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Fruits फल

Complete growing encyclopedias for 25 Indian fruits — from mango to avocado. Planting, care, grafting, harvest and nutritional information.

25 Indian fruits की complete growing encyclopedia — mango से avocado तक। Planting, care, grafting, harvest और nutritional information।

25 Edibles

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Mango Aam Growing India — National Fruit Complete Encyclopedia

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Mangifera indica

Mango / Aam — India's national fruit (4000+ years). Always buy GRAFTED (3-5 yr fruit vs 8-10 yr seedling). 1000+ varieties. Alternate bearing fix. 100-300 year tree life!

🌱 June-July (monsoon) or Feb-March | Grafted plant only ⏱️ Grafted: 3-5 years | Tree life: 100-300 years!

Mango Aam National Fruit

🌍 Northeast India and Myanmar — 4,000+ years cultivation View Guide →

Banana Kela Growing India — World Largest Producer Encyclopedia

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Musa acuminata / M. balbisiana / hybrids

Banana / Kela — not a tree (world's largest herb!). India largest producer. Ratoon crops 5-10 years. Flower + stem + fruit + leaf ALL edible. Raw banana = prebiotic resistant starch.

🌱 From suckers — March-June best | Perennial ratoon cropping ⏱️ 12-18 months from sucker | 5-10 years via ratoon management

Banana Kela World Largest Herb

🌍 Papua New Guinea and Southeast Asia — 8,000+ years cultivation View Guide →

Guava Amrud Growing India — Most Nutritious Fruit Encyclopedia

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अमरूद / पेरू

Psidium guajava

Guava / Amrud — 4x more Vitamin C than oranges! India's most nutritious underrated fruit. Leaf tea proven for diabetes + diarrhea. Drought tolerant. 50-100 kg/year mature tree.

🌱 June-July or Feb-March | Grafted plant recommended | Twice-yearly fruit ⏱️ Grafted: 2-3 years | 50-100 kg per mature tree annually

Guava Amrud 4x Vitamin C

🌍 Central America and Mexico — Portuguese brought to India 17th century View Guide →

Lemon Nimbu Growing India — Citrus Encyclopedia Container Garden

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नींबू

Citrus aurantifolia (Kagzi lime) | C. limon (true lemon) | C. sinensis (sweet lime)

Lemon / Nimbu — squeeze on every iron-rich meal (3-6x absorption boost!). One container tree = family's year-round needs. Drought stress triggers flowering. Kagzi > imported yellow.

🌱 Feb-March or June-July | Grafted | Near year-round fruiting ⏱️ Grafted: 2-3 years | 300-800 fruits/year mature tree

Lemon Nimbu Kagzi Lime

🌍 South and Southeast Asia — India and Myanmar region View Guide →

Papaya Papita Growing India — Fastest Fruit Plant Encyclopedia

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Papaya / Papita

पपीता

Papaya / Papita — fastest fruit (9-12 months from seed!). Plant 5 seedlings, remove males. AVOID raw papaya in pregnancy. Leaf juice for dengue (clinically studied). Seeds = antiparasitic.

🌱 March-June from seed or seedling | Year-round tropical areas ⏱️ 9-12 months from seed — fastest common fruit! | 3-5 years productive

Papaya Papita 9-12 Month Fruit

🌍 Central America and Mexico — Portuguese brought 16th century View Guide →

Pomegranate Anar Growing India — Sacred Medicinal Fruit Encyclopedia

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Pomegranate / Anar

Punica granatum

Pomegranate / Anar — peel has 3x red wine antioxidants (dry it, never throw!). Most drought-tolerant fruit tree. 5,000 year Indian history. Cutting propagation easy. Mahashtra = world #1.

🌱 Feb-March or June-July | Cutting propagation 70-80% success ⏱️ Cutting: 2-3 years | 50-150 fruits/year mature tree

Pomegranate Anar Peel Medicinal

🌍 Iran to Northern India — 5,000+ years. Sanskrit texts mention it. View Guide →

Watermelon Tarbooj Growing India — Summer Fruit Encyclopedia

🍎 Fruits 🌱 Medium

Watermelon / Tarbooj

तरबूज

Citrullus lanatus

Watermelon / Tarbooj — more lycopene than tomatoes! Rind = sabzi (citrulline for BP). Seeds = 28g protein (roast them!). Reduce water last 2 weeks = sweeter fruit. Rooftop ideal.

🌱 Feb-March (main) | June-July (monsoon) ⏱️ 70-90 days from sowing — 30-35 days after pollination

Watermelon Tarbooj More Lycopene Than Tomato

🌍 West Africa (Kalahari) — domesticated Egypt 5,000 years ago View Guide →

Strawberry Growing India — Mahabaleshwar Fruit Encyclopedia

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स्ट्रॉबेरी

Fragaria × ananassa

Strawberry — #1 food source of Fisetin (longevity compound!). Oct-Nov ONLY in plains. Runner propagation = infinite free plants. Does NOT ripen after picking — harvest fully red.

🌱 Oct-Nov runners (plains) | Year-round (hills) — runners not seeds! ⏱️ 3-4 months from runner | Free runners = infinite propagation

Strawberry Fisetin Longevity Oct-Nov Window

🌍 North America — modern cultivar hybridized France 1750s View Guide →

Fig Anjeer Growing India — Ancient Fruit Complete Encyclopedia

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अंजीर

Fig / Anjeer — 11,000 years old (older than wheat!). Fresh figs 99% Indians haven't tasted. Soak 2-3 dried overnight = best constipation remedy. Winter dormancy = NOT dead. Easy cutting.

🌱 Feb-March cutting from dormant wood | Container excellent ⏱️ Cutting: 2 years | Two crops: Breba + Main (Aug-Oct)

Fig Anjeer 11000 Years Old

🌍 Middle East and Western Asia — 11,000 years! Older than wheat. View Guide →

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