Lists of most common fruits of Nepal (Nepali-English)
(Phalphulharu)
Aanp -
Mango
Ainselu -
Raspberry (yellow, red, black)
Alubukhara
- Plum
Amalaa - Gooseberry
Ambaa or
Ammaa - Guava
Anaar -
Pomegrante
Angoor -
Grape
Anjir - Fig
Aru – Peach
Bayar -
Indian Plum, Chinese Date
Bel - Wood
Apple
Bhuin
Katahar – Pineapple
Bimiro –
Citron
Chaaksi
- Mild Orange
Chutro –
Barberry
Chinia
Naspaati – Chinese Pear
Daakh –
Grape
Daarim –
Pomegranate
Haade Bayer
- Bead Plum
Haade Okhar
- Thick-shell black walnut
Haluaabed -
Persimmon
Jaamun –
Black Plum, Java Plum
Junaar -
Junar Orange
Jyaamir -
Lemon (very sour)
Kaathe
Jyamir – Rough Lemon – (Citrus jambhiri)
Kaalo
Jyamir – Rough Lemon (Chook-amilo Lemon)
Kaagati -
Lime - (green)
Kera -
Banana
Khajoor -
Date
Kharbooza -
Musk Melon
Khurpaani -
Apricot
Kimbu -
Mulberry (black, red)
Lichi -
Lichee Fruit
Maushambi -
Orange (sweet)
Mayal -
Wild Pear
Muntalaa –
Kumquat
Nariwal -
Coconut
Nashpaati -
Pear
Nibua - Lemon (yellow)
Paiyun -
Cherry
Papitaa or
Mewaa - Papaya
Ram Phal –
Custard Apple
Rukh Kathar
- Jack Fruit
Sati Bayar
– Pleasantly sour-sweet fruit (Nepal sumac)
Sariphaa -
Custard Apple or Sugar Apple
Shayau -
Apple
Suntalaa -
Tangerine
Tarbooza -
Watermelon
A Visual Guide to Fruits of Nepal - (English-Nepali with Images) - (Part 1 of 3)
A Visual Guide to Fruits of Nepal - (English-Nepali with Images) - (Part 2 of 3)
A Visual Guide to Fruits of Nepal - (English-Nepali with Images) - (Part 3 of 3)
A Visual Guide to Fruits of Nepal - (English-Nepali with Images) - (Part 1 of 3)
A Visual Guide to Fruits of Nepal - (English-Nepali with Images) - (Part 2 of 3)
A Visual Guide to Fruits of Nepal - (English-Nepali with Images) - (Part 3 of 3)
Lichi Fruit - (Lichee) |
A Nepali road side vendor prepares to sell her freshly picked lichee fruit. |
Lemon (Nibuwa) |
Pear (Nashpaati) |
Colorful fruits and vegetable market - fresh starts here! Something for everyone! |
Pummelo or Pomelo - (Bhogate) |
Pomegranate - (Anaar or Darim) |
Close up view of Pomegranate - (Anaar or Darim) |
Persimmon Tree and Fruits - (Haulabed Rukh ma Phaleko) |
Persimmon - (Haluabed) |
Custard Apples - (Sarifa) |
Selling freshly peeled papaya and pineapple in front of Ratna Park area of Kathmandu. |
A street vendor selling the most delicious "Pokhara ko suntala" (loose-skin tangerine-mandarins) from Pokhara. So sweet and flavorful and easy to peel and split into segments. |
A road-side vendor attends to a clients and counts her change. |
Fresh tangerine for sale |
A Suntala (orange) vendor waits for customers at a busy intersection. |
Guava - (Ambaa or Ammaa) |
Gooseberry, the medicinal fruit - (Amalaa) |
A woman sells freshly picked Thulo Amalaa (Indian Gooseberry) at a corner of a busy Kathmandu market. |
Indian Gooseberry on tree (Amala ko Rukh) |
Bimiro - Citron |
Indian Gooseberry - (Amalaa), Red Bayar and Sati Bayar in the back – Pleasantly sour-sweet tiny fruit. |
Banana - (Nepali Kera) |
A fresh fruit seller is waiting for customers in a busy open market - fresh watermelon and papaya. |
Photo of a busy vegetable market during festival season. |
Taking a picture of two women selling Peanuts (Badaam) in a popular tourist area near Basantapur, Kathmandu. |
Why two pictures of the peanut vendors? They were not happy with my previous shot, so they made me take another photo......look at them posing!!!! |
The two ladies again requested me to take a close-up picture of their local peanut. |
Jack Fruit - (Rukh Kathar) |
Grapes - (Angoor, Daakh) A Visual Guide to Fruits of Nepal - (English-Nepali with Images) - (Part 1 of 3) A Visual Guide to Fruits of Nepal - (English-Nepali with Images) - (Part 2 of 3) A Visual Guide to Fruits of Nepal - (English-Nepali with Images) - (Part 3 of 3) Copyright InformationAll information on the Taste of Nepal blog are restricted use under copyright law. You may not re-use words, stories, photographs, or other posted material without the explicit written consent and proper credit to Jyoti Pathak. If you would like to use any materials here, please contact me. |
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DeleteThank you for visiting the "Taste of Nepal" blog and taking time to go through my blog and leaving such a nice comment. I really appreciate it. Welcome to Kathmandu and wishing you a great stay here.... jyoti
This blog is very interesting information to translate Nepali fruit name to English... i appreciate your work ... thanks.. Janak
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DeleteI am so delighted that you came across my blog and found it interesting. All I am trying to do is to introduce Nepal's culinary heritage. Please accept my Namaskar and good wishes, Jyoti
what is the name of Damaura fruit
Deletegreat photos....hailing from India, I know most of these fruits...loved watching them..
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DeleteGood blogpost. What is SANKATRO in English? Really difficult to find them these days in Nepal but they make really good "pachak".
ReplyDeleteHi Lochan - Thank you for writing. Sankatro is dried lemon chews - they are prepared from Nepali lemons, we call it nibuwa. Sankatro is used as a home remedy to aid digestion and to cure stomach disorders and nausea. They are slowly chewed any time of the day or after meals.
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DeleteHey i just stop by your site seeing an wonderful article.. i was searching for indigenous fruits of Nepal for my horticulture assignment and it helped me .. Thanks..Keep on updating such articles..
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Deletegreat achievement, mostly helpful for horticulturist and also for foreigner. It will be more appropriate, if scientific name of fruits also included with along with the fruits name
ReplyDeleteYes Nawraj Gurung, very interesting observation! Appreciate you stopping by... I will try to work on scientific names of the fruits and vegetables! Great suggestion...Namaskar!
DeleteI need Khurpani (Apricot) or it's Seeds. Can anyone suggest me the place where I can find that.
ReplyDeleteCan my blog readers help here! I have no idea where to find Apricot seeds! Good luck!
DeleteYou can find Khurpani in Jurethum, Nuwakot. The place os famous for the name 35 kilo. Which is 35km ahead on the way from Kathmandu New Buspark Gongabu to Nuwakot via Kakani. But its seasonal fruit.
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ReplyDeleteI also found Tamarillos in the Pokhara mountain valleys, and on the market of Kathmandou, as well as goyavas.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ebubu for commenting.....and thank you for giving the information about Tamarillos and Guavas.
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Deletegreat compilation very informative
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Deletehi miss/madam Jyoti pathak, i sincerely visited your posts and read some very well. u have quite a good knowledge on various fruits,vegetables, baries n other Nepali cusins. i m in search of some of ur knowledge n informations on some fruits of Nepal medicinally important but not well renouned or famous in the comunity. we may have heard about it or tested it or even liked it but not its benefits n mode of use. so could you be able to help me out with my upcoming research work in one of the fruits of baries category i.e. sati bayer. i would be great ful to you if you would provide some reliable information important in my research work. i would be waiting to hearing from you. my email address is-
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Namaskar Bibek - Thank you for stopping by and leaving such a kind comment....and great to know you found my post helpful......about Sati Bayar (सति बयर) - below is the summary only, for more content, photographs, information, and more on Nepal Medicinal Plants, you will probably have to do more research -
DeleteCommon Name: Nepal Sumac, Nepali Sati Bayar, Satbesi (Newari), Satibro (Tamang)
Bot. name: Rhus parviflora Roxb
Family: Anacardiaceae
Small shrubby plant with aromatic foliage
The fruit is round and reddish brown when ripe - eaten usually after removing the husk
- source - "An introduction to Nepalese Food Plants" by P. P. Regmi
It a great work. I am outside Nepal and I was asked by collegues to do a presentation about fruits available in Nepal. This was a great help for me!
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Deletemay you please post some photos of anjir (figs) please? I don't know if it is available in our market or not.
ReplyDeleteAppreciate your comment! I have captured several pictures of figs (anjeer) growing in Nepal. I will be posting the picture in the second part of "The Lists of Most Common Fruits of Nepal".
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Deleteplease tell me the nepali name of goji berry
ReplyDelete...I have been searching the Nepali or local name of Himalayan Goji berries for a while, but no luck. Can any of my blog readers help me - these berries are growing wild in which part of Nepal?
DeleteHi, I am also looking Nepali name of Goji berry as well where can we find Goji berry in Nepal.
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What is the English word for 'Khaniun'?
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DeleteThank you for identifying this fruit.... some kind of wild fig - Khanyu (खन्यु), Timilo, Nivara, Dumri, Gular (Hind) - Ficus auriculata - please ck my Facebook page, "Taste of Nepal" for pictures...
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DeleteThanks for the information...but m looking for damaura.. I dont know the english name...plz send me the photos of this fruits.my mail id is karkiandfriends@gmail.com ...i only know that it found in forest.. At 60 feet above on trees...
ReplyDeleteThank you for writing....I am sorry I do not know anything about "damaura fruit".
DeleteOoh so nice blog. Fruits Images are specially I appreciate. All of these fruits are my most favorite. You touched my heart with these fruits Images. God bless you. Thanks. For baby names in Nepal origin, please recommend BabyNamesCube.com
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ReplyDeleteHi ! Do you know what is "KARUNA" called in english ?
ReplyDeleteI guess it is called cranberry
Deletethanks..plz do list the rare herbs,cereals and vegetables only found in nepal.We nepalese need a revolution in our dieting habits...There are so many unique nepali nutritious food practices which has to be included as daily staples just like okinawan way of life longetivity..We also can nationalized our revolutionary diet..
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DeleteHi, I really hope you still get these notification. I have a friend who grew up in Nepal and for his birthday I wanted to get him the type of mango he would eat locally there (he always comments on how the mangos there taste better). I was hoping you might know what the name is of the type of mango he is talking about. He is from Kathmandu, Nepal ( I believe that is how you spell it), he said it's around the middle of Nepal as a whole.
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting - to answer your question, there are so many different varieties of mangoes come in all kind of shapes, sizes, and color - my best ones are Alphonso, Malda, Dasheri and Bombay yellow
DeletePlz तिंजु (तिदु) को अंग्रेजी नाम के हो त्यो पनि थाहा पाउन पाए राम्रो हुन्थ्याे ।
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DeleteThanks a lot. I am visiting soon there. Any idea of season fruit in March ?
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DeleteThank you for visiting my blog. Most common fruits available during mid February - mid April & May....they are guava, pomegranate, custard apple, papaya, Asian pear, raw mangoes, pineapple, strawberries and jack fruits....
whats japanese cherry called in nepali? (the one that gives typical cherry blossom)
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DeleteVery much helpful and informative blog. Thank you for all this compilation.
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DeleteThanks a lot for the details about nepalese name of many fruits. Really helpful details.
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ReplyDeleteWhat are these fruits called in English?
ReplyDeleteTiju, Chiuree, Angeri, Chutro,
Thank you for commenting. Here is what I found:
DeleteChiuri - Nepali butter tree
Not. Name - Aesandra butyraceae
Use - seeds used to extract butter
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Chutro - Nepal Barberry
Not. Name - Berberis aristata
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No information on Tiju and Angeri
Please share the English name if you find out. Thank you ��
Thank you for commenting. Here is what I found:
DeleteChiuri - Nepali butter tree
Bot. Name - Aesandra butyraceae
Use - seeds used to extract butter
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Chutro - Nepal Barberry
Bot. Name - Berberis aristata
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No information on Tiju and Angeri
Please share the English name if you find out. Thank you 🙏
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ReplyDeleteFrom where i can buy all these berries in kathmandu.. plz share
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by my blog. All the fruit pictures were captured at Kathmandu, Pokhara and Chitwan markets. You will be able to find this at fruit and vegetable markets. 🙏
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ReplyDeleteVery informative blog jyoti pathak ji, i like this post.. i am looking "halwabedh" but its ok
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What do we call Goji Berry in Nepali?
ReplyDelete“Wolfberry plants or goji berries (Lycium barbarum) can be found growing wild in Nepal and have recently received much renown in the West for the nutritional and curative properties associated with them. Goji berry juice can now be found in many health food stores in the West and is an excellent source of antioxidants. The goji berry plant is woody-stemmed large bush that grows between 1-3m tall. Depending on altitude and climate, goji berries will bud with bright lavender and light purple flowers anywhere from June to September. Their berries are ellipsoid in shape and dark red in colour, growing up to 2cm in length and ripening as late as October.” information from https://www.greathimalayatrails.com/ght-about-nepal/goji-berry-or-wolfberry/
Delete..... Hi, I am also looking Nepali name of Goji berry as well where can we find Goji berry in Nepal.
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Hi Jyoti, good morning,came across your blog, found very informative on fruits of Nepal, Being interested in growing fruits it would be of great help if you could provide information regarding out of these which one can be grown up in terai
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Thanks for sharing such beautiful information with us. I hope you will share some more information about fruits.Please keep sharing.
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ReplyDeleteIt has become a million dollar question. I couldn't find so i am asking. what is किच्चि called in english? किच्चि has red berries with yellowish grain like pulp inside and it has white flowers. It is about 5 to 7 meters in height. It has slender green leaves Its commonly seen in Dharan and surrounding areas.
ReplyDeleteIt's truly inspiring to get to learn these fruits. I'm also a food dictionary writer. I have published my Falang Food Dictionary.
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Ed,Mayal,Sukila apple varities in nepal?
Mayal,Pharping pear varities in nepal?
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