Tropical

Vanilla Passionfruit

Passiflora antioquiensis

Red-flowered vanilla passionfruit producing long yellow sweet fruit on pendulous stems.

Banana

Musa x paradisiaca

Edible banana species-group entry covering dessert bananas, FHIA hybrids, lady finger types, cavendish types and plantains sold by Kotare Subtropicals.

Soursop

Annona muricata

Evergreen tropical fruit tree producing large juicy tangy fruits; in NZ best suited to indoor or covered cultivation.

Rollinia

Annona reticulata

Small tropical tree or shrub in the custard apple family, listed by Kotare as Rollinia deliciosa / sugar-apple type fruit.

Jackfruit

Artocarpus heterophyllus

Large tropical tree bearing enormous trunk-borne fruits; best in warm frost-free sites or greenhouse culture in NZ.

Sapodilla

Manilkara zapota

Manilkara zapota, commonly known as sapodilla, sapote, chicozapote, chico, chicoo, chicle, naseberry, nispero, or soapapple, among other names, is an evergreen tree native to southern Mexico and Central America. An example natural occurrence is in coastal Yucatán, in the Petenes mangroves ecoregion, where it is a subdominant plant species.

Canistel

Pouteria campechiana

Yellow sapote / canistel tree producing orange-yellow sweet pumpkin-like fruit in frost-free conditions.

Miracle Fruit

Synsepalum dulcificum

West African shrub bearing fruits that temporarily make sour foods taste sweet; prefers acidic soils.

Sugar Apple

Annona squamosa

Warm-climate sweetsop producing sweet white-fleshed fruit in frost-free, free-draining conditions.

Pineapple

Ananas comosus

Edible pineapple species used for fresh eating and processing cultivars in warm frost-free sites or greenhouses.

Red Pineapple

Ananas bracteatus

The pineapple is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.

Papaya

Carica papaya

The papaya, papaw, or pawpaw is the plant species Carica papaya, one of the 21 accepted species in the genus Carica of the family Caricaceae. Papaya is also the name of its fruit.

Mango

Mangifera indica

A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree Mangifera indica. It originated in the northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent, in what is now Bangladesh, northeastern India and Myanmar.

Green Sapote

Pouteria viridis

Highland tropical fruit tree with green skin turning golden at ripeness and orange melt-in-the-mouth flesh.

Black Sapote

Diospyros digyna

Chocolate pudding fruit; evergreen persimmon relative with rich dark flesh when ripe.

Starfruit

Averrhoa carambola

Tropical starfruit tree with yellow ribbed fruit; sensitive to frost and best in very warm sites.

Abiu

Pouteria caimito

South American tropical fruit tree with bright yellow fruit and sweet translucent custard-like flesh.

Blackberry Jam Fruit

Randia formosa

Small tropical shrub with yellow fruits said to taste like blackberry jam; several plants recommended for pollination.

Babaco

Vasconcellea × heilbornii

Fast-fruiting papaya relative with seedless five-sided fruit, valued for greenhouse or warm sheltered production.