Fruits of Thailand and Phuket

Phuket Island is a tropical fruit version of heaven. Every day all year long a variety of sweet succulent delicious fruits are in season and ready for you to enjoy. Thais traditionally finish a meal with a serving of fruit and save the sweeter Thai desserts for snacking between meals. Many tropical fruits are grown right here on Phuket Island. Pineapple grown here is famous throughout Thailand for being particularly sweet and crunchy and is a major export product. Rambutan is a cute, small red oval fruit with hair. On your first encounter you may not know if you should eat it or pet it; but inside is a sweet taste treat that is unfortunately too fragile for export. Bananas are small and sweet and are available all year. Papaya – has a sweet orange flesh is a favorite dessert. Like many tropical fruits, it is also eaten green, served in the famous Som Tam (papaya salad). Durian is perhaps the king of tropical fruits. It has a bit of an odor problem, but definitely is a taste treat you don’t want to miss. Available in the spring months only. Rose Apples are a bell-shaped, green, waxy-looking fruit available most of the year, the flesh is sweet and crunchy -- a favorite with children. Guava is a round yellowish-green fruit taste somewhat like an apple, it can be eaten with salt and dried chilies as a snack. Mango the national fruit is delicious, sweet and juicy when ripe, but can also eaten green -- dipped into a blend of sugar, salt and chili. Eating fruit is not only delicious but helps take out the fire of some of the more spicy dishes of Thai food.

The rose apple{chom-poo}		Jujube{poot-sar}
Mango{ma-mouang}		Banana{kuay}
Durian{du-rian}		Loangan{lam-yai}
Rambutan{ngo}		Pineapple{sap-pa-rot}
Orange{som}		Jack fruit{ka-nhun}
Coconut{ma-praw}		Gooseberry{ma-yom}
Watermelon{tang-mo}		Custard apple{noi-nha}
Salacca{ra-kum}		Cashew{ma-moang-him-ma-pan}
Carambola{ma-fuang}		Lansat{lan-sat}
Guava{fa-rang}		Pomegranate{tab-tim}
Tammarin{ma-kham}		Lamai{la-mai}