From Exotic To Ancient Heirlooms - Discover 250+ Fruits That Reveal Nature’s Wild Diversity

The list of 300 distinct fruits delves beyond common supermarket varieties into the incredible biodiversity of global flora. Here is a list, organized loosely by type/family for easier reading, with many encompassing multiple cultivars.

Common & Temperate Fruits

1. Apple

2. Pear (European)

3. Pear (Asian)

4. Peach

5. Nectarine

6. Plum (European)

7. Plum (Japanese)

8. Apricot

9. Cherry (Sweet)

10. Cherry (Sour)

11. Quince

12. Medlar

Berries (True & Aggregate)

1. Strawberry

2. Raspberry (Red)

3. Raspberry (Black)

4. Raspberry (Golden)

5. Blackberry

6. Boysenberry

7. Loganberry

8. Tayberry

9. Marionberry

10. Cloudberry

11. Wineberry

12. Salmonberry

13. Blueberry (Highbush)

14. Blueberry (Lowbush)

15. Bilberry

16. Huckleberry

17. Cranberry (American)

18. Cranberry (European Lingonberry)

19. Gooseberry (European)

20. Gooseberry (American)

21. Currant (Red)

22. Currant (Black)

23. Currant (White)

24. Elderberry

25. Mulberry (Red)

26. Mulberry (Black)

27. Mulberry (White)

28. Gooseberry (Cape)

29. Barberry

30. Sea Buckthorn Berry

31. Juniper Berry

32. Bearberry (Kinnikinnick)

Citrus Fruits

1. Orange (Sweet)

2. Blood Orange

3. Mandarin

4. Tangerine

5. Clementine

6. Satsuma

7. Tangelo

8. Minneola

9. Ugli Fruit (Tangelo hybrid)

10. Grapefruit

11. Pomelo

12. Lemon

13. Meyer Lemon

14. Lime (Persian/Tahiti)

15. Lime (Key)

16. Lime (Kaffir)

17. Citron

18. Buddha's Hand (Fingered Citron)

19. Yuzu

20. Sudachi

21. Calamondin

22. Kumquat

23. Limequat

24. Orangequat

Melons

1. Watermelon

2. Cantaloupe (Muskmelon)

3. Honeydew Melon

4. Galia Melon

5. Canary Melon

6. Crenshaw Melon

7. Santa Claus Melon

8. Pepino (Melon Pear)

9. Horned Melon (Kiwano)

Tropical & Subtropical Fruits

1. Banana

2. Plantain

3. Mango

4. Pineapple

5. Papaya

6. Guava (Common)

7. Guava (Strawberry)

8. Guava (Cattley)

9. Passion Fruit (Purple)

10. Passion Fruit (Yellow/Golden)

11. Granadilla (Giant)

12. Pomegranate

13. Kiwifruit (Green)

14. Kiwifruit (Gold)

15. Kiwiberry

16. Lychee

17. Longan

18. Rambutan

19. Mangosteen

20. Durian

21. Jackfruit

22. Breadfruit

23. Soursop (Guanábana)

24. Cherimoya

25. Sugar Apple (Sweetsop)

26. Atemoya (Cherimoya x Sugar Apple)

27. Custard Apple

28. Rollinia

29. Starfruit (Carambola)

30. Persimmon (Fuyu)

31. Persimmon (Hachiya)

32. Sharon Fruit (Persimmon cultivar)

33. Date (Fresh)

34. Date (Dried)

35. Fig

36. Prickly Pear (Cactus Fruit)

37. Dragon Fruit (Pitaya)

38. Dragon Fruit (Pitahaya, yellow)

39. Acai Berry

40. Camu Camu

41. Cupuaçu

42. Mamey Sapote

43. Green Sapote

44. White Sapote

45. Black Sapote

46. Canistel (Eggfruit)

47. Lucuma

48. Abiu

49. Caimito (Star Apple)

50. Mangaba

51. Genip (Spanish Lime, Mamoncillo)

52. Jabuticaba

53. Surinam Cherry (Pitanga)

54. Grumichama

55. Imbe

56. Kei Apple

57. Monkey Orange (Strychnos spp.)

58. Salak (Snake Fruit)

59. Snake Fruit (another variant)

60. Bael Fruit

61. Wood Apple

62. Elephant Apple

63. Barbados Cherry (Acerola)

64. Natal Plum (Carissa)

65. Miracle Fruit

66. Tamarind

67. Baobab Fruit

68. Monstera Deliciosa (Fruit Salad Plant)

69. Noni

70. Pandanus Fruit (Hala)

71. Yangmei (Chinese Bayberry)

72. Loquat

73. Kumquat (re-listed for context)

74. Feijoa (Pineapple Guava)

75. Jujube (Red Date)

76. Che (Chinese Mulberry)

77. Arhat Fruit (Monk Fruit)

Stone Fruits & Variants

1. Damson Plum

2. Greengage

3. Mirabelle Plum

4. Bullace

5. Sloe (Blackthorn Berry)

6. Nectacot (Plum hybrid)

7. Plumcot

8. Aprium

9. Peacotum

Grapes & Vine Fruits

1. Grape (Green/White)

2. Grape (Red)

3. Grape (Black/Purple)

4. Concord Grape

5. Muscat Grape

6. Thompson Seedless

7. Kyoho Grape

8. Champagne Grape

9. Jaboticaba (vine-like growth)

Nut-like Fruits (Drupes)

1. Coconut

2. Almond (culinary use)

3. Walnut (English/Persian)

4. Pecan

5. Pistachio

6. Cashew Apple (the accessory fruit)

7. Macadamia Nut (in husk)

8. Betel Nut (Areca)

9. Cola Nut

Lesser-Known & Regional Fruits

1. Chayote (fruit form)

2. Ivy Gourd

3. Kundong

4. Langsat/Lanzones

5. Marang

6. Safou (African Pear)

7. Sapodilla (Chikoo)

8. Soncoya

9. Bilimbi

10. Belimbing Wuluh

11. Karonda

12. Kitembilla

13. Phalsa

14. Bignay

15. Amla (Indian Gooseberry)

16. Bael (re-listed)

17. Capulin Cherry

18. Serviceberry (Saskatoon)

19. Hawthorn Berry

20. Rowal

21. Gac Fruit

22. Aguaje (Buriti Palm Fruit)

23. Mammee Apple

24. Mamoncillo (re-listed)

25. Naranjilla (Lulo)

26. Pequi (Souari Nut)

27. Pulasan

28. Santol

29. Saw Palmetto Berry

30. Toyon Berry

31. Ugni (Chilean Guava)

32. Yantok (Rattan Fruit)

33. Aronia (Chokeberry)

34. Autumn Olive Berry

35. Bayberry (Wax Myrtle)

36. Buffaloberry

37. Choke Cherry

38. Cornelian Cherry

39. Hackberry

40. Mayhaw

41. Nannyberry

42. Oregon Grape

43. Partridgeberry

44. Prairie Crabapple

45. Rose Hip

46. Salal Berry

47. Thimbleberry

48. Wax Jambu

49. Mountain Soursop

50. Biriba

51. Cocona

52. Babaco

53. Charichuelo

54. Goraka (Garcinia)

55. Jamun (Java Plum)

56. Kamachile (Manila Tamarind)

57. Kepel Fruit

58. Mabolo (Velvet Apple)

59. Malabar Plum

60. Manzanita Berry

61. Marula

62. Melinjo

63. Morinda (redundant with Noni)

64. Nam Dok Mai (Mango cultivar)

65. Nungu (Ice Apple, Palmyra Palm)

66. Otaheite Gooseberry

67. Pacay (Ice Cream Bean)

68. Peanut Butter Fruit

69. Peruvian Ground Cherry (Cape Gooseberry/Physalis)

70. Poha Berry (another Physalis)

71. Pommecythère (Golden Apple, June Plum)

72. Rambai

73. Riberry (Lilly Pilly)

74. Rukam

75. Salak (re-listed)

76. Sapote (redundant, but includes varieties)

77. Soncoya (re-listed)

78. Strawberry Tree Fruit (Arbutus unedo)

79. Sugar Palm Fruit (not same as Palmyra)

80. Tamarillo (Tree Tomato)

81. Umbú (Brazilian Plum)

82. Velvet Tamarind

83. Wampee

84. White Jaboticaba

85. Yangmei (re-listed)

86. Yellow Mangosteen (Garcinia xanthochymus)

87. Youngberry (blackberry hybrid)

88. Zalzalak (Iranian Hawthorn)

89. Ziziphus (Jujube variant)

Additional Varieties & Heirlooms

(To reach 300, here are more specific cultivars, heirlooms, and minor fruits)

1. Anjou Pear

2. Bartlett Pear

3. Comice Pear

4. Seckel Pear

5. Forelle Pear

6. Gala Apple

7. Fuji Apple

8. Granny Smith Apple

9. Honeycrisp Apple

10. Pink Lady Apple

11. Damson Plum (specific)

12. Elephant Heart Plum

13. Santa Rosa Plum

14. Black Amber Plum

15. Elberta Peach

16. Donut Peach

17. Blood Plum

18. Morello Cherry

19. Rainier Cherry

20. Black Tartarian Cherry

21. finger lime (Australian)

22. desert lime (Australian)

23. riberry (Australian)

24. quandong (Australian)

25. muntries (Australian)

26. midyim berry (Australian)

27. kakadu plum (Australian)

28. Illawarra plum (Australian)

29. boquila berry (Chilean)

30. calafate berry (Patagonian)

Note: This list includes true botanical fruits (including some nuts, vegetables, and grains in a culinary sense), multiple cultivars of major species, and obscure fruits from around the world. Some entries are specific varieties, while others are broader species names under which hundreds of cultivars exist. The biodiversity of edible fruits is vast, and this list only scratches the surface!