Rarely Seen, here are 5 Unusual Fruits in the World
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VIVA – Fruits usually have many types and benefits. With fruit, people can get enough vitamins for the body. Fruit can make as a juice, smoothies, and topping for food.
Many fruits are commonly eaten and known by the public such as papaya, watermelon, banana, and many others. But it turns out that there are some unique fruits in the world that are foreign to people's ears and eyes.
Although rare to hear, see, and find, these fruits have a delicious taste. This unusual fruit can be found in certain countries in the world.
1. Waxberry or Fruit Wax
Buah lilin atau waxberry
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Despite the name of this fruit Wax fruit, this fruit does not look like wax. This fruit has a sweet taste. The fruit meat is pale pink inside, and has one large seed in the middle.
This fruit is similar to a cherry but with a completely different consistency. This fruit is only found in a select few provinces in China and can only be kept fresh for a few days, which means it’s very difficult to ship overseas.
2. Tamarillo
Tamarilo
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Tamarillo is similar to a cherry tomato. This fruit from Peru has a sweet and juicy taste. Locals love it for its versatility that it can be made into a variety of sauces, juices and pastas. Tamarillo can also be made into a dish to increase the taste.
3. Pacay
Pacay
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Although Pacay looks like an ordinary pea on the outside, beans serve up one of nature's best-designed treats on the inside. Each nut resembles a small block of silvery white cotton candy, with the same consistency as well.
The taste is described as similar to vanilla ice cream, causing the demand for pacay to be very high. Unfortunately, these nuts are extremely rare outside of the natural developing countries of South America.
4. Loquat
