The first fruit on our list of purple fruits is passion fruit. It is a tropical fruit native to South America, Australia, South Africa, and India. There are many species of this purple variety. This purple fruit with a soft pulp and seeds in a hard rind has a lot of antioxidants and nutrients.
Passion fruit has a significant amount of fiber, niacin, potassium, magnesium, iron, and vitamins. It also has anti-inflammatory properties and helps reduce cellular stress. Lastly, passion fruit keeps blood pressure stable. It doesn’t increase blood sugar after consumption, making it the purple fruit suitable for diabetic people3.
Plums are sweet and juicy fruits belonging to the same family as apricots, peaches, and nectarines. There are various colors of plums, but we’ll be discussing plums with purple flesh. There are different ways to consume plums. Some turn them into jam, eat them raw, or make dried plums for easy preservation.
The indigenous people of Australia use plum fruits and some parts of plum trees to treat problems like mosquito bites, skin sores, flu, colds, and headaches. Plums are rich in Vitamin that help your body heal, heal blood vessels, and build muscle. This purple fruit also improves digestive health by preventing constipation with its natural sugar alcohol acting as a natural laxative.
Certain vegetable species produce different male and female flowers that bees can help pollinate when they come to gather nectar. This is true for vegetables like pumpkins, melons, squashes, and cucumbers which develop long vines as they grow, sprouting flowers as they do so that bees can be drawn to them for pollination.
Bees also enjoy flowers produced by vegetables such as onions, cauliflower, and chives. You could maintain a vegetable garden that is also bee-friendly, one in which you can grow regular kitchen-use greens.
Bees enjoy the flowers of almost every fruit tree because of the steady supply of nectar that they have to offer. Choose fruit trees that produce a lot of flowers, and have variety in fruit trees as well.
For the summer, apple and cherry trees make for a big hit with bees because of the large colorful blossoms. In fall, you can grow plum and peach trees that bloom later but are attractive to your little bee friends.
Fruits are one of the most sustainable foods. You can include them in plant-based diets or meat-based meals. Although fruits have high nutritional value, some have a negative environmental impact. Some fruits like avocado, pineapples, peaches, bananas, and strawberries need enormous amounts of water to grow. They also have a high carbon footprint and use chemical pesticides that harm soil health.
You can eat sustainably by purchasing fruits grown in your local community. These fresh fruits didn't go through the rigors of transportation, thus reducing their environmental footprint. Also, buying fruits grown locally helps us eat seasonally. Some fruits only grow during the summer or fall season. We refer to these fruits as seasonal fruits.
Another reason to include locally grown fruits in your sustainable food list is the high quality of nutrients they provide. Local fruits have more nutrients because the transit period between harvest and your table or freezer is minimal. Their nutrient value is still intact and barely reduced. Seasonal produce imported from another country loses some nutrients, if not all, because of the long time it spends on trucks and distribution centers.
Also, consuming organic fruits grown in local communities supports the economy. Local farmers reinvest the money into the community to grow more fruits. You can converse with local farmers and learn about their sustainable agriculture practices. Overall, consuming fruits grown in local communities is safe and healthy.
The jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)[6] is a species of tree in the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit family (Moraceae).[7] The jackfruit is the largest tree fruit, reaching as much as 55 kg (120 pounds) in weight, 90 cm (35 inches) in length, and 50 cm (20 in) in diameter.[7][8] A mature jackfruit tree produces some 200 fruits per year, with older trees bearing up to 500 fruits in a year.[7][9] The jackfruit is a multiple fruit composed of hundreds to thousands of individual flowers, and the fleshy petals of the unripe fruit are eaten.
From among the number of fruits available in the different parts of the world, there are some fruits which can be put under different categories, namely,
Citrus fruits/Subtropical fruits
Tropical fruits
Yellow fruits
Green fruits
Name of the Fruit
About It
Apple:-
Apple is a fruit that grows in Europe, America, Asia and other places. Apples come in various colours, especially green and red. Ripe red apples are sweeter in taste, whereas green apples have a sour taste. A lot of dishes can be prepared from apples.
Avocado:-
Avocados, also known as ‘alligator pears’, are grown in Central Mexico and are the prime ingredient for guacamole. Avocados are rich in a high amount of healthy fats, vitamin E, proteins and potassium.
Apricot:-
Apricots are fruits that resemble a small peach and are rich in antioxidants, vitamins, healthy phytochemicals and fibre.
Abiu:-
Abiu is found in the Amazon region and places that are warm and wet. It’s a small oval-shaped fruit with a pointy end. Abiu tastes like creamy caramel.
Banana:-
Bananas are grown all over the world and are eaten raw as well as in ripened form. Ripe bananas have sweet, tender flesh and red or yellow peel, whereas raw bananas have tougher flesh and green peel.
Blackberry:-
Blackberries are commonly grown in Southwestern Asia. When young, these berries are pale in colour and turn dark black when ripe. Blackberries are rich in vitamins E, K and C.
Blueberry:-
Blueberries are perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. These are rich in antioxidants, vitamins C and K.
Bael:-
Baels are found in Southeast Asia and India. They have an aromatic smell and a sweet taste.
Cranberry:-
These fruits are common in the United States and are red in colour. These fruits have a tart taste and are rich in antioxidants.
Cherry:-
Cherries are sweet little red fruits that are either eaten fresh or used for garnishing desserts. These fruits are a rich source of vitamins A and C.
Dates:-
Dates are brownish, sweet, one-seeded fruits that are grown mostly in the Middle East region. This fruit can be used as a natural sweetener.
Dragonfruit:-
Dragon fruits have white flesh with numerous black seeds and red peel. It can be eaten with salads or yoghourt and is rich in iron.
Fig:-
Figs are Mediterranean fruits that are often dried and used as dry fruits. They have a chewy texture and sweet taste.
Guava:-
Guava is a tropical fruit that has either whitish-yellow or pink flesh filled with edible seeds. It is rich in vitamin C.
Grapes:-
Grapes are one of the most common fruits that are found in various colours and tastes. They can be eaten fresh or fermented.
Grapefruit:-
Grapefruit is a sour and sweet hybrid of pomelo and orange. This fruit is a rich source of vitamin C.
Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) is a leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that is probably indigenous to tropical Africa. The genus Tamarindus is monotypic, meaning that it contains only this species. It belongs to the family Fabaceae.
The large red fruits of ‘Callaway’ crabapple trees are good for making tart jelly and attracting birds to the garden. The tree blooms in mid-spring with single white fragrant flowers. Its leaves emerge green and turn shades of yellow, orange, and red in fall. It is one of the best crabapple trees for southern areas because it has a low chill requirement for flowering and fruiting. It also has excellent resistance to scab, fire blight, powdery mildew, and cedar-apple rust, even through hot, humid summer conditions.
The ‘Adirondack’ crabapple’s long-lasting, deep pink buds are known to open into nearly pure white flowers. Its blooms develop into abundant orange-red fruits that hang on into early winter. Adirondack’s leaves are green most of the year before turning yellow in fall. The relatively upright form of this crabapple makes it a perfect choice for narrow spaces in the landscape as a hedge or an espalier. The tree has excellent resistance to apple scab, powdery mildew, and cedar-apple rust and exhibits good resistance to fire blight.
This variety is a shiny ochre in colour and has deep red seeds in it. It is usually big in size. If cultivated properly, each sapling of this variety can bear up to 30-40 kgs of fruit. It is suitable to grow in Maharashtra and Rajasthan.
G137, a clone selected from the variety Ganesh, had heavier fruits (289.9 g) and seeds (219.4 g), more juice (88.7%), less acidity and more reducing sugars (12.38%) than its parent. The fruits of G137 kept well and were yellowish-pink and smooth surfaced.
It is a small to medium size growing deciduous subtropical tree. It is considered to be highly drought tolerant fruit plant & have high demand in summer month. The Pomegranate fruit is about 5-12cm in diameter, it is red, round and looks like a red apple.
The fruit size is large with pinkish white aril. Sweet in taste and seeds are moderately hard. Grown in and around Kolhar region of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra.
The fruit size is large with yellowish green rind with red tinge. Pinkish white arils, sweet in taste and seeds are hard. It is superior to Ganesh in yield and fruit weight.
Fruits are more acidic (4.18%) with 14.55% T.S.S., Seeds are hard
(Mellowness – 1.51kg/cm2
), Arils are bold and attractive blood red
in colour, Fruits are medium in size (278.53 g), Fruit surface is
attractive red ,Fruit yield 21.59 kg/tree, 15.97 t/ha and average
number of 77.55 fruits per tree ,Recovery of anardana 13.95 %,
Anardana yield 1.58 kg/plant and 1.17 t /ha., suitable for
preparation of anardana.
The ‘Phule Arakta’ variety of pomegranate is heavy yielder and possesses desirable fruit characters. The fruits are bigger in size, sweet with soft seeds, bold red arils. It also possess glossy, attractive, dark red skin. It is less susceptible to fruit spots and thrips.
Fruits are medium in size (271.00 – 299.00 g). Fruit surface is
glossy, having attractive dark saffron rind colour, rind thickness is
0.35 cm, and seeds are soft. Fruits are more juicy (51.34%) with
maximum anthocyanin content (53.12mg/100g). Days for maturity
are 176.60. Fruit yield 30.6 kg/tree.
Remark
Attractive and glossy peel increasing its market value, dark red
coloured and attractive arils. Suitable for both export and domestic market.