Some Highly Unusual Fruits, You Would Never Have Seen Before...

By Editorial Staff in Life Style On 22nd May 2014
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#1 Buddha's Hand

Common in Asia, it has a thick peel and a dry, seedless flesh similar to a lemon. The fruit is often used to make marmalade and liquors.

#2 Black Sapote

They are often known as the chocolate pudding fruit. The inside is very custard like with a nutty taste.

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#3 Rambutan

Rambutan means hairy in Malay, and you may very well agree when you see this red, hairy fruit. If you are brave enough to peel it, you find a tender, juicy fruit inside with a delicious sweet and sour taste.

And they kind of look like Koosh balls

#4 Physalis

These belong to the same family as the tomato, and it shares a similar type of mild acidity. You can add Physalis fruits to your salad or use them to make your pasta sauce.

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#5 Durian Fruit

The Durian fruit is a double whammy because of its weird appearance and revolting odor. Imagine the smell of old gym socks or sewage, and it is enough to turn your stomach upside down.

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#6 Sugar Apple

Native to the Americas, the fruit is full of seeds with a taste that is a cross between a pineapple and a banana.

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#7 Monstera Deliciosa

Popular both as a food and as a houseplant, this monster plant releases a pungent odor when it ripens. Apparently, it tastes like a pineapple.

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#8 Wood Apple

Don't let it's appearance fool you. They taste like a delicious raisin jam.

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#9 Snake Fruit

When you break its skin, you find a juicy fruit that is as sweet as honey and as sour as a pineapple.

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#10 African cucumber

On the inside, the fruit looks and tastes like a bowl of sweet and gelatinous cucumber with a tart aftertaste.