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related: comida indigena editing: What to eat in Oaxaca

Tip: Eat fresh fruit! Nutritionally, it's great value and in Oaxaca, plentiful and tasty!

Since much of southern Mexico are located in tropical climes, there is an abundance of fresh fruit available throughout the year. Here we take an in-depth look at various fruits with links to wikipedia and other resources.

capulines (cherries), tuna (prickly pear cactus fruit), tejocote, zapote blanco, zapote negro, chico zapote, sauco (elderberry), [|jinicuil], jicama, guanábana (soursop) guyaba, papaya, ciruela (plum), anona, granadilla, nanche, piña (pineapple), aguacate (avocado), guajilote, [|pitaya]
 * indigenous**

Games
Can you tell the difference between tuna and [|pitaya]?

Can I eat the raw seeds of the fruit?
Guayaba - No Mango - No Sandia - Watermelon - Yes

Are the raw seeds used for something else?
Juanaquil - yes, put into Xëjk pojtsää (Ayuuk)

Are the fruits made into candy? Yes, they can be candied fruit (apples, orange rinds, sweet potato) or prepared as thicker jell (ate).

mango piña - platano manzana lima limon
 * mixed names**

agua de coco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_water
 * Coconut**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soursop http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annona_muricata
 * Guanábana / Soursop**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guava In the Ayuuk language of Santa Maria Ocotepec, the name is pöx
 * Guava or //guayaba//**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya
 * Papaya**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora_edulis
 * passion fruit = maracuya**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora_edulis http://viciousange.blogspot.com/2007/05/passionfruit-yo-yos-with-white.html [|Food on Friday - getting passionate about passionfruit]

pina=pineapple

zapote "cae como zapote"

zapote blanco (dormilón) http://www.almohadaherbal.com/boletin_2_ZapoteBlanco.htm http://mx.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110728175918AAkR2kT http://www.medicinatradicionalmexicana.unam.mx/monografia.php?l=3&t=&id=7812

zapote negro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros_digyna

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persimmon

tomatillo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomatillo

annona = cherimoya = custard apple ([|photo]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annona Paleoethnobotanical studies have dated Annona exploitation and cultivation in the Yautepec River region of Mexico to approximately 1000 BC.

imported

nispero = loquat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loquat

fig = higo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_fig

lemons http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/22-uses-for-lemon-peels.html

Pomegranate A [|pomegranate] is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing to between five and eight meters tall. The pomegranate is native to Southwest Asia. http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/2038/2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iHbSzM63Hs

Tamarind http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarind

[|membrillo (quince)] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambutan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lychee

mango http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango_Ataulfo

recetas: [|mangos en conserva]

banana (papua new guinea) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana

Pitaya - Dragon fruit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitaya - native to Mexico and South America

noni (//**Morinda citrifolia**//) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noni

Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) is a tree native to Southeast Asia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambutan

star fruit / carambola http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carambola http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?foodido=14973,15732,17465&title=carambola

passion fruit / maracuya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora_edulis

Groups
acid fruits (citrus, pineapples, cranberries) subacid fruits (sweet cherries, raspberries, figs) sweet fruits (bananas, melons, and grapes) nuts (hazelnuts, pistachios, cashews) seeds (sunflower, squash, pumpkin) oily fruits (avocados, coconuts, olives) dried fruits (dates, prunes, raisins)

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