The pomegranate is a red fruit in the Lythraceae family and its tree reaches 10 meters when growing. The pomegranate means apple with many seeds in medieval Latin language and in the Christian religion, it is commonly used as a decoration. The origin of pomegranate is Mediterranean but today it is cultivated vastly in the Middle East...
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Cherry
cherry is one of the various trees of the genus Prunus and their edible fruits. its Commercial production includes sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), which are frozen or canned and used in sauces and pastries, and sweet cherries (P. avium), which are usually consumed fresh and are the principal type preserved in authentic or imitation maraschino liqueur. The cultivation of cherry fruits dates back...
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Lemon
Lemon comes from the Rutaceae family. It has a sour flavor. It is native to northwestern India. the global lemon market value was more than 7 billion dollars in 2021. India. 17.4%, Mexico. 13.4%. and China. 12.6%. are the largest producer of this fruit in the world. Also, Spain has $4.16B, South Africa $1.84B, China $1.33B, Turkey $985M,...
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Grape
The grape is the most valuable horticultural crop in the world. The fruit is mainly processed into wine, but some are destined for fresh consumption as table grapes, dried into raisins, processed into nonalcoholic juice, and distilled into spirits. The archaeological record suggests that cultivation of the domesticated grape, Vitis vinifera, began 6,000–8,000 years ago in...
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Watermelon
Watermelon is a flowering plant species of the Cucurbitaceae family and the name of its edible fruit. A scrambling and trailing vine-like plant, it is a highly cultivated fruit worldwide, with more than 1,000 varieties. Watermelon is grown in favorable climates from tropical to temperate regions worldwide for its large edible fruit, which is a berry with a hard rind and no internal divisions and is botanically called a pepo. The sweet, juicy flesh is usually deep...
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Strawberry
The garden strawberry or simply strawberry is a widely grown hybrid species of the genus Fragaria, collectively known as the strawberries, which are cultivated worldwide for their fruit. The fruit is widely appreciated for its characteristic aroma, bright red color, juicy texture, and sweetness. It is consumed in large quantities, either fresh or in such prepared foods as jam, juice, pies, ice cream, milkshakes, and chocolates....
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Cucumber
cucumber, a creeping plant of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), is widely cultivated for its edible fruit. The nutritional value of the cucumber is low, but its delicate flavor makes it popular for salads and relishes. Small fruits are often pickled. The cucumber can be grown in frames or on trellises in greenhouses in cool climates and is cultivated as a field crop and in...
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Apricot
apricot, a fruit tree of the rose family (Rosaceae), cultivated throughout the world’s temperate regions, especially in the Mediterranean. Apricots are closely related to peaches, almonds, plums, and cherries. They are eaten fresh or cooked and are preserved by canning or drying. The fruit is also widely made into jam and is often used to flavor liqueurs. Apricots are a good source of vitamin A and are...
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Cucumber
The cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the family Cucurbitaceae that bears cylindrical to spherical fruits used as culinary vegetables. Considered an annual plant, there are three main types of cucumber—slicing, pickling, and seedless—within which several cultivars have been created. This fruit originates from the Himalayas to China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi) and N. Thailand, but now grows on most continents, and many different types of...
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Orange
Orange is a fruit of various citrus species in the family Rutaceae (see list of plants known as orange); it primarily refers to Citrus × sinensis, which is also called sweet orange, to distinguish it from the related Citrus × aurantium, referred to as bitter one. The fruit reproduces asexually (apomixis through nucellar embryonic); varieties of the sweet orange arise through mutations. This fruit is a hybrid between pomelo (Citrus maxima) and mandarin (Citrus reticulata).[6] The chloroplast genome, and therefore the...