This document summarizes information on several exotic fruits including cucamelon, guanabana, jackfruit, lychee, pitaya, purple sweet potato, and horned melon. It provides details on where each fruit originates, their appearance, taste, and common uses. The jackfruit is highlighted as the largest fruit in the world, weighing up to 80 pounds, while the pitaya or dragon fruit is noted for its bright coloring despite having a mild flavor similar to melon or kiwi.

1. Exotic fruits and vegetables
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2. Cucamelon
Cucamelon are native to
Mexico and Central
America. They taste like
sour cucumbers but look
like miniature
watermelons. They grow
on vines and are about
the size of grapes.

3. Guanabana
The guanabana, is native to
Central and South America
but is currently grown in
Asia. Large inedible seeds
make its white pulp
difficult to eat. It's worth
eating if you like
pineapples or strawberries,
though, because the
guanabana's flavor has
been compared to those
two fruits.

4. Jackfruit
The jackfruit is the largest
fruit in the world. It's
amazing that these fruits
grow on trees considering
they can weigh up to 80
pounds each. They are
often compared to
bananas, but with a tarter
flavor. Jackfruits are used
for cooking in Asian
cuisines and are also eaten
raw.

5. Lychee
These small tree fruits may
look like raspberries with
stems, but their hard outer
shell isn't the part you want
to eat. Peeling off the red
and pink layer exposes a
clear flesh that has a texture
similar to grapes. Lychee are
popular in Asia.

6. Pitaya
The pitaya, or dragon fruit, has a
bright pink or white center and
is speckled with tiny black seeds.
Interestingly, the dragon fruit
doesn't have an intense flavor
despite its bright coloring. It has
been compared to a mild melon
or kiwi.

7. Purple Sweet Potato
Sweet potatoes can be
found in a range of colors,
but one of the rarer forms in
the U.S. is the purple sweet
potato. While sweet
potatoes are not native to
Japan, the light and darker
purple varieties were first
produced there. Now some
farmers in the U.S. grow
purple sweet potatoes, but
the orange color is typically
the only kind found at
supermarkets.

8. Horned melon
This fruit is another with
tons of aliases: kiwano,
horned melon, African
horned cucumber, hedged
gourd, jelly melon. It’s
native to Africa, but also
grows in California, Chile,
Australia and New Zealand,
as well. In California it’s
widely known as Blowfish
fruit. Although it’s edible,
kiwano is mostly used as
decoration food.