The avocado, or Persea Americana, is a popular fruit that belongs to the family Lauraceae. Other members of the Lauraceae family include cinnamon and laurel. Avocados are native to tropical...

Pomegranates (Punica granatum) are delicious, nutritious fruit from a shrub from the Lythraceae family of about 620 species of herbs, trees, and shrubs. Classified as a berry, pomegranates are red...

From the fiery tiny red chilies to the quintessential bell peppers, also known as capsicums, peppers have made their way into mainstream cuisine. No longer just used for Asian or Latin American...

Oranges are one of the most beloved fruits on the planet. A single orange delivers almost the entire recommended daily intake of vitamin C. If you, like most, spit seeds out when eating an...

The cleverly named watermelon that originated some 5,000 years ago in southern Africa contains 92% water. The round, sturdy, drought-tolerant watermelon still grows wild in that...

Butternut squash is a variant of Cucurbita moschata believed to originate in Central America and Mexico about 10,000 years ago. It belongs to the same genus as Calabaza from the Caribbean and the...