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List of Fruit Types in Thailand
Listing of the various fruits grown in Thailand. Many are seasonal - some having two seasons! Others are grown and harvested the year round.
Roadside shops, markets are the best places to buy them.
Normally, if they are on sale in polystyrene trays - cellophane wrapped, they will be unsold from the previous day. But, they should be fresher than you will be able to buy in large stores.
We all know that a good intake of fruit is vital for good health.
Here in Thailand we have an abundance of fruit, with such a huge variety of fruit grown locally to where you are staying.
Some areas in Thailand specialise in fruit growing and are sought out at the right time of the year.
There are food festivals of sorts in all self-respecting provinces. The easiest way to find the best selection of home-grown fruit, is to pop down to the local food market. It is where the Thais go. Could there be a better recommendation?
- Custard Apple - Lop Buri
- Ber Jujube - Nakhon Pathom, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
- Mangosteen - Trat, Chantha Buri, Rayong, Chumphon
- Sapodilla - Phetcha Buri
- Dimocarpus longan (a fruit famous in Lamhun province for its immune-support and heart health benefits)
- Star Fruit - Grown in most parts of Thailand
- Burmese grape (Baccaurea ramiflora - Phichit, Nan, Uttaradit
- Coconut - Chon Buri, Pomelo, Pumelo Pear - Nakhon Pathom
- Water melon - Phichit
- Longkong - Chantha Buri, Rayong, Trat, Uttaradit
- Lichie - Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Samut Song Khram
- Pineapple - Prachuap Khiri Khan
- Banana - Kam Phaeng Phet
- Durian (e.g. chanee and kan yao durians) - Rayong, Chantha Buri, Trat, Uttaradit
- Salee - Chiang Mai
- Grape - Nakhon Pathom
- Orange - Nakhon Pathom, Chiang Rai
- Japanese Persimmon - Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai
- Pomegranate - Tak, Nakhon Pathom
- Tamarrind - Phetchabun
- Lansium parasiticum (Langsat fruit is a regional product of Uttaradit province)
- Gauva - Nakhon Pathom
- Rambutan - Chantha Buri, Rayong, Trat
- Santol - Lop Buri
- Rose Apple - Phetcha Buri, Nakhon Pathom
- Papaya - Grown in most parts of Thailand
- Strawberry - Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai
- Mandarine Orange - Nakhon Pathom
- Apple - Chiang Mai
- Wintergreen - Rakam - Salacca - Trat Salacca
- Mango - Cha Choeng Sao, Rayong, Trat
- Marian Plum - Nakhon Nayok
- Manila Tamarine - Samut Song Khram
- Dragon Fruit - Chanta Buri
- Bilimbi - Ranong, Na Ra Thiwat
- Kanatip - Non Tha Buri
- Bael - Chai Nat
- Mace - Chanta Buri
- Sugar Palm - (Arenga Pinnata) Suphan Buri, Phetcha Buri
- Jam bolan - (Jambalan) - Phetcha Buri, Trat
- Yam bean - Nakhon Pathom
- Bread Fruit - Kan Chana Buri, Sakaeo
- Passion Fruit - Chiang Mai, Phetchabun, Sakaeo, Chumphon
- Amla - Phyllanthus emblica - Fruit - Sakaeo
- Elephant's Apple - Grown in most parts of Thailand
- Persimmon - Diospyros rhodcaiyx kurz- the majority are grown in the northeast
- Stinkbean - YaLa
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