Although most of the fruits of our country are available in summer, various types of fruits are available all the year round. These fruits are of different kinds, colors, sizes and tastes. Some are big and some are small. Some taste sweet and some taste sour. Some are solid and some are juicy. Here is a description of the well-known fruits that are available in our country.
Jack Fruit: The jack fruit is the biggest fruit in our country. It is the national fruit of bangladesh. It is delicious and sweet to taste. It has a rough and prickly skin. Inside the skin the fruits are found to be composed of many flakes. Each of the flakes contains a stone. Jack fruit grows in plenty in hilly areas of Chittagong and Sylhet and in the high land of Dhaka, Narsingdi, Mymensingh and Comilla.
Mango: Mango is called the king of fruits in Bangladesh. Many varieties of mangoes are available in our country. They are Langra, Fazli, Gopalbhog, Mohanbhog, Himsagar etc. These mangoes are famous for taste, flavour and sweetness. Langra and Fazli are especially famous for its size and sweet taste. In our country, mangoes grow in plenty in Rajshahi, Dinajpur and Borga.
Banana: Banana is another popular fruit in our country. It grows in plenty throughout the whole year in all parts of Bangladesh. There are many kinds of bananas such as the champa, the sabri, the amritsagar. Amritasagar of Dhaka and Sabri of Mymensing are the best. Banana is delicious and nutritious. It has high demand throughout the year.
Watermelon: Watermelon is one of the most favorite fruits of our country. Its colour is green from outside and red from the inner side. It is a juiciest fruit of summer season. People used to make juice of it and drink it to recover thirst. Its juice helps us to get rid of the tiredness of hot whether.
Pineapple: Pineapple is a highly growth fruits of our country. It is a thorny fruit from the outside. It is also an acid fruit. Its colour is yellow from the out and inner side. The juice of this fruit is so much favorite to all and it is also exported to the foreign country.
Coconut: The coconut is another attractive fruit in our country. It is a common fruit. It grows everywhere in Bangladesh but in plenty in the district of Khulna, Barisal and Patuakhali. Its sweet and cold water quenches our thirst in hot summer. Its kernel is a tasty food.
Berry: Berry is a medicinal fruits with great taste. It is full of nutrition. It is very popular fruits of summer. The wood of this tree are so much valuable and strong. Various kinds of furniture is made from this wood.
Lichi: Lichi is also very nutritious and favorite fruit to all. Though it is cultivated all over the Bangladesh but it is well cultivated in the southern part of Bangladesh. It is full of Vitamin and Mineral.
Palm: Palm is also a very popular fruit especially in our villages. Different kinds of cakes are made from palm. It is also rich with so many vitamins. Pre-palm seed are very tasty to eat. Palm juice is also very tasty.
Besides all these, there are many other fruits grow in our country. We should encourage the cultivation of different types of fruits trees. Because, these fruits fulfill a large portion of the demand of necessary vitamins and minerals that are essential for our body.
