The tropical fruit has long been a staple in traditional medicine across Central and South America, known for its supposed antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and even anticancer properties.

Like most foods, this spiky tropical fruit isn't a try-before-you-buy type of item. Without the option to slice open and ...

Start by using a sharp knife to cut off the very top of a pineapple, leaving most of the leaves and crown intact. Before ...

Discover the key differences between jackfruit and durian, two tropical fruits often confused due to their spiky green skins. Learn about their origins, taste, smell, nutrition, and unique culinary ...

This story appears in the December 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Spiky, gigantic, and fibrous, jackfruit may not seem particularly inviting. But the tropical fruit in its unripened ...

spiky fruit? And why is it so expensive? Thailand is expected to harvest almost 1 million metric tons of durian in 2021. Durian is native to several tropical climates around the world, including ...

Add lime juice to bring out the flavour of pitaya and combine with other tropical fruit such as watermelon, lychee, rambutan and star fruit in fruit salads or fruit drinks.

Most of the spiky, pungent fruit comes from tropical climates in the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations bloc, but China also has ambitious aspirations to cultivate homegrown ...