Five exotic fruits you must not miss in your lifetime
Exotic fruits are hard to find, but if trying unconventional delicacies is your thing, these five exotic fruits will leave you spell-bound. Looking like fruits straight out of an extra-terrestrial universe, these exotic fruits are intriguing to the eyes and beneficial for health.
Longan: With an appearance like lychee, longan is a close cousin of lychee. Having a thin, smooth, brown outer shell and a more translucent flesh, longan is sweeter and meatier. It has a more distinct taste than lychee.
 Rambutan: Of the same family as lychee and longan, rambutan is native to Southeast Asia.  With a bright red skin with green spikes shooting out, resembling hair, the rambutan isn’t as harmful as it looks. The spikes are soft and harmless and the skin can easily be pulled apart to a ball of white flesh that is wrapped around a large almond-shaped seed.
 Dragon fruit: Another fruit that is native to Southeast Asia, dragon fruit has a pink leathery skin ornamented with flaring green leaves. However, with dragon fruit the inside depends on which dragon fruit you pick, white or red. Both the red and white inside dragon fruit are speckled with tiny, edible black seeds and have the consistency of a pear but with a slight kiwi undertone.
 Guanabana: A native to Caribbean islands, guanabana has a taste similar to custard apple. Resembling a pear and mango with spiky hair,  the exotic fruit has a taste mixture of pineapple, banana and strawberry. The seeds are also practically identical to that of custard apple.
Mangosteen: With an appearance of a plum, it has thick, dark purple skin. Mangosteen is juicy and sweet with a hint of sourness and can be as refreshing as the watermelon.Â
Which of these exotic fruits would you like to try?