Table F-1a shows a list of fruits that should serve as a reference for fruit crops that are common in the distribution or grown as commercial crops in the tropics.
Emphasis is given to crops with fleshy dessert fruits including cashew which produces a pseudofruit.
Most of these crops are listed in E.D. Merrill’s A Flora of Manila published in 1912 but many of the scientific names have since been modified.
The crops are arranged alphabetically by their common names, generally English names.
This web page is one of two pages and consists of a list of fruits in the tropics with common names that start from A (acerola) to L (lychee).
List of Fruits (Fruit Crops)
Table F-1a. List of fruits (fruit crops) in the tropics.
| Common Names | Family | Scientific Name |
Acerola, Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry | Malpighiaceae | Malpighia glabra |
| Ambarella (see Spondias) | ||
Artocarpus | Moraceae | Artocarpus spp. |
| – Chempedak | – | Artocarpus integer |
| – Jackfruit, jack, langka, nangka | – | Artocarpus heterophyllus |
| – Marang, madang, loloi | – | Artocarpus odoratissimus |
Atemoya (see Custard apples) | ||
| Apple, mansanas | Rosaceae | Malus domestica |
| Avocado | Lauraceae | Persea americana |
| Banana, saging | Musaceae | Musa spp. |
| Bilimbi, cucumber tree, kamias, iba | Oxalidaceae | Averrhoa bilimbi |
| Balimbing, carambola, starfruit | Oxalidaceae | Averrhoa carambola |
| Canistel, egg-fruit, yellow sapote, tiesa | Sapotaceae | Pouteria campechiana |
| Capulin, Jamaica cherry, datiles, mansanitas, seresa | Elaeocarpaceae | Muntingia calabura |
| Cashew, kasoy | Anacardiaceae | Anacardium occidentale |
| Chempedak (see Artocarpus) | ||
| Chico (see Sapodilla) | ||
| Chinese laurel, salamander tree, bignay, bugnay | Euphorbiaceae | Antidesma bunius |
Citrus | Rutaceae | Citrus spp. |
| – Calamondin, golden lime, kalamansi, lemonsito | – | x Citrofortunella microcarpa syn. Citrus microcarpa, C. mitis |
| – Citron, bulid, sidris | – | Citrus medica |
| – Lime, sour lime, common lime, dayap | – | Citrus aurantifolia |
| – Grapefruit | – | Citrus x paradisi |
| – King mandarin, naranjita | – | Citrus nobilis |
| – Mandarin, Mandarin orange | – | Citrus reticulata |
| – Pummelo, pommelo, pomelo, shaddock, suha, lukban, buongon, kabugaw | – | Citrus maxima |
| – Sour orange, Seville orange | – | Citrus aurantium |
| – Orange, sweet orange, kahel | – | Citrus sinensis |
Custard Apples | Annonaceae | Annona spp. |
| – Custardapple, cherimoya, anonas | – | Annona cherimola |
| – Soursop, guyabano, guayabano, babana, labana | – | Annona muricata |
| – Sugarapple, sweetsop, atis | – | Annona squamosa |
| – Atemoya | – | A. cherimola x A. squamosa |
Date | Palmae/ Arecaceae | Phoenix dactylifera |
| Durian, dulian | Bombacaceae | Durio zibethinus |
| Fig | Moraceae | Ficus carica |
| Grape, ubas | Vitaceae | Vitis vinifera |
| Granadilla (see Passionfruit grouping) | ||
| Grapefruit (see Citrus grouping) | ||
| Guava, bayabas | Myrtaceae | Psidium guajava |
| Guayamochil, Kamachili, Manila tamarind, sweet inga | Leguminosae/Fabaceae | Pithecellobium dulce |
| Inyam, bugnay | Euphorbiaceae | Antidesma ghaesembilla |
| Jackfruit (see Artocarpus grouping) | ||
| Jambolan (see Syzigium grouping) | ||
| Jujube, manzanitas | Rhamnaceae | Ziziphus mauritania |
| King mandarin (see Citrus grouping) | ||
| Lime (see Citrus grouping) | ||
| Lanzones, langsat, boboa, buahan | Meliaceae | Lansium domesticum |
| Loquat | Rosaceae | Eriobotrya japonica |
| Lychee, litchi, letsias | Sapindaceae | Litchi chinensis |
