The Jamaican tropical landscape is beautifully decorated with the sea almond tree. Sea almond is one of the many names given to the Jamaican almond tree because it is often found growing near the coast. While in Jamaica, you may hear the almond tree being called ‘Harmon’ by some locals. The […]
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Exploring Jamaican Foods: Star Fruit (Carambola)
Exploring Jamaican Foods: Star Fruit (Carambola). In this week’s highlight of Jamaican food, I am excited to share this fruit that was a childhood memory growing up. The Star Fruit, also known as (Averrhoa Carambola), is a popular exotic fruit that will make an exquisite addition to your dishes. What […]
Jamaican Guinep Fruit
The Guinep fruit is a small tropical fruit that grow widely through out Jamaica and the Caribbean. The fruit is also know as Spanish lime, mamoncillo, genip or ackee in other Caribbean countries such as Guyana and St Lucia You may have heard of guinep or eaten the fruit before […]
Jamaica Ackee Fruit
Ackee is a tropical fruit that grow widely through Jamaica on evergreen trees that can grow as tall as 75 feet. In Jamaica the ackee is in season between January to March and June to August. Although ackee is a fruit it is treated like a vegetable, just like tomato […]
Naseberry Fruit The Jamaican Sapodilla
The Jamaican naseberry fruit, also known as sapodilla, is a tropical fruit native to the Caribbean and Central America. But the fruit is also grown in other tropical regions such a Asia and India. In Jamaica the fruit is known as naseberry, or neeseberry as we Jamaican pronounced it. The […]