fruit tree

tree bearing edible fruit

• custard apple, custard apple tree — any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp
• avocado, avocado tree, Persea Americana — tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits
• durian, durion, durian tree, Durio zibethinus — tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind
• toothbrush tree, mustard tree, Salvadora persica — glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt
• olive tree — a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit
• anchovy pear, anchovy pear tree, Grias cauliflora — West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango
• sour cherry, Eugenia corynantha — Australian tree with sour red fruit
• Surinam cherry, pitanga, Eugenia uniflora — Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida
• rose apple, rose-apple tree, jambosa, Eugenia jambos — tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit
• jaboticaba, jaboticaba tree, Myrciaria cauliflora — small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches
• guava, true guava, guava bush, Psidium guajava — small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit
• guava, strawberry guava, yellow cattley guava, Psidium littorale — small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit
• cattley guava, purple strawberry guava, Psidium cattleianum, Psidium littorale longipes — small tropical shrubby tree bearing deep red oval fruit
• Brazilian guava, Psidium guineense — South American tree having fruit similar to the true guava
• pomegranate, pomegranate tree, Punica granatum — shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit
• mangosteen, mangosteen tree, Garcinia mangostana — East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit
• mammee apple, mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana — tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
• papaya, papaia, pawpaw, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya — tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
• mulberry, mulberry tree — any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry
• breadfruit, breadfruit tree, Artocarpus communis, Artocarpus altilis — native to Pacific Islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread
• jackfruit, jackfruit tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus — East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds
• marang, marang tree, Artocarpus odoratissima — Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit
• coco plum, coco plum tree, cocoa plum, icaco, Chrysobalanus icaco — small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit
• quince, quince bush, Cydonia oblonga — small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated
• loquat, loquat tree, Japanese medlar, Japanese plum, Eriobotrya japonica — evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
• apple tree — any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits
• medlar, medlar tree, Mespilus germanica — small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples
• plum, plum tree — any of several trees producing edible oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single hard stone
• plumcot, plumcot tree — hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca
• apricot, apricot tree — Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach
• cherry, cherry tree — any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
• almond tree — any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts
• peach, peach tree, Prunus persica — cultivated in temperate regions
• nectarine, nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina — variety or mutation of the peach bearing smooth-skinned fruit with usually yellow flesh
• pear, pear tree, Pyrus communis — Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
• genipa — any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind
• carambola, carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola — East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit
• bilimbi, Averrhoa bilimbi — East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit
• citrus, citrus tree — any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds
• wild mango, dika, wild mango tree, Irvingia gabonensis — African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green termite-resistant wood
• akee, akee tree, Blighia sapida — widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by Captain Bligh of HMS Bounty
• longan, lungen, longanberry, Dimocarpus longan, Euphoria litchi, Nephelium longana — tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphoria or Nephelium
• litchi, lichee, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi — Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium
• Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry, mamoncillo, genip, ginep, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus — tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
• rambutan, rambotan, rambutan tree, Nephelium lappaceum — Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit
• pulasan, pulassan, pulasan tree, Nephelium mutabile — East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan
• mango, mango tree, Mangifera indica — large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval smooth-skinned fruit
• hog plum, yellow mombin, yellow mombin tree, Spondias mombin — tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit
• mombin, mombin tree, jocote, Spondias purpurea — common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit
• persimmon, persimmon tree — any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
• star apple, caimito, Chrysophyllum cainito — evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides
• sapodilla, sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota, Achras zapota — large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras
• canistel, canistel tree, Pouteria campechiana nervosa — tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit

• angiospermous tree, flowering tree — any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

• fruitwood — wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork