List of Fruits in the Tropics (A – L)

Table F1a shows a list of fruits which enumerates tropical fruit crops that are common in distribution or grown as commercial crops. Emphasis is given to crops with fleshy dessert fruits including cashew which produces a pseudofruit. Most of these crops are listed in E.D. Merrill’s A Flora of Manila published in 1912 but many of the scientific names have since been modified. The crops are arranged alphabetically by their common names, generally English names.

This web page is one of two pages and consists of a list of fruits in the tropics with common names that start from A (acerola) to L (lychee).

Table F1a. List of fruits (fruit crops) in the tropics.

COMMON NAMES

FAMILY

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Acerola, Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry

Ambarella (see Spondias)

Artocarpus

- Chempedak

- Jackfruit, jack, langka, nangka

- Marang, madang, loloi

-

- Atemoya (see Custard apples)

Apple, mansanas

Avocado

Banana, saging

Bilimbi, cucumber tree,
kamias, iba

Balimbing, carambola, starfruit

Calamondin, golden lime,
kalamansi, lemonsito

-

-

Canistel, egg-fruit, yellow sapote, tiesa

Capulin, Jamaica cherry, datiles, mansanitas, seresa

Cashew, kasoy

Chempedak (see Artocarpus)

Chinese laurel, salamander tree,
bignay, bugnay

Citrus

- Citron, bulid, sidris

- Lime, sour lime, common lime, dayap

- Grapefruit

- King mandarin, naranjita

- Mandarin, Mandarin orange

- Pommelo, shaddock, suha, lukban,
buongon, kabugaw

- Sour orange, Seville orange

- Orange, sweet orange, kahel

Malpighiaceae ---------------

-

Moraceae

-

-

-

-

-

Rosaceae

Lauraceae

Musaceae

Oxalidaceae ----------------

Oxalidaceae

Rutaceae

-

-

-

Sapotaceae

Elaeocarpaceae

Anacardiaceae

-

Euphorbiaceae

-

Rutaceae

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Malpighia glabra -------------------

-

Artocarpus spp.

Artocarpus integer

Artocarpus heterophyllus

Artocarpus odoratissimus

-

Malus domestica

Persea americana

Musa spp.

Averrhoa bilimbi

Averrhoa carambola

x Citrofortunella microcarpa syn.Citrus microcarpa, C. mitis

Pouteria campechiana

Muntingia calabura

Anacardium occidentale -------------------

Antidesma bunius

-

Citrus spp.

Citrus medica

Citrus aurantifolia

Citrus x paradisi

Citrus nobilis

Citrus reticulata

Citrus maxima

Citrus aurantium

Citrus sinensis

Custard Apples

- Custardapple, cherimoya, anonas

- Soursop, guyabano, guayabano,
babana, labana

- Sugarapple, sweetsop, atis

- Atemoya

Date

Durian, dulian

Fig

Grape, ubas

Granadilla (see Passionfruit grouping)

Grapefruit (see Citrus grouping)

Guava, bayabas

Guayamochil, Kamachili, Manila tamarind, sweet inga

Annonaceae

-

-

-

-

Palmae/
Arecaceae

Bombacaceae

Moraceae

Vitaceae

-

-

Myrtaceae

Leguminosae /
Fabaceae

Annona spp.

Annona cherimola

Annona muricata

Annona squamosa

A. cherimola x A. squamosa

Phoenix dactylifera

Durio zibethinus

Ficus carica

Vitis vinifera

-

-

Psidium guajava

Pithecellobium dulce

Inyam, bignay, bugnay --------------------------

Jackfruit (see Artocarpus grouping)

Jambolan (see Syzigium grouping)

Jujube, manzanitas

King mandarin (see Citrus grouping)

Lime (see Citrus grouping)

Lanzones, langsat, boboa, buahan

Loquat ------------------------------------

Lychee, litchi, letsias

Euphorbiaceae ------------------

-

-

Rhamnaceae

-

-

Meliaceae

Rosaceae ---------------

Sapindaceae

Antidesma ghaesembilla

-

-

Ziziphus mauritania

-

Lansium domesticum

Eriobotrya japonica

Litchi chinensis

Click here to go to next page. The second page is a continuation of this list of fruits. Fruit crops are enumerated therein with common names starting from M (mango) to T (tamarind). Some crops are listed but only as a search aid with link to this page.

(Ben G. Bareja. December 2011)




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