Summer Fruit Season | Common Tropical Fruits in North America

There is no more representative of my holiday mood than tropical fruits. Let’s sort out the common tropical fruits in North American supermarkets and spend this summer happily.

🏖 Peruvian custard apple

Cherimoyaalso known as butter apple

Origin: Central America, South America

Taste: A creamy custard that combines pineapple, banana, and citrus flavors

Season: December to late spring

🏖 Dragon Fruit

Dragon Fruit

Fruit of the vine cactus, also known as Pitaya

Taste: White, red flesh and small black seeds taste like a cross between a delicate pear and a kiwi

Season: June-September

🏖 Durian

There are many varieties of the "King of Fruits" that are popular in Southeast Asia, and there are many varieties available in the United States. It is said that Costco's frozen durians are of good quality (haven't bought them yet)

Taste: Golden flesh with a texture like creamy custard

Season: December to February, and July to September

🏖 Guava Guava

Taste: A mix of fancy mango and strawberry with hints of pear

Origin: Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, and northern South America

Season: August to October and February to March

🏖 Jackfruit

Taste: The flesh is bright yellow and tastes like a cross between pineapple, banana and citrus

Origin: Thailand, Bangladesh and the Philippines

Season: March-September

🏖 Lychee

Taste: Pale, translucent flesh; crisp, juicy texture; citrus and floral notes

Season: very short, buy as soon as you see it, mid-June-mid-July

🏖 Mangosteen

Queen Victoria is said to confer knighthood on anyone who can bring back the mangosteen

Taste: Snowy white flesh that tastes like a sweet white peach

Season: April-August

🏖 Papaya

Taste: Orange pulp has the creamy texture of avocado and has floral and melon flavors

Season: early summer May-June

🏖 Passion Fruit

Taste: The pulp is tart, with a citrus flavor, and the crunchy seeds are edible

Season: California passion fruit harvest season from January to November

🏖 Rambutan

Taste: Pearl-shaped pulp, sweet but not greasy, with a faint floral fragrance

Season: December to January, and August to September

🏖 Carambola Starfruit

Taste: 90% water, like a cross between juicy, citrusy pears and green grapes

Season: June-February

The classification of various melons, mangoes, pineapples, durians and other fruits will be written later