List of national fruits

2022-07-26T14:14:50Z

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This is '''list of national fruits''' alphabetically arranged by country. Some national fruits are officially designated, some are unofficial.

{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! Common name
! Scientific name
! Picture
! Resource
! Notes
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| [[Afghanistan]]
| [[Pomegranate]]
| ''[[Punica granatum]]''
| [[File:Granatäpfel.JPG|120px]]
| <ref name="auto" />
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|[[Albania]]
|[[Italian plum]]
|''[[Prunus cocomilia]]''
|[[File:Prunus cocomilia.jpg|frameless|120x120px]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=National fruit of Albania - Cherry {{!}} Symbol Hunt|url=https://symbolhunt.com/albania/national-fruit/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=symbolhunt.com|date=4 January 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=June 2022}}
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|-
|[[Algeria]]
|[[Date palm|Dates]]
|''[[Phoenix dactylifera]]''
|[[File:Phoenix (botanical) финики.jpg|frameless|115x115px]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=National fruit of Algeria - Cherries {{!}} Symbol Hunt|url=https://symbolhunt.com/algeria/national-fruit/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=symbolhunt.com|date=28 December 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=June 2022}}
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|[[Angola]]
|[[Arecaceae|Palm]]
|''[[Borassus flabellifer]]''
|[[File:Fruits of Borassus flabellifer.jpg|frameless|122x122px]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=National fruit of Angola - Palm fruit {{!}} Symbol Hunt|url=https://symbolhunt.com/angola/national-fruit/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=symbolhunt.com|date=28 December 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|-
|[[Antigua and Barbuda]]
|[[Pineapple]]
|''[[Ananas comosus|Ananas Comosus]]''
|[[File:Pineapples.JPG|frameless|126x126px]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Intelligence|first=fDi|title=Antigua and Barbuda looks to cash in on fruit appeal|url=https://www.fdiintelligence.com/article/44162|access-date=2021-10-26|website=www.fdiintelligence.com|language=en}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Argentina]]
|[[Apple]]
|''[[Apple|Malus domestica]]''
|[[File:Red Apple.jpg|frameless|127x127px]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=National fruit of Argentina - Apple {{!}} Symbol Hunt|url=https://symbolhunt.com/argentina/national-fruit/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=symbolhunt.com|date=28 December 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|-
| [[Armenia]]
| [[Apricot]]
| ''[[Apricot|Prunus armeniaca]]''
| [[File:Apricots.jpg|120px]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iarmenia.org/apricot/|title=Apricot. The Armenian gold. History of spreading in European countries|date=Aug 29, 2017}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Australia]]
|[[Syzygium luehmannii|Riberry]]
|''[[Syzygium luehmannii]]''
|[[File:Syzygium luehmannii fruit.jpg|frameless|176x176px]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=National fruit of Australia - Riberry {{!}} Symbol Hunt|url=https://symbolhunt.com/australia/national-fruit/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=symbolhunt.com|date=28 December 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|-
| [[Austria]]
| [[Apple]]
| ''[[Apple|Malus domestica]]''
| [[File:Red Apple.jpg|120px]]
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Oststeirischer Apfel|url=https://www.genuss-region.at/genussregionen/steiermark/oststeirischer-apfel/index.html|access-date=21 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509190718/http://www.genuss-region.at/genussregionen/steiermark/oststeirischer-apfel/index.html|archive-date=9 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Azerbaijan]]
| [[Pomegranate]]
| ''[[Punica granatum]]''
| [[File:Granatäpfel.JPG|120px]]
| <ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Pearls of Baku|url=http://www.everyonesanoriginal.com/food-drink/mixology/cbb59fba-add0-4aba-a7b4-1489558542e4|website=www.everyonesanoriginal.com|access-date=9 November 2014}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Bangladesh]]
| [[Jackfruit]]
| ''[[jackfruit|Artocarpus heterophyllus]]''
| [[File:Jackfruit hanging.JPG|120px]]
| <ref>[http://www.bangladesh.com/blog/jackfruit-national-fruit-of-bangladesh Jackfruit – National Fruit of Bangladesh.] bangladesh.com</ref>
| Jack Fruit is the national fruit of Bangladesh and is widely cultivated in tropical regions of Bangladesh.
|-
| [[Cambodia]]
| [[Chicken egg banana]]<br />(''chek pong moan'' in Khmer)
| ''[[Musa aromatica]]''
| [[File:Bananas dsc07803.jpg|120px]]
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forestry.gov.kh/Documents/ROYAL-DECREE-ENG.pdf |title= |website=www.forestry.gov.kh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630215053/http://www.forestry.gov.kh/Documents/ROYAL-DECREE-ENG.pdf |archive-date=2007-06-30}}</ref><ref name="9fruits" />
| The Royal Decree states the ''chicken egg banana'' is known as ''Musa aromatica'' but this is an outdated taxonomic name still used in Cambodia. This cultivar is also known as ''kluai khai'' in Thailand which has a similar meaning, that being "Egg Banana." It is known as ''pisang mas'' in Malaysia in which they can be found to be synonyms for the Lady's Finger Banana.
|
|-
| [[Canada]]
| [[Blueberries]]
| ''[[Cyanococcus]]''
| [[File:Vaccinium corymbosum(01).jpg|120px]]
| {{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}
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|-
| [[Colombia]]
| [[Alibertia patinoi|Borojó]]
| ''[[Alibertia patinoi]]''
| [[File:Borojó Fruto.jpg|120px]]
| <ref name="Fruits in Colombia">{{cite web|url=http://off2colombia.com/destination-colombia/colombian-food-and-drinks/fruits-in-colombia |title=Fruits in Colombia |publisher=off2colombia.com.co |date= |access-date=2015-01-03}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=June 2017}}
|
|-
| [[Central African Republic]]
| [[Banana]]
| ''[[Musa acuminata]]'',<br />''[[Musa balbisiana]]'',<br />or ''[[Musa paradisiaca]]''
| [[File:Bananavarieties.jpg|120px]]
| <ref>The Travel Book – Central African Republic. Retrieved 2014-16-09</ref>{{Failed verification|date=August 2021}}
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|-
| rowspan="2" | [[China]]
| [[Actinidia deliciosa|Fuzzy kiwifruit]]
| ''[[Actinidia deliciosa]]''
| [[File:Kiwi aka.jpg|120px]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.123independenceday.com/china/national-symbols.html |title=National Symbols of China |publisher=123independenceday.com |date= |access-date=2009-12-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=June 2017}}
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|-
| [[Banana passionfruit|Curuba]]
| ''[[Banana passionfruit|Passiflora mollissima]]'' (''[[Passiflora tarminiana|P. tarminiana]]'' <br /> and ''P. tripartita var. mollissima'')
| [[File:Curuba.jpg|120px]]
| <ref name="Fruits in Colombia" />{{Failed verification|date=June 2017}}
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|-
| [[Cuba]]
| [[Mamey sapote|Mamey]]
| [[Pouteria sapota]]
| [[File:ARS- Pouteria sapota.jpg|120px]]
| <ref>{{cite book |last= Bader |first= Myles |title= The Wizard of Food's Encyclopedia of Kitchen & Cooking Secrets |date= February 2010 |publisher= Strategic Book Publishing |isbn= 978-1-60911-017-8 |page= 430 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I5FVn9EjHH0C&q=mamey+national+fruit+cuba&pg=PA430}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Greece]]
| [[Olive]]
| ''[[Olea]]''
| [[File:Olive.jpg|120px]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abea.gr/en/history-of-olive-in-crete/|title=Olive oil. The Ancient Greek gold. History of olive tree|date=2015}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Germany]]
| [[Apple]]
| ''[[apple|Malus domestica]]''
| [[File:Red Apple.jpg|120px]]
| <ref>{{cite web |title= German National Fruit, the Little Fleiner Apple|url=http://www.stimme.de/heilbronn/nachrichten/schozach-bottwar/sonstige-Einst-deutsche-Nationalfrucht;art1909,1695199 |date=18 November 2009}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[India]]
| [[Mango]]
| ''[[Mangifera indica]]''
| [[File:GntMango2.jpg|120px]]
| <ref>{{cite web |title= National Fruit|url=https://archive.india.gov.in/knowindia/national_symbols.php?id=13 |date= |publisher=[[Govt. of India]] Official website |page=}}</ref><ref name="9fruits" />
|
|-
| [[Iran]]
| [[Pomegranate]]
| ''[[Pomegranate|Punica granatum]]''
| [[File:Pomegranate.jpg|120px]]
| <ref name="9fruits" />
|
|-

| [[Israel]]
| [[Opuntia|Sabra]]/[[Opuntia ficus-indica|Prickly pear]]
|''[[Opuntia]]''
|[[File:PikiWiki Israel 56968 sabra fruit (plural).jpg|frameless|120x120px]]
|<ref name="UPI">{{cite news |title=Israel's national fruit gets a shave |url=https://www.upi.com/amp/Archives/1994/08/02/Israels-national-fruit-gets-a-shave/6122775800000/ |access-date=12 April 2022 |agency=UPI |publisher=United Press International}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Jamaica]]
| [[Ackee]]
| ''[[ackee|Blighia sapida]] ''
| [[File:Ackee 001.jpg|120px]]
| <ref name="jis">{{cite web|title=This is Jamaica |work=National Symbols of Jamaica |url=http://www.jis.gov.jm/special_sections/This%20Is%20Jamaica/symbols.html |access-date=2006-06-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619153047/http://www.jis.gov.jm/special_sections/This%20Is%20Jamaica/symbols.html |archive-date=2006-06-19 }}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Japan]]
| [[Diospyros kaki|Japanese persimmon]]
| ''[[Diospyros kaki]]''
| [[File:Threekakifruit-cutopen.jpg|120px]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fruitipedia.com/Persimmon.htm|title=Persimmon|website=www.fruitipedia.com|access-date=2012-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216022535/http://www.fruitipedia.com/Persimmon.htm|archive-date=2014-12-16|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="9fruits" />
|
|-
| [[Malaysia]]
| [[Papaya]]
| ''Carica papaya''
| [[File:Papaya - longitudinal section.jpg|120px]]
| <ref name="9fruits" />
| Papaya (from Malay: ''pepaya'') is the national fruit of Malaysia. It is available all year round.
|-
| [[Thailand]]
| [[Mangosteen]]
| ''Garcinia mangostana''
| [[File:Mangosteens - whole and opened.jpg|120px]]
| <ref name="9fruits" />
| Mangosteen is the national fruit of Thailand. It is also known as the ‘Queen of Fruits’. It is available from May until August. Mangosteen is called ‘Mangkhud’ in [[Thai language]].
|-
| [[Indonesia]], [[Singapore]]
| [[Durian]]
| ''[[Durian|Nephelium lappaceum]]''
| [[File:Durian.jpg|120px]]
| <ref name="9fruits">{{cite web|url=http://9fruits.co.th/en/asean-summit-day/|title=ASEAN Summit Day - 9 Fruits|website=9fruits.co.th|access-date=2022-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509065154/http://9fruits.co.th/en/asean-summit-day/|archive-date=2021-05-09}}</ref>
| Durian is the national fruit of Indonesia and Singapore. The name literally means "the thorns" in Indonesian. It is also known as the ‘King of Fruits. Indonesia have two fruiting seasons because durian is grown in various localities. The main harvest is from October to February, but another region produces the crop around June to September.

|-
| [[Nepal]]
| [[Raspberry]]
| ''[[Rubus ellipticus]]''
| [[File:Aiselu berry.jpg|120px]]
| {{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}
|
|-
| [[Pakistan]]
| [[Mango]]
| ''[[Mangifera indica]]''
| [[File:GntMango2.jpg|120px]]
| <ref name="officialsymbols">{{citation|last=|first=|title=National Symbols of Pakistan|url=http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/national_symbols.html|volume=|pages=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128073024/http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/national_symbols.html|publisher=Official Gateway to the Government of Pakistan|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=28 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="9fruits" />
|
|-
| [[Philippines]]
| [[Mango]]
| ''[[Mangifera indica]]''
| [[File:GntMango2.jpg|120px]]
| Mango is the national fruit of Philippines. Mango season in Philippines is from March to June. It is called ''Mangga'' in [[Filipino language|Filipino]].<ref name="9fruits" />
|
|-
| [[Serbia]]
| [[Plum]]
| ''prunus''
| [[File:Slivka.JPG|120px]]
| <ref name="Mennell-383" />
| Plum and its products are of great importance to Serbs and part of numerous customs.<ref name="Mennell-383">{{cite book|author=Stephen Mennell|title=Culinary Cultures of Europe: Identity, Diversity and Dialogue|publisher=Council of Europe|year=2005|isbn=9789287157447|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Dz0srxxDFoC|page=383}}</ref> A saying goes that the best place to build a house is where a plum tree grows best.<ref name="Mennell-383" /> The fertile region of [[Šumadija]] in central Serbia is particularly known for its plums and [[Šljivovica]], the national drink.<ref>{{cite book|title=The encyclopedia Americana|author=Grolier Incorporated|publisher=Grolier|year=2000|isbn=978-0-7172-0133-4|page=715}}</ref>
|-
| [[Seychelles]]
| [[Coco de mer]]
| ''[[Lodoicea]]''
| [[File:I frutti del cocò de mer - M e F - panoramio.jpg|120px]]
| {{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}
|Coco de mer, (Lodoicea maldivica), also called double coconut, native palm of the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean. The flowers are borne in enormous fleshy spadices (spikes), the male and female on distinct plants.
|-
| [[Sri Lanka]]
| [[Jackfruit]]
| ''[[jackfruit|Artocarpus heterophyllus]]''
| [[File:Jackfruit hanging.JPG|120px]]
| <ref>[http://www.srilanka.com/blog/jackfruit-national-fruit-of-sri-lanka-Jackfruit – National Fruit of Sri Lanka.] bangladesh.com</ref><ref name="9fruits" />
|
|-
| [[Spain]]
| [[Grape]]
| ''[[Vitis vinifera]]''
| [[File:Cabernet Sauvignon Gaillac.jpg|120px]]
| <ref>[https://www.proprofs.com/discuss/q/702260/what-is-the-national-fruit-of-spain] proprofs.com</ref>
| There are over 400 varietals of grapes that are grown in Spain for wine production.
|-
| [[South Korea]]
| [[Asian Pear]]
| ''[[Pyrus pyrifolia]]''
| [[File:Pyrus pyrifolia (Raja) young fruits 4.jpg|120px]]
| {{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}
| There are other national fruits of South Korea such as Persimmons and Apples.
|-
|[[United Arab Emirates]]
|[[Date palm|Dates]]
|''[[Phoenix dactylifera]]''
|[[File:Phoenix (botanical) финики.jpg|frameless|115x115px]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Symbols of the UAE You Didn't Know About|url=https://www.bayut.com/mybayut/national-symbols-uae/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=A blog about homes, trends, tips & life in the UAE {{!}} MyBayut|language=en-US}}</ref>
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{National symbols}}

[[Category:Edible fruits| ]]
[[Category:Lists of foods|Fruit]]
[[Category:Lists of national symbols|Fruits]]
[[Category:Lists of plants|Fruit]]

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