Where I live (in the North-Eastern USA & Eastern Canada), the typical fruit choices comprise of apples, pears, nectarines, and watermelons. On a lucky summer day we might splurge and get a pomegranate of course, but it's not an understatement to say the winter months cut our fruit supply short. Arguably the most welcome surprise of living in Ecuador was discovering that my fruit encyclopedia was going to double. Since Ecuador is on the equator, the climate in each region remains more-or-less stable all year, but the vast changes in altitude allow for dozens upon dozens of easily available fruit varieties. Beyond what are commonly thought of as "exotic" fruit, like papayas and mangoes, here are some of the funkiest ones I had the opportunity of enjoying. Note: The names are the ones my host family used to describe the fruit, so they're in Spanish, with translations when I could find them. Achotillo (English: Rambutan)
Tuna (English: Prickly Pear)
Chirimoya (English: Custard Apple)
Uvilla/Aguaymanto (English: Gooseberry/Goldenberry)
Naranjilla (English: Naranjilla)
Guanabana (English: Soursop)
Guaba (English: Ice Cream Bean)
Guayaba (English: Guava)
Babaco (English: Babaco)
Granadilla (English: Granadilla)
Sapote (English: South American Matisia)
Taxo (English: Banana Passionfruit)
Pitajaya (English: Yellow Dragonfruit)
Pepinillo (English: Melon Pear)
Tomate de Arbol (English: Tamarillo)
Maracuya (English: Dragonfruit)
Horito (English: Orito)
Grosella/Baya de Ganso
Capulí (Capulin Cherry)
Chontaduro-Palm Peach
Mora Andino
Uvas de la Amazonia
Cana de azucar (English: Sugar Cane)
MortiñoOther fruit I didn't yet try:
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