MY FAVORITE TROPICAL FRUIT BOOKS


BOOK FOR SALE: Brazilian Fruits and Cultivated Exotics by Harri Lorenzi et al. Excellent new book about the exotic tropical native and introduced fruits found in Brazil. Book is in English and is 672 pages. Includes descriptions and photos of 827fruits including 389 species and 438 cultivars. A lot of this information and photos cannot be found in other books! Photos include not just the fruits, but also leaves, flower, seeds and cross sections of the fruits. The photos are taken on a centimeter background grid for scale. Great to see some of these never before seen extra rare Brazilian fruit photos. Includes nutritional charts, index, and bibliography. Book size is 5 1/4 by 9 inches. Hard cover. Published 2006 by Instituto Plantarum. Click Here to see sample fruit entry, book cover, and to purchase online.


BOOK FOR SALE: Brazilian Trees, A Guide to the Identification and Cultivation of Brazilain Native Trees, 3 Volume Set. by Harri Lorenzi. Excellent new book now available for the first time in the USA in English. A real masterpiece with excellent photos of not only the trees, but also the seed, and flowers of each tree. Because it contains all kinds of trees, not just fruiting trees, it also has information and photos about the quality of the wood. Lots of information not available in any other books about very rare fruits. This book was previously available only in Portuguese but now has come out in an English translation. This is a well illustrated book with over 2000 full color photos in each volume in a large format size of 8 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in. (21 x 31 cm). Each volume is 384 pages, for a total of 768 pages, showing the most important species of trees of Brazil. Written information on the characteristics of each plant, its phenology, occurrence, gathering of seeds, production of seedlings, etc., is given. Hard cover. Published by Instituto Plantarum. Click Here to see sample page, book covers, and to purchase online.


Fruits of Warm Climate, Julia Morton

An encyclopedic like work with excellent descriptions and photos. Best yet, it is all on line. Click Here


Exotic Tree Fruit for the Australian Home Garden, Glenn Tankard

A good introductory book with excellent photos. The last chapter of the book has information on little known Borneo fruits. This part on Borneo is online, minus the photos. Click Here


Brazilian Trees, A Guide to the Identification and Cultivation of Brazilian Native Trees, Two Volumes, Harri Lorenzi. A real masterpiece with excellent photos of not only the trees, but also the seed, and flowers of each tree. Because it contains all kinds of trees, not just fruiting trees, it also has information and photos about the quality of the wood. Lots of information not available in any other books about very rare fruits. This book was previously available only in Portuguese but now has come out in an English translation.



PROSEA-Plant Resources of South-East Asia 2, Edible Fruits and Nuts, ed. E. W. M. Verheig and R. E. Coronel

Lots of information on all the Asian tropical fruits, including a lot of information on the lesser known fruits--information not found anywhere else. Difficult to obtain but worth it for the real fruit enthusiast. Click Here for a online bookseller. Please note we are not associated with this company.


Brunei Darussalam Fruits in Colour, Haji Serudin D. S. T. Tingal

Mostly a coffee table book of the Asian fruits, but has information on some of the lesser known durian and artocarpus species, as well as some other little known fruits.


Wild Fruits and Vegetables in Sarawak, Department of Agriculture, Sarawak (Malaysia)

Another great resource for little known fruits of Asia. Unfortunately the book is very difficult to obtain.


Litchi Cultivation, FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper 83, Victor Galan Sauco

Lots of good in depth information on one of my favorite fruits.


Frutas Brasil Frutas, Silvestre Silva

Great "coffee table" type book of the fruits of Brazil. Nice large photos and plenty of local folklore. Text is in both English and Portuguese. This same author now has an enlarged and improved edition in English called
Fruit in Brazil. Click here for a complete online version of the book,including images,in Portuguese. There is also a hard copy version available in English.


Food and Fruit Bearing Species 3:Examples from Latin America, FAO Forestry Papers #44/3

If you want information on South American Fruits this is a great handbook with black and white line drawings. Mentions many fruits not found in other books.

Five Decades with Tropical Fruits, Bill Whitman

A compilation of articles written by Bill Whitman for the Rare Fruit Council magazine. Also proceedings from early Rare Fruit Council meetings. Tends to be rather repetitive, but worth it for the great photos and information on little known fruits.

Click here to see a list of books in Spanish about Tropical Fruits
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