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LOCAL FRUITS EIGHT LOCAL FRUITS

LOCAL FRUITS EIGHT LOCAL FRUITS

GUAVA • Guava is a circle shape and small fruit that has yellow skin

GUAVA • Guava is a circle shape and small fruit that has yellow skin and is pink on the inside. • Guavas grow on tall large green trees, the fruit is soft and sweet when ripe.

GUAVA PICTURES GUAVA TREE

GUAVA PICTURES GUAVA TREE

MANGO • Mangos grow on ever green tall large trees and bears in large

MANGO • Mangos grow on ever green tall large trees and bears in large numbers. • There all various types of mangos that bear different times of the year • The fruit is fleshy and is 5 – 6 inches long.

 • The skin is green and turns yellow or red when ripe and

• The skin is green and turns yellow or red when ripe and is ready to eat. • M INSIDE OF A MANGO TREE

SOUR SOP • Sour sop grows on small green trees. This fruit is big

SOUR SOP • Sour sop grows on small green trees. This fruit is big and long and is green in colour, on the outside there is soft knobby spins. • It is easy to cut when ripe and the inside is white and creamy with black seeds.

 • It bears yearly • Inside the sour sop Sour sop tree

• It bears yearly • Inside the sour sop Sour sop tree

COCOA • Cocoa is a beautiful tree, it has large dark green leaves that

COCOA • Cocoa is a beautiful tree, it has large dark green leaves that shade the fruit pods which grow from the trunk and branches. • The fruit has an oval shape and has an orange shell, white soft coat with brown seeds in the white soft coat. • Cocoa bears from September to October

COCOA TREE INSIDE THE COCOA

COCOA TREE INSIDE THE COCOA

TAMARIND. Tamarind is grown on every green large trees. This tree can be found

TAMARIND. Tamarind is grown on every green large trees. This tree can be found on the road side or in your back yard. The fruits are 4 – 6 inch pods which hang in clusters from the tree.

PICTURES Tamarind on the tamarind tree

PICTURES Tamarind on the tamarind tree

FIVE FINGER • Five fingers grows on large trees • This fruit is special

FIVE FINGER • Five fingers grows on large trees • This fruit is special because it always has five points • This starts as a green fruit and turns yellow when ripe and has small white seeds on the inside.

Five finger tree Green five finger Inside the five finger

Five finger tree Green five finger Inside the five finger

POMERAC • Pomeracs grows on tall, large green trees. It has red skin and

POMERAC • Pomeracs grows on tall, large green trees. It has red skin and is white on the inside with a brown seed shape like a circle. • Pomeracs are in season from January

POMERAC TREE INSIDE OF THE POMERAC

POMERAC TREE INSIDE OF THE POMERAC

SAPODILLA • Sapodillas grow on green trees. The fruit has a soft layer of

SAPODILLA • Sapodillas grow on green trees. The fruit has a soft layer of skin and it is brown. • On the inside it is also brown with a shiny black seed on the inside and it taste sweet when ripe.

sapodilla Inside the sapodilla

sapodilla Inside the sapodilla

LOCAL FRUITS ARE THE BEST • Remember eat your mango, sour sop, guava, five

LOCAL FRUITS ARE THE BEST • Remember eat your mango, sour sop, guava, five finger, pomerac, cocoa, tamarind and sapodilla.