fruits

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 fruit varies in shape, size…

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 sits in its core. A…

Guava (Psidium guajava) is a tropical fruit native to southern Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, which is why you will find it growing naturally throughout Jamaica. Guava is now widely cultivated and naturalized in most tropical areas worldwide. Globally, Guava is known as a superfood, but for most Jamaicans, it is just another delicious…

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 said to be a native…