How well do you know your fruits? Just enough to know which is good for a fruit salad and which isn’t? Or right down to their history? Either way, whichever category you belong to, here are the botanical names of twenty common fruit you probably didn’t know:
| S/N | FRUIT (COMMON NAME) | BOTANICAL NAME |
| 1. | Apple | Pyrus Malus |
| 2. | Avocado | Persea Armeniaca |
| 3. | Banana | Musa Paradisicum |
| 4. | Blackberry | Rubus Fruticosus |
| 5. | Black Currant | Ribes Nigrum |
| 6. | Blueberry | Vaccinium Cyanococcus |
| 7. | Cantaloupe | Cucumis Melo |
| 8. | Cherry | Prunus Avium |
| 9. | Coconut | Cocos Nucifera |
| 10. | Cucumber | Cucumis Sativas |
| 11. | Date | Phoenix Dactylifera |
| 12. | Eggplant | Solanum Melongena |
| 13. | Garlic | Allium Sativum |
| 14. | Grapes | Vitis Vinifera |
| 15. | Lime | Citrus Latifolia |
| 16. | Mango | Manglifera Indica |
| 17. | Orange | Citrus Aurantium |
| 18. | Papaya | Carica Papaya |
| 19. | Pineapple | Ananus Sativus |
| 20. | Watermelon | Citrullus Vulgaris |
