Ten Tropical Fruit Facts
- Mangoes are loaded with Vitamin A, and high in Vitamin C, Postassium, and Iron.
- Chinese medical practitioners use mango to treat dysentery.
- Twelve lychees have less than seventy calories.
- Passionfruit get its name from its flowers, which Spanish missionaries thought resembled symbols of Christ’s Passion, such as the crown of thorns.
- Mangosteen are rumored to have been the favorite fruit of Queen Victoria.
- Orangutans love mangoes.
- Legend has it that an Emperor of the Tang Dynasty lost his throne because his insisted on having fresh lychees delivered to his concubine on a regular basis - at great cost to the Chinese people.
- Many people believe durian is an aphrodisiac.
- Mangoes have been used as a type of contraceptive.
- Lychee is a member of the soapberry family.
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