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Photo Gallery: Exotic and Bizarre Fruits for Tu Bishvat!

Names like Rambutans and Pepino Melons aren’t names of fruits you would often as you would an Apple or Orange but on Tu Bishvat we search for a ‘new’ fruit so that we can make a ‘shehecheyanu’ blessing on it in honor of the day, which is the birthday of the trees.

More pictures and information about the fruits in the Extended Article!

Mr. Greens is offering these fruits to their customers in honor of Tu Bishvat. Shloime Klien of Mr. Greens explained to us what each fruit was, just click on the underlined names to read more about them.

Cherimoya, Buddha’s hand, Quiano Horned Melon, Gooseberry, Cactus Pears – also known as Sabras, Buxor, Carambola, Starfruit, Fresh Guava, Pepino Melon, Asian Pear, Passion Fruit, Mamey Sapote, Ugli Fruits, White Coconut, Rambutan, Kumquat

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8 Comments

  • Milhouse

    “Buddha’s Hand” is just a funny-looking (but kosher) esrog. And many of the things you listed are not ho’etz, so what connection do they have to Tu Bishvat?

  • Milhouse

    That yellow octopus is the esrog. And yes, it’s kosher; that’s what the Jews in the south of India used for centuries. It’s exactly the same species as a normal esrog, it just grows funny.

    Mushky, the question is about the many fruit mentioned that aren’t ha’etz; what are they doing in this story?

  • mr greens

    to milhouse i dont know were u are getting your info but you are wrong on both counts the rambam says that this particuler esrog is not kosher for the arba minim, and dare i say that all the fruit pictured are haeitz

  • Milhouse

    mr greens, where is this Rambam? The Rambam never heard of this esrog, so how could he pasken on it? The Jews in the south of India did use them, and the rabbonim they asked paskened that it was kosher.

    And no, many of the fruits listed are NOT ho’etz: horned melon, cactus pear, and pepino melon.