Fruits
Being a tropical country, Colombia produces a large variety of fruits, such as:
- Aiphanes horrida (corozo)
- Bactris gasipaes, peach-palm (chontaduro)
- Banana passionfruit (curuba)
- Banana (banano)
- Borojoa patinoi (borojó)
- Carambola, starfruit (carambolo)
- Cherimoya (chirimoya)
- Feijoa, Pineapple guava
- Guayabamanzana, Guava-apple hybrid
- Inga edulis, ice-cream-bean (guama)
- Loquat (níspero)
- Mamey sapote (mamey)
- Mamoncillo, Spanish lime
- Mandarin orange (mandarina)
- Mango
- Passiflora edulis, passion fruit (maracuyá)
- Murrapos, mini-bananas
- Naranjilla (lulo)
- Orange (naranja)
- Physalis peruviana, Cape gooseberry (uchuva)
- Pitaya, Dragon fruit (pitahaya)
- Quararibea cordata (sapote)
- Rubus glaucus, similar to blackberry (mora)
- Soursop (guanábana)
- Strawberry guava (arazá)
- Strawberry (fresa)
- Sugar-apple (anón)
- Sweet granadilla (granadilla)
- Syzygium jambos, Malabar plum (pomarrosa)
- Tree tomato, tamarillo (tomate de árbol)
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