There’s more than volcanoes and water in the rainforest. Below is a sampling of the different fruit that we encountered on our walk. <\/p>\n
Maranon<\/h3>\n
The maranon is a common fruit in Costa Rica. The bottom is similar to an apple. However, the real food is the seed — the cashew nut, which sits on the top of the apple-like body. <\/p>\n
Below is a better view of the cashew nut. The cashew must be roasted before it can be eaten. It’s poisonous when raw.<\/p>\n This is either a mandarin or an orange tree. Our guide called them mandarins but he wasn’t sure if this was the correct word in English. <\/p>\n Costa Rica isn’t exactly known for its mandarins and this was the only citrus type fruit we encountered. The next closest in appearance is the grenadilla<\/a>, which is similar on the outside but completely different on the inside. Lemons are apparently very prevalent. <\/p>\n La Ni\u00f1a<\/em> says to use extreme caution when eating this fruit in Costa Rica. It’s very very sour.<\/p>\n Fried, baked, and mashed, the musa (bananas and plantains) are a part of every meal in Costa Rica… like potatoes. In the photo below it is fried (at the top of the plate)… <\/p>\n …and here is musa in the wild. <\/p>\n They look small, but they are mighty and have way more taste then what we get in the supermarket. They come in different colours — here is the pink variety:<\/p>\n Not sure what these are… but they look fascinating.<\/p>\n This almost looks like coffee, but the plant part is all wrong.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/sm-P10401511.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nMandarins<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nMusa (Bananas)<\/h3>\n
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