List of culinary fruits

This list contains the names of fruits that are considered edible either raw or cooked in various cuisines. The word fruit is used in several different ways. The definition of fruit for this list is a culinary fruit, defined as "Any edible and palatable part of a plant that resembles fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or semi-sweet vegetables, some of which may resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit, for example rhubarb."

Many edible plant parts that are considered fruits in the botanical sense are culinarily classified as vegetables (for example, tomatoes, zucchini), and thus do not appear on this list. Similarly, some botanical fruits are classified as nuts (e.g. Brazil nut) and do not appear here either. This list is otherwise organized botanically.

Pomes

Pomes include any crunchy accessory fruit that surrounds the fruit's inedible "core" (composed of the plant's endocarp) and typically has its seeds arranged in a star-like pattern. Common nameSpecies nameAfrican pearManilkara obovataAlmond-leaved pearPyrus spinosaAltai appleMalus sieversiiAmelanchier parvifloraAmelanchier parvifloraAppleMalus domesticaApricot-leaved pearPyrus armeniacifoliaAsian pearPyrus pyrifoliaBalatáManilkara bidentataBirchleaf pearPyrus betulifoliaBronze loquatEriobotrya deflexaCallery pearPyrus calleryanaCalva crabappleMalus kansuensisCanadian serviceberryAmelanchier canadensisCaquiManilkara kaukiCerrado pearEugenia klotzschianaChicleManilkara chicleChinese crab appleMalus hupehensisChinese flowering appleMalus spectabilisChinese pearleaf crabappleMalus asiaticaChinese quincePseudocydonia sinensisChinese serviceberryAmelanchier sinicaChinese white pearPyrus × bretschneideriChokeberryAronia melanocarpaCoastal serviceberryAmelanchier obovalisCocky applePlanchonia careyaCow tree fruitManilkara elataDowny serviceberryAmelanchier arboreaDusky pearPyrus phaeocarpaEastern crabappleMalus orientalisEastern mayhawCrataegus aestivalisEuropean crab appleMalus sylvestrisEuropean wild pearPyrus pyrasterFlorentine crabappleMalus florentinaGreene's mountain-ash fruitSorbus scopulinaHall crabappleMalus hallianaHawthornCrataegus rhipidophyllaIndian wild pearPyrus pashiaIntermediate serviceberryAmelanchier intermediaJaguaGenipa americanaJapanese crabMalus floribundaJuneberryAmelanchier lamarckiiKaido crab appleMalus × kaidoKazak pearPyrus korshinskyiKhirniManilkara hexandraKorean juneberryAmelanchier asiaticaLebanese wild appleMalus trilobataLoquatEriobotrya japonicaLovi-loviFlacourtia inermisLow juneberryAmelanchier spicataLow serviceberryAmelanchier humilisManchurian crab appleMalus mandshuricaMassarandubaManilkara bellaMedlarMespilus germanicaMountain serviceberryAmelanchier bartramianaNantucket serviceberryAmelanchier nantucketensisNiedzwetzky's appleMalus niedzwetzkyanaNokaidōMalus spontaneaOleaster-leafed pearPyrus elaeagrifoliaPacific crabappleMalus fuscaPale serviceberryAmelanchier pallidaPearPyrus communisPillar appleMalus tschonoskiiPlumleaf crab appleMalus prunifoliaPlymouth pearPyrus cordataPrairie crabappleMalus ioensisPratt's crabappleMalus prattiiPyrus glabraPyrus glabraQuinceCydonia oblongaRamontchiFlacourtia indicaRed-checked crab appleMalus toringoidesRegel pearPyrus regeliiRoundleaf serviceberryAmelanchier sanguineaRowanSorbus aucupariaSapodillaManilkara zapotaSargent crabappleMalus sargentiiSaskatoonAmelanchier alnifoliaScarlet firethornPyracantha coccineaShipova× Pyraria irregularisShrub appleMalus brevipesSiberian crab appleMalus baccataSikkim crabappleMalus sikkimensisSmall-fruited crab appleMalus transitoriaSmooth serviceberryAmelanchier laevisSnow pearPyrus nivalisSnowy mespilusAmelanchier ovalisSorbSorbus domesticaSouthern crabappleMalus angustifoliaSweet crabappleMalus coronariaSyrian pearPyrus syriacaTaiwan crabappleMalus doumeriTaiwanese rowanSorbus randaiensisToringo crabappleMalus toringoToyonHeteromeles arbutifoliaUssurian pearPyrus ussuriensisUtah serviceberryAmelanchier utahensisVilmorin's rowanSorbus vilmoriniiWhitebeam fruitAria edulisWiegand's serviceberryAmelanchier interiorWild dillyManilkara jaimiquiWild service tree fruitSorbus torminalisWood pearPyrus xerophilaYunnan crabappleMalus yunnanensisZumi crabappleMalus × zumi

Drupes

Drupes represent any fruit that has only one seed (or "stone") or one hard capsule containing seeds.