Fruit Info: For the fruit of the day today we have been assigned this wetlands dwelling wonder. It is native to parts of Europe and in particular Central Europe where it grows primarily in wetlands in mineral-poor areas.
Fruit Info: Today we have the cutting edge Cutting Sedge for our fruit of the day. This fruit is a native to New Zealand. It also serves as food and host for the rare Forest Ringlet Butterfly.
Fruit Info: The Nodding Beaksedge is our fruit of the day today and it is a native to North America. This fruit is native to moist meadows, the edge of ponds, and flatwoods.
Fruit Info: For our fruit of the day today we have Rhynchospora knieskernii. This fruit is a native of New Jersey in the United States. It is considered a threatened species due to habitat loss.
Fruit Info: Rhynchospora megalocarpa is out fruit of the day today and it is quite the boring little fruit. It is native to the southeast United States and I’d most prominent in Florida. This fruit is produced by the plant in summer and fall.
Fruit Info: Today for our fruit of the day we have the sandhill sword-sedge. It is native to eastern Australia. That’s all the relevant info on the fruit, most other information is related to the plant itself.
Fruit Info: Today for the fruit of the day we have the common rapier-sedge Lepidosperma filiforme. This fruit is a native to Australia and New Zealand.
Fruit Info: “Cayaponia espelina, also known as the São Caetano melon, is a plant native to Brazil. It is a diuretic and aid in the treatment of diarrhea and syphilis.The fruits are occasionally eaten by the maned wolf (Chrysocyom brachyurua).”
Fruit Info: Today for the fruit of the day we have Cionosicys macranthus, a type of fruit in the gourd family. Unfortunately that’s all the information Wikipedia has on it. Literally nothing else not even native range.
Fruit Info: Today for our fruit of the day we have the Polyclathra cucumerina. This fruit is a member of the gourd family, and that is all the information I found on this fruit on Wikipedia. Neat.
Fruit Info: Siraitia grosvenorii is our fruit of the day for today. It is a native to southern China. This fruit is harvested for its extract, which is called mogrosides, because it creates a sweetness 250 times stronger than sucrose.
Fruit Info: Today for our fruit of the day we have the cryptically named “number 1 fruit”. What is the connection between this fruit and the day? I’ll leave that to you guys to figure out. But also, this is a pretty special day because we won’t see 4 of the same numbers for another 1111 days.
Fruit Info: For our fruit of the day today we have the angled luffa, also known as the Chinese okra and Luffa acutangula. This fruit is a native to some regions of China where it is eaten both raw and cooked. Culinarily speaking this fruit is treat led as a vegetable.
Fruit Info: Here we have the Egyptian cucumber, otherwise known as the Vietnamese luffa,sponge gourd, and Luffa aegyptiaca. This fruit is rather interesting because as an adult if is fibrous and inedible but the young fruit is edible and harvested for cooking. The adult version is instead used as a sponge.
Fruit Info; Today for our fruit of the day we have the sponge cucumber, Luffa operculats. The plant that grows this fruit is cultivated for the use of the mature fruit as a household scrubbing sponge.