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Tropical Fruits
Tropical fruits in the Longevity Biome atlas — mango, mangosteen, durian, rambutan, dragon fruit, longan and dozens more, with how to pick, eat, and grow each.
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Wax Apple: The Crisp Pink Bell You Eat Whole
Don't Toss Mandarin Peel — Thai Cooks Dry It
Sweet Tamarind Lowered Cholesterol in Animals
Namwa Banana: Green for Cooking, Ripe for Cake
Breadfruit: The Tree Fruit Thais Cook Like a Potato
Burmese Grape (Mafai): The Sweet-Sour Trunk Fruit
Calamansi: The Thai Citrus Too Sour to Bite
Cempedak: The Jackfruit Cousin Thai Cooks Deep-Fry
Coconut: The Aromatic Kind With a Pandan Scent
Sugar Apple Flesh Is Edible; Its Seeds Are Toxic
Dragon Fruit Grows on a Night-Blooming Cactus
Durian Seeds: Boil or Roast Them Before Eating
Guava Was Linked to Lower Cholesterol Over 12 Weeks
Indian Gooseberry (Amla) Was Linked to Lower LDL
Jackfruit Fiber Fed Gut Bacteria in Lab Tests
Jujube Seed Calmed Mice — Only Mice, So Far
Langsat Seed Limonoids Fought Malaria Parasites, in the Lab
Longan Improved Memory Scores in Mice
Lychee Polyphenols Were Linked to Less Liver Fat
Madan: The Thai Fruit Too Sour to Eat Raw
Mango: A Sweet Cousin of Poison Ivy
Mangosteen's Real Benefit Is in the Rind You Throw Away
A Maprang Seed Compound Slowed Bacteria in the Lab
Papaya Carries Its Own Meat-Tenderizing Enzyme
Rambutan: Eat the Flesh, Skip the Raw Seed
Pineapple's Bromelain Was Given to People With Pain
Pomelo Peel Packs the Citrus Flavonoids
Mulberry Leaf Softened a Post-Meal Sugar Spike
Pomegranate Juice Was Linked to Lower Blood Pressure
Sugar Palm: The Jelly Seeds Behind Palm Sugar
Otaheite Gooseberry Leaf Slowed a Carb Enzyme
Lime's Citrate May Lower Kidney-Stone Risk
Sapodilla: The Fruit That Gave Us Chewing Gum
Santol: Sour Thai Fruit Pounded With Chili
Salak: Snake-Skin Fruit With Sweet-Tart Cloves
Star Fruit & Kidney Disease: A Real Danger
Passion Fruit Peel Studied for Insulin
Sugarcane: Chew the Sweet Stalk, Spit the Fiber
Thai Hog Plum: The Sour Fruit In Som Tam
Java Plum: The Fruit That Stains Your Tongue Purple
Soursop: Spiny Green Skin, Custardy White Flesh