Would You Try These Odd Yet Delightful Fruits?

The custard apple family's rollinia tastes like creamy lemon sherbet or lemon meringue pie when ripe and fresh.

Rollinia

This perennial melon found in Southeast Asia has an orange-reddish color with a slimy, blood-red pulp that resembles internal organs. Gac tastes like a carrot-cantaloupe mix.

Gac 

Salak (or "snake fruit") has scaly skin. Despite looking like peeled garlic bulbs, the white flesh tastes sweet and acidic.

Salak 

Cherimoya—Some say it tastes like a banana and a pineapple, whereas others say it tastes like bubblegum.

Cherimoya 

luma or caimito—is from Brazil and Peru. Creamy and sweet with caramel and vanilla notes.

Abiu

Star apple (or "breast milk fruit")—Squeeze it, gulp the milky white fluid, then consume the inside flesh.

Star Apple

Citrus has no pulp, unlike oranges and lemons. Its all-rind makes it ideal for zesting and marmalading.

Buddha's Hand