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, and thus do not appear on this list. Similarly, some botanical fruits are classified as nuts 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" and typically has its seeds arranged in a star-like pattern.| Common name | Species name |
| African pear | Manilkara obovata |
| Almond-leaved pear | Pyrus spinosa |
| Altai apple | Malus sieversii |
| Amelanchier parviflora | Amelanchier parviflora |
| Apple | Malus domestica |
| Apricot-leaved pear | Pyrus armeniacifolia |
| Asian pear | Pyrus pyrifolia |
| Balatá | Manilkara bidentata |
| Birchleaf pear | Pyrus betulifolia |
| Bronze loquat | Eriobotrya deflexa |
| Callery pear | Pyrus calleryana |
| Calva crabapple | Malus kansuensis |
| Canadian serviceberry | Amelanchier canadensis |
| Caqui | Manilkara kauki |
| Cerrado pear | Eugenia klotzschiana |
| Chicle | Manilkara chicle |
| Chinese crab apple | Malus hupehensis |
| Chinese flowering apple | Malus spectabilis |
| Chinese pearleaf crabapple | Malus asiatica |
| Chinese quince | Pseudocydonia sinensis |
| Chinese serviceberry | Amelanchier sinica |
| Chinese white pear | Pyrus × bretschneideri |
| Chokeberry | Aronia melanocarpa |
| Coastal serviceberry | Amelanchier obovalis |
| Cocky apple | Planchonia careya |
| Cow tree fruit | Manilkara elata |
| Downy serviceberry | Amelanchier arborea |
| Dusky pear | Pyrus phaeocarpa |
| Eastern crabapple | Malus orientalis |
| Eastern mayhaw | Crataegus aestivalis |
| European crab apple | Malus sylvestris |
| European wild pear | Pyrus pyraster |
| Florentine crabapple | Malus florentina |
| Greene's mountain-ash fruit | Sorbus scopulina |
| Hall crabapple | Malus halliana |
| Hawthorn | Crataegus rhipidophylla |
| Indian wild pear | Pyrus pashia |
| Intermediate serviceberry | Amelanchier intermedia |
| Jagua | Genipa americana |
| Japanese crab | Malus floribunda |
| Juneberry | Amelanchier lamarckii |
| Kaido crab apple | Malus × kaido |
| Kazak pear | Pyrus korshinskyi |
| Khirni | Manilkara hexandra |
| Korean juneberry | Amelanchier asiatica |
| Lebanese wild apple | Malus trilobata |
| Loquat | Eriobotrya japonica |
| Lovi-lovi | Flacourtia inermis |
| Low juneberry | Amelanchier spicata |
| Low serviceberry | Amelanchier humilis |
| Manchurian crab apple | Malus mandshurica |
| Massaranduba | Manilkara bella |
| Medlar | Mespilus germanica |
| Mountain serviceberry | Amelanchier bartramiana |
| Nantucket serviceberry | Amelanchier nantucketensis |
| Niedzwetzky's apple | Malus niedzwetzkyana |
| Nokaidō | Malus spontanea |
| Oleaster-leafed pear | Pyrus elaeagrifolia |
| Pacific crabapple | Malus fusca |
| Pale serviceberry | Amelanchier pallida |
| Pear | Pyrus communis |
| Pillar apple | Malus tschonoskii |
| Plumleaf crab apple | Malus prunifolia |
| Plymouth pear | Pyrus cordata |
| Prairie crabapple | Malus ioensis |
| Pratt's crabapple | Malus prattii |
| Pyrus glabra | Pyrus glabra |
| Quince | Cydonia oblonga |
| Ramontchi | Flacourtia indica |
| Red-checked crab apple | Malus toringoides |
| Regel pear | Pyrus regelii |
| Roundleaf serviceberry | Amelanchier sanguinea |
| Rowan | Sorbus aucuparia |
| Sapodilla | Manilkara zapota |
| Sargent crabapple | Malus sargentii |
| Saskatoon | Amelanchier alnifolia |
| Scarlet firethorn | Pyracantha coccinea |
| Shipova | × Pyraria irregularis |
| Shrub apple | Malus brevipes |
| Siberian crab apple | Malus baccata |
| Sikkim crabapple | Malus sikkimensis |
| Small-fruited crab apple | Malus transitoria |
| Smooth serviceberry | Amelanchier laevis |
| Snow pear | Pyrus nivalis |
| Snowy mespilus | Amelanchier ovalis |
| Sorb | Sorbus domestica |
| Southern crabapple | Malus angustifolia |
| Sweet crabapple | Malus coronaria |
| Syrian pear | Pyrus syriaca |
| Taiwan crabapple | Malus doumeri |
| Taiwanese rowan | Sorbus randaiensis |
| Toringo crabapple | Malus toringo |
| Toyon | Heteromeles arbutifolia |
| Ussurian pear | Pyrus ussuriensis |
| Utah serviceberry | Amelanchier utahensis |
| Vilmorin's rowan | Sorbus vilmorinii |
| Whitebeam fruit | Sorbus aria |
| Wiegand's serviceberry | Amelanchier interior |
| Wild dilly | Manilkara jaimiqui |
| Wild service tree fruit | Sorbus torminalis |
| Wood pear | Pyrus xerophila |
| Yunnan crabapple | Malus yunnanensis |
| Zumi crabapple | Malus × zumi |
Drupes
Drupes represent any fruit that has only one seed or one hard capsule containing seeds.| Common name | Species name |
| Açaí | Euterpe oleracea |
| Acerola | Malpighia emarginata |
| Afghan cherry | Prunus jacquemontii |
| African mango | Irvingia gabonensis |
| African mangosteen | Garcinia livingstonei |
| African oil palm fruit | Elaeis guineensis |
| Aguasiqui | Prunus gentryi |
| Alaskan bunchberry | Cornus × unalaschkensis |
| Allegheny plum | Prunus alleghaniensis |
| Almond | Prunus amygdalus |
| Amazon grape | Pourouma cecropiifolia |
| Ambarella | Spondias dulcis |
| American oil palm fruit | Elaeis oleifera |
| American plum | Prunus americana |
| Apricot | Prunus armeniaca |
| Apricot plum | Prunus simonii |
| Arabian wild almond | Prunus arabica |
| Arnott's mountain black plum | Syzygium densiflorum |
| Atoto | Syzygium thompsonii |
| Avocado | Persea americana |
| Bambangan | Mangifera pajang |
| Beach butia | Butia catarinensis |
| Beach plum | Prunus maritima |
| Bear's plum | Prunus ursina |
| Beccari | Butia capitata |
| Ber | Ziziphus nummularia |
| Bignay | Antidesma bunius |
| Binjai | Mangifera caesia |
| Bird cherry | Prunus padus |
| Black cherry | Prunus serotina |
| Black plum | Prunus nigra |
| Blue guarri | Euclea crispa |
| Blue lilly pilly | Syzygium oleosum |
| Bokhara plum | Prunus bokhariensis |
| Bolivian mountain coconut | Parajubaea torallyi |
| Briançon apricot | Prunus brigantina |
| Broad-leaved lilly pilly fruit | Syzygium hemilamprum |
| Broom jelly palm fruit | Butia pubispatha |
| Brush cherry | Syzygium australe |
| Buffalo-thorn | Ziziphus mucronata |
| Burdekin plum | Pleiogynium timoriense |
| Bush butter fruit | Dacryodes edulis |
| Butia arenicola | Butia arenicola |
| Butia campicola | Butia campicola |
| Butia matogrossensis | Butia matogrossensis |
| Cabeçudo | Butia purpurascens |
| Calligonum junceum | Calligonum junceum |
| Canadian bunchberry | Cornus canadensis |
| Casimiroa | Casimiroa edulis |
| Cedar Bay cherry | Eugenia reinwardtiana |
| Changunga | Byrsonima crassifolia |
| Cherry elaeagnus | Elaeagnus multiflora |
| Cherry laurel | Prunus laurocerasus |
| Cherry of the Rio Grande | Eugenia involucrata |
| Cherry plum | Prunus cerasifera |
| Chickasaw plum | Prunus angustifolia |
| Chinese bush cherry | Prunus glandulosa |
| Chinese date | Ziziphus mauritiana |
| Chinese plum | Prunus salicina |
| Chinese sour cherry | Prunus pseudocerasus |
| Choke cherry | Prunus virginiana |
| Chupón | Pouteria amygdalicarpa |
| Clove cherry | Prunus apetala |
| Coarse dodder-laurel fruit | Cassytha melantha |
| Coconut | Cocos nucifera |
| Cocoplum | Chrysobalanus icaco |
| Coffeeberry | Frangula californica |
| Cone cherry | Prunus conadenia |
| Coolamon | Syzygium moorei |
| Cornelian cherry | Cornus mas |
| Corozo palm fruit | Bactris guineensis |
| Country-almond | Terminalia catappa |
| Creek plum | Prunus rivularis |
| Crowberry | Empetrum nigrum |
| Curry berry | Murraya koenigii |
| Cyclamin cherry | Prunus cyclamina |
| Damson | Prunus domestica subsp. insititia |
| Darvaz plum | Prunus darvasica |
| Date | Phoenix dactylifera |
| David's peach | Prunus davidiana |
| Dawyck cherry | Prunus × dawyckensis |
| Desert almond | Prunus fasciculata |
| Desert apricot | Prunus fremontii |
| Desert peach | Prunus andersonii |
| Desert quandong | Santalum acuminatum |
| Dhung | Syzygium caryophyllatum |
| Dog cherry | Prunus buergeriana |
| Dwarf butia | Butia lallemantii |
| Dwarf jelly palm fruit | Butia archeri |
| Dwarf Russian almond | Prunus tenella |
| Dwarf yatay palm fruit | Butia paraguayensis |
| Emblic | Phyllanthus emblica |
| Emu apple | Owenia acidula |
| Engkala | Litsea garciae |
| European dwarf cherry | Prunus fruticosa |
| European plum | Prunus domestica |
| Fenzl's almond | Prunus fenzliana |
| Fergana peach | Prunus ferganensis |
| Fibrous satinash fruit | Syzygium fibrosum |
| Flatwoods plum | Prunus umbellata |
| Flowering almond | Prunus triloba |
| Fuji cherry | Prunus incisa |
| Gandaria | Bouea macrophylla |
| Gansu peach | Prunus kansuensis |
| Gomortega | Gomortega keule |
| Gowok | Syzygium polycephalum |
| Gray-leaf cherry | Prunus canescens |
| Greengage | Prunus domestica subsp. italica |
| Green plum | Buchanania obovata |
| Grey satinash fruit | Syzygium claviflorum |
| Guavaberry | Myrciaria floribunda |
| Guarana | Paullinia cupana |
| Gubinge | Terminalia ferdinandiana |
| Guinea sour pod | Dialium guineense |
| Hackberry | Celtis occidentalis |
| Hairless rambutan | Nephelium xerospermoides |
| High-eaves syzygium | Syzygium oblatum |
| Himalayan bird cherry | Prunus cornuta |
| Hokkaido bird cherry | Prunus ssiori |
| Hollyleaf cherry | Prunus ilicifolia |
| Hortulan plum | Prunus hortulana |
| Italian plum | Prunus cocomilia |
| Jackal jujube | Ziziphus oenopolia |
| Jambolan | Syzygium cumini |
| Japanese alpine cherry | Prunus nipponica |
| Japanese apricot | Prunus mume |
| Japanese bird cherry | Prunus grayana |
| Japanese bush cherry | Prunus japonica |
| Japanese cherry | Prunus serrulata |
| Japanese silverberry | Elaeagnus umbellata |
| Jelly palm fruit | Butia odortata |
| Jocote | Spondias purpurea |
| Johnstone River satinash fruit | Syzygium erythrocalyx |
| Jujube | Ziziphus jujuba |
| Kaong | Arenga pinnata |
| Kelsey plum | Prunus salicina spp. |
| King coconut | Cocos nucifera var. aurantiaca |
| Lipote | Syzygium curranii |
| Lipote | Syzygium polycephaloides |
| Korlan | Nephelium hypoleucum |
| Lala palm | Hyphaene coriacea |
| Lemonadeberry | Rhus integrifolia |
| Lemon aspen fruit | Acronychia acidula |
| Lilly pilly | Syzygium smithii |
| Little gooseberry | Buchanania arborescens |
| Lockerbie satinash fruit | Syzygium branderhorstii |
| Longan | Dimocarpus longan |
| Long-flowered syzygium | Syzygium cerasiforme |
| Long-peduncled almond | Prunus pedunculata |
| Lychee | Litchi chinensis |
| Magenta lilly pilly | Syzygium paniculatum |
| Malay rose apple | Syzygium malaccense |
| Mamey sapote | Pouteria sapota |
| Manchurian apricot | Prunus mandshurica |
| Manchurian cherry | Prunus maackii |
| Mango | Mangifera indica |
| Mardarrgu | Ziziphus quadrilocularis |
| Marula | Sclerocarya birrea |
| Mexican plum | Prunus mexicana |
| Millaa millaa | Elaeagnus triflora |
| Miracle fruit | Synsepalum dulcificum |
| Mistol | Ziziphus mistol |
| Miyama cherry | Prunus maximowiczii |
| Moriche palm fruit | Mauritia flexuosa |
| Muntrie | Kunzea pomifera |
| Murray's plum | Prunus murrayana |
| Nance | Byrsonima crassifolia |
| Nanjing cherry | Prunus tomentosa |
| Nannyberry | Viburnum lentago |
| Nectarine | Prunus persica var. nucipersica |
| Neem | Azadirachta indica |
| Nepali hog plum | Choerospondias axillaris |
| Nipa palm fruit | Nypa fruticans |
| Nutmeg fruit | Myristica fragrans |
| Oklahoma plum | Prunus gracilis |
| Olosapo | Couepia polyandra |
| Oshima cherry | Prunus speciosa |
| Otaheite gooseberry | Phyllanthus acidus |
| Pacific plum | Prunus subcordata |
| Paho mango | Mangifera altissima |
| Paperbark satinash fruit | Syzygium papyraceum |
| Partridgeberry | Mitchella repens |
| Peach | Prunus persica |
| Peach palm fruit | Bactris gasipaes |
| Peanut butter fruit | Bunchosia glandulifera |
| Pequi | Caryocar brasiliense |
| Phalsa | Grewia asiatica |
| Pigeon plum | Coccoloba diversifolia |
| Pili | Canarium ovatum |
| Pin cherry | Prunus pensylvanica |
| Pink satinash fruit | Syzygium sayeri |
| Pitanga | Eugenia uniflora |
| Pitomba | Talisia esculenta |
| Prunus alaica | Prunus alaica |
| Prunus bifrons | Prunus bifrons |
| Prunus cortapico | Prunus cortapico |
| Pulasan | Nephelium ramboutan-ake |
| Queen palm fruit | Syagrus romanzoffiana |
| Rambutan | Nephelium lappaceum |
| Red bush apple | Syzygium suborbiculare |
| Rex satinash fruit | Syzygium apodophyllum |
| Riberry | Syzygium luehmannii |
| River cherry | Syzygium tierneyanum |
| Russian olive | Elaeagnus angustifolia |
| Sabal palm fruit | Sabal palmetto |
| Sageretia | Sageretia theezans |
| Sand cherry | Prunus pumila |
| Sansapote | Licania platypus |
| Sargent's cherry | Prunus sargentii |
| Savannah cherry | Eugenia calycina |
| Saw palmetto fruit | Serenoa repens |
| Sea apple | Syzygium grande |
| Sea coconut | Lodoicea maldivica |
| Sea grape | Coccoloba uvifera |
| Shoebutton ardisia | Ardisia elliptica |
| Short-stemmed plum | Prunus brachypetala |
| Siberian apricot | Prunus sibirica |
| Silver almond | Prunus argentea |
| Silver buffaloberry | Shepherdia argentea |
| Silver date palm fruit | Phoenix sylvestris |
| Silver peanut butter fruit | Bunchosia argentea |
| Silverberry | Elaeagnus commutata |
| Sloe | Prunus spinosa |
| Smooth stone peach | Prunus mira |
| Soh-sang | Elaeagnus latifolia |
| Sour cherry | Prunus cerasus |
| Sour cherry | Syzygium corynanthum |
| Sourplum | Ximenia afra |
| Spanish cherry | Mimusops elengi |
| Spanish lime | Melicoccus bijugatus |
| Staghorn sumac | Rhus typhina |
| Swamp maire | Syzygium maire |
| Syzygium alternifolium | Syzygium alternifolium |
| Syzygium calophyllifolium | Syzygium calophyllifolium |
| Syzygium calubcob | Syzygium calubcob |
| Syzygium cordatilimbum | Syzygium cordatilimbum |
| Syzygium crassipes | Syzygium crassipes |
| Syzygium eucalyptoides | Syzygium eucalyptoides |
| Syzygium gilletii | Syzygium gilletii |
| Syzygium incarnatum | Syzygium incarnatum |
| Syzygium mananquil | Syzygium mananquil |
| Syzygium masukuense | Syzygium masukuense |
| Syzygium micklethwaitii | Syzygium micklethwaitii |
| Syzygium multipetalum | Syzygium multipetalum |
| Syzygium nervosum | Syzygium nervosum |
| Syzygium owariense | Syzygium owariense |
| Syzygium scortechinii | Syzygium scortechinii |
| Syzygium simile | Syzygium simile |
| Syzygium xanthophyllum | Syzygium xanthophyllum |
| Taiwan cherry | Prunus campanulata |
| Tamarind-plum | Dialium indum |
| Tangut Almond | Prunus tangutica |
| Tapia | Uapaca bojeri |
| Texas almond | Prunus minutiflora |
| Texas peach | Prunus texana |
| Tianshan cherry | Prunus tianshanica |
| Velvet tamarind | Dialium cochinchinense |
| Viagra palm fruit | Calamus erectus |
| Water apple | Syzygium jambos |
| Water berry | Syzygium cordatum |
| Water pear | Syzygium guineense |
| Watery rose apple | Syzygium aqueum |
| Wax apple | Syzygium samarangense |
| White apple | Syzygium forte |
| White aspen berry | Acronychia oblongifolia |
| White satinash fruit | Syzygium puberulum |
| Wild cherry | Prunus avium |
| Wild Himalayan cherry | Prunus cerasoides |
| Wild jujube | Ziziphus lotus |
| Wild peach | Terminalia carpentariae |
| Willow leaf cherry | Prunus incana |
| Winter-flowering cherry | Prunus × subhirtella |
| Wongi | Manilkara kauki |
| Wooly jelly palm fruit | Butia eriospatha |
| Xiao putao | Syzygium acuminatissimum |
| Yangmei | Myrica rubra |
| Yatay palm fruit | Butia yatay |
| Yellow mombin | Spondias mombin |
| Yellow plum | Ximenia americana |
| Yoshino cherry | Prunus × yedoensis |
| Ziziphus budhensis | Ziziphus budhensis |
| Ziziphus incurva | Ziziphus incurva |
| Zunna berry | Ziziphus rugosa |
| Zwetschge | Prunus domestica subsp. domestica |