As Jamaicans, we know it as apple but the Jamaican apple is actually called Otaheite apple or Malay apple or rose apple depending on where you are in the world. The botanically known as syzygium malaccense. The Jamaican apple have a pear like shape with a single large seed that […]

Although sometimes taken for granted in its homeland, the Jamaican guava fruit it known as a “superfood” in other areas of the world. So what is it about the guava that everyone thinks is so great that we Jamaican fail to acknowledge? In a Jamaica we have a variety of fruits, […]

The Jamaican fruit star apple, which comes from the Chrysophyllum cainito tree, gets its name from the star like shape of the core that can be seen when the fruit is cut open across the middle. Being a tropical fruit, the start apple only grow in hot climate and is […]