruit
- Goumi berry
- Ground cherry
- Green apple
- Grenadilla
- Groundcherry
- Ginkgo biloba fruit
- Goyavier
- Goldenberry
- Grape tomato
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Fruits starting with H
- Honeydew melon
- Huckleberry
- Hog plum
- Hackberry
- Hala fruit
- Heirloom apples
- Hazelnut fruit
- Hawthorn berry
- Horned melon
- Hazelnut
- Hojiblanca olives
- Hachiya persimmon
- Hedge apple
- Huito
- Hardy kiwi
- Hubbard squash
- Hart’s sapote
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Fruits starting with I
- Ilama
- Illawarra plum
- Imbe
- Inca Berry
- Indian Almond
- Indian Fig
- Indian Gooseberry
- Indian Jujube
- Indian Pomegranate
- Indian Prune
- Indian Star Fruit
- Indonesian lime
- Inga Bean
- Iowan Crabapple
- Italian Plum
- Ivory Palm Fruit
- Izu Persimmon
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Fruits starting with J
- Jackfruit
- Jabuticaba
- Jambul
- Jostaberry
- Japanese Persimmon
- Juneberry
- Jujube
- Java Apple
- Jamaican Cherry
- Jackalberry
- Japanese Plum
- Jaltomata
- Jocote
- Jujubee Plum
- Japanese Raisin Tree
- Juniper berry
- Jambolan
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Fruits starting with K
- Kiwano (Horned Melon)
- Kiwi
- Kumquat
- Kaffir Lime
- Key Lime
- Kandis
- Kesar Mango
- Kaki Fruit
- Kinkan
- Kei Apple
- Kedondong
- Kaffir Plum
- Karanda
- Kavika Fruit
- Kokum
- Kandis plum
- Karkalla
- Keriberry
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Fruits starting with L
- Lemon
- Lime
- Lychee
- Longan
- Loquat
- Lemonade Fruit
- Langsat
- Loganberry
- Lemon Drop Mangosteen
- Lakoocha
- Lemon Guava
- Limequat
- Lucuma
- Lulo
- Limeberry
- Lingonberry
- Lemon drop melon
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Fruits starting with M
- Mango
- Mandarin
- Mulberry
- Meyer Lemon
- Macadamia Nut
- Melon
- Miracle Fruit
- Muskmelon
- Marionberry
- Medlar
- Mountain Ash Berry
- Muscat Grape
- Mango Steen
- Morinda Citrifolia (Noni)
- Mayhaw Berry
- Muscadine grape
- Mammy apple
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Fruits starting with N
- Nectarine
- Navel Orange
- Nashi Pear
- Noni Fruit
- Naranjilla
- Nance Fruit
- Naranja Agria
- Nance
- Natal Plum
- Negronne Fig
- Nefarious Plum
- Nectarberry
- Nephelium Lappaceum (Rambutan)
- Nungu Fruit
- Naranjilla Fruit
- Neem fruit
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Fruits starting with O
- Orange
- Olive
- Ogeechee Lime
- Otaheite Apple
- Ogeechee Plum
- Ogeechee Tupelo
- Okari Nut
- Osage Orange
- Ogeechee Cherry
- Oysterberry
- Ogeechee Persimmon
- Ogeechee Limequat
- Ogeechee Huckleberry
- Ogeechee Raspberry
- Ogeechee Tupelo Berry
- Oyster fruit
- Oregon grape
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Fruits starting with P
- Pineapple
- Papaya
- Peach
- Pear
- Passionfruit
- Plum
- Pomegranate
- Persimmon
- Plantain
- Pawpaw
- Prickly Pear
- Pineberry
- Pepino
- Physalis
- Pitaya
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Fruits starting with Q
- Quince
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Fruits starting with R
- Raspberry
- Redcurrant
- Rhubarb
- Rambutan
- Red apple
- Red banana
- Rose apple
- Red grapes
- Red pear
- Red plum
- Rosehip
- Rockmelon
- Rainier cherry
- Red raspberry
- Red mulberry
- Red kiwi
- Red guava
- Red nectarine
- Red papaya
- Red fig
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Fruits starting with S
- Strawberry
- Starfruit
- Soursop
- Satsuma
- Saskatoon berry
- Sugar apple
- Sweet lime
- Surinam cherry
- Saguaro fruit
- Sharon fruit
- Sultana
- Serviceberry
- Sapodilla
- Strawberry guava
- Salal berry
- Sea buckthorn berry
- Sloe berry
- Salak
- Santol fruit
- Strawberry tree fruit
- Sweet pepper
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Fruits starting with T
- Tangerine
- Tomato berry
- Tangelo
- Thornberry
- Tayberry
- Tamarillo
- Tamarind
- Tiger fruit
- Tree tomato
- Tomato
- Tongan chestnut
- Tropical apricot
- Tahitian lime
- Texas persimmon
- Tenefruit
- Taiwanese guava
- Torpedo fruit
- Tuna fruit
- Trifoliate orange
- Tungsten fruit
Fruits starting with V
- Victoria plum
- Velvet apple
- Valencia orange
- Vavangue fruit
- Voavanga fruit
- Veld grape
- Vine peach
- Vanilla bean
- Vigna mungo
- Vietnamese gac fruit
Fruits starting with W
- Watermelon
- White currant
- White sapote
- Wax jambu
- Western sand cherry
- Wild strawberry
- Wampee
- Winter melon
- Wonderberry
- Wax apple
- Wolfberry
- West Indian cherry
- Wild elderberry
- Wood apple
Fruits starting with Y
- Yellow watermelon
- Yellow passionfruit
- Yellow dragonfruit
- Yuzu
- Yellow plum
- Yellow raspberry
- Yali pear
- Youngberry
- Yangmei
- Yellow mombin
- Yellow fig
- Yellow granadilla
Fruits starting with Z
- Zante currant
- Zebrawood fruit
- Zinfandel grapes
- Zigzag vine fruit
- Zhe fruit
- Zabala fruit
- Zamia fruit
- Zwetschge plum
- Zucchini
- Zapote
- Zabola grapes
- Ziziphus mauritiana
- Zostera fruit
- Zedoary fruit
The list above includes fruits spanning the alphabet from A to E that are commonly consumed in various regions all around the world. While not exhaustive, it provides a great starting point for exploring the diverse world of fruits.
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FAQs on Fruits
Fruits are an essential part of a healthy diet, providing various nutrients and vitamins, which contribute to overall well-being. This section answers some frequently asked questions about fruits.
What are the main categories of fruits?
Fruits can be classified into five primary categories: drupes, pomes, berries, citrus fruits, and pepo. Some also consider tropical fruits as a separate category, making a total of six types. Drupes include fruits such as cherries and peaches, while pomes consist of apples and pears. Berries encompass strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries, and citrus fruits include oranges, lemons, and grapefruits. Pepo includes fruits like watermelon and cucumbers.
Which fruits are high in potassium?
Some fruit sources of potassium include:
- Bananas
- Prunes and prune juice
- Dried peaches and apricots
- Cantaloupe
- Honeydew
- Orange juice
- Sapote
- Jackfruit
- Guava
- Kiwifruit
Potassium is an essential nutrient that helps with muscle function, nerve transmission, and maintaining proper fluid balance in the body.
Are there any fruits that are classified as vegetables?
Some fruits are considered part of the vegetable group due to their culinary uses and characteristics. These include tomatoes, avocados, eggplants, cucumbers, green peppers, zucchini, and others. Botanically, these are classified as fruits because they are the fleshy plant parts surrounding the seeds.
What are some examples of fruits that start with specific letters?
Here are examples of fruits for each letter:
- A: Acerola, Apple, Apricot, Avocado
- B: Banana, Blackberries, Blackcurrant, Blueberries
- C: Cantaloupe, Cherries, Clementine, Coconut
- D: Dates, Dragon fruit, Durian
- E: Elderberries, Eggplant, Evergreen Huckleberries
This list is not exhaustive but serves as a starting point for exploring the wide variety of fruits available.
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Last Updated on May 17, 2023
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