Lists of most common fruits of Nepal (Nepali-English)

(Phalphulharu)

1. Aanp - Mango
2. Ainselu - Raspberry (yellow, red, black)
3. Alubukhara - Plum
4. Amalaa  - Gooseberry
5. Ambaa or Ammaa - Guava
6. Anaar - Pomegrante
7. Angoor - Grape
8. Anjir - Fig
9. Aru – Peach
10. Bayar - Indian Plum, Chinese Date
11. Bel - Wood Apple
12. Bhogate -Pummelo, Pomilo
13. Bhuin Katahar – Pineapple
14. Bimiro – Citron
15. Chaaksi -  Mild Orange
16. Chutro – Barberry
17. Chinia Naspaati – Chinese Pear
18. Daakh – Grape
19. Daarim – Pomegranate
20. Haade Bayer - Bead Plum
21. Haade Okhar - Thick-shell black walnut
22. Haluaabed - Persimmon
23. Jaamun – Black Plum, Java Plum
24. Junaar - Junar Orange
25. Jyaamir - Lemon (very sour)
26. Kaathe Jyamir – Rough Lemon – (Citrus jambhiri)
27. Kaalo Jyamir – Rough Lemon (Chook-amilo Lemon)
28. Kaagati - Lime - (green)
29. Kaaphal -Bay-Berry
30. Kera - Banana
31. Khajoor - Date
32. Kharbooza - Musk Melon
33. Khurpaani - Apricot
34. Kimbu - Mulberry (black, red)
35. Lapsi -Nepalese Hog Plum
36. Lichi - Lichee Fruit
37. Loquat –Loquats
38. Maushambi - Orange (sweet)
39. Mayal - Wild Pear
40. Muntalaa – Kumquat
41. Nariwal - Coconut
42. Nashpaati - Pear
43. Nibua  - Lemon (yellow)
44. Paiyun - Cherry
45. Papitaa or Mewaa - Papaya
46. Ram Phal – Custard Apple
47. Rukh Kathar - Jack Fruit
48. Sati Bayar – Pleasantly sour-sweet fruit (Nepal sumac)
49. Sariphaa - Custard Apple or Sugar Apple
50. Shayau - Apple
51. Suntalaa - Tangerine
52. Tarbooza - Watermelon  

A Nepali road side vendor prepares to sell her freshly picked lichee fruit.

Pear (Nashpaati) 

Colorful fruits and vegetable market - fresh starts here! 
Something for everyone!

Close up view of Pomegranate - (Anaar or Darim)

Selling freshly peeled papaya and pineapple in front of Ratna Park area of Kathmandu.

A street vendor selling the most delicious "Pokhara ko suntala"  (loose-skin tangerine-mandarins) from Pokhara.  So sweet and flavorful and easy to peel and split into segments.

A road-side vendor attends to a clients and counts her change.

Fresh tangerine for sale

A Suntala (orange) vendor waits for customers at a busy intersection.

Guava - (Ambaa or Ammaa) 

Gooseberry, the medicinal fruit - (Amalaa)

A woman sells freshly picked Thulo Amalaa (Indian Gooseberry) at a corner of a busy Kathmandu market.

Indian Gooseberry on tree (Amala ko Rukh)

Chinese Date or Indian Plum (Bayar) - The fruit is sour when immature, but very sweet and flavorful when ripe.  Botanical name - Zigyphus maurititiana Lamk (source: An introduction to Nepalese Food Plants).

Bimiro - Citron

 Indian Gooseberry - (Amalaa),  Red Bayar and Sati Bayar in the back – Pleasantly sour-sweet tiny fruit.

Banana - (Nepali Kera)

A fresh fruit seller is waiting for customers in a busy open market - fresh watermelon and papaya.

Photo of a busy vegetable market during festival season.

Taking a picture of two women selling Peanuts (Badaam) in a popular tourist area near Basantapur, Kathmandu.

Why two pictures of the peanut vendors?  They were not happy with my previous shot, so they made me take another photo......look at them posing!!!!

The two ladies again requested me to take a close-up picture of their local peanut.

Jack Fruit - (Rukh Kathar)

Grapes - (Angoor, Daakh) 

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