Exotic Fruits Season

Madagascar has a few fruit surprises. Red-colored lychees infatuate with their sweetness and juiciness. Another exotic fruit which must be tried in Madagascar is passionfruit. Both yellow-skinned and purple-skinned kinds are worth tasting, they are quite similar, yet yellow passionfruit is a bit tarter. A ripe jackfruit is big and weights about 20 pounds. Muskmelon fruit exists only in Madagascar. Most fruits ripen in wet and hot summer season, starting from September when jackfruit and muskmelon are harvested, through December, when lychee harvest take place.

Pther fruits grown in Madagascar are apples, bananas, coconuts, guavas, mangoes, papayas, passion fruit, peaches, pineapples and strawberries.