There's No Way Anyone Can Name 100% Of These Fruits & Vegetables. Wanna Try?
- by Luke Beirne
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Calling all culinary fans! This one is for... well, maybe for just about everybody. This is a quiz all about fruit and vegetables. These are some of the most common items in any grocery store, kitchen, or restaurant! But just how well, really? Able to identify these thirty five fruits and vegetables just from a picture and a few simple hints? Let's see about that.
Despite their commonality, fruits and vegetables are not as simple as they may initially seem. As might be learned from reading the descriptions in these questions, many different foods that we consider to be vegetables are actually fruits when it comes down to the biology! Likewise, some vegetables are treated just like fruits when it comes to culinary preparation! Luckily, it's not necessary to figure out which of these are fruits and which are vegetables, but it is still surprisingly tricky to name these foods from a simple photograph!
We don't think that there is any way that anyone can correctly identify all of these fruits and vegetables. But by thinking differently, take this quiz now to prove us wrong! Then, share it with your friends to see who really knows the most about the foods that you eat!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
The plant in this picture is a certain variety of squash. This is one of those tricky ones! Even though it is commonly referred to as a vegetable, this squash is actually a fruit when it comes down to it! This particular variety of squash was developed in Italy during the 1800's, several hundred years after the introduction of the squash family to Europe from North America. This history can serve as a pretty good hint for identifying the name of this common culinary staple! (Wikipedia) Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This vegetable, like the previous one, is actually not a vegetable at all but is a fruit! It comes in a variety of different colours and flavours, which vary in sweetness based upon the colours! It is a plant which is native to Central America, but was taken to Spain in the late 1400's and became quite common across Europe and Asia in the centuries that followed. The particular variety pictured was likely developed in Hungary less than one hundred years ago. (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This crunchy vegetable has only been in existence since the year 1952. That's pretty new for a plant! Its creation was the result of purposeful cross breeding of two other closely related varieties of vegetable. By planting and harvesting this vegetable at different times, it is possible to grow various varieties, sizes, flavours, and textures of it. However, if it is left to grow for too long, the fibers may become much too stringy and hard, leaving the pod pretty much inedible! (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This much loved snacking fruit is a type of perennial berry which grows in the wild as well as in farmland! There are many different varieties of this fruit, which grow in different locations around the world and on different plants. As a result, the bush that it grows on may vary in appearance quite drastically from another! The color of this fruit can range from red to purple. The name likely derives from an older word meaning "a sweet rose-colored wine" (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This very common root vegetable is used for both human consumption and to feed animals in many farms! This vegetable has been grown by people since before the 15th Century in the area that is now India, and was common in Europe and Asia in the centuries that followed. It is considered to be a staple part of many diets, and is quite nutritious. Though it is commonly eaten boiled, this root vegetable becomes s about 94 percent water after it has been boiled! (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This vegetable, in the legume family of plants, is officially called Phaseolus coccineus. Though it looks quite similar to one of the other vegetables, it is a different plant! It originally grew in Central America, and is a common ornamental plant due to its vibrant red or white flowers and multi-colored seeds. Its vine can grow to over 9 feet long. Though generally green, they can also be grown to be purple. If these are not cooked, they can be toxic and are therefore inedible (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This is one of the most common vegetables in much cuisine, so this might be one of the easier questions to figure out on this quiz! It is generally used to add flavour to other foods, rather than serving as the main component of a meal itself. These vegetables can cause irritation to the eyes when being cut, and are well known for making people cry as a result. They have been grown and eaten for thousands of years in Eastern Asia (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This delicious fruit grows on a type of palm which likely originated in the Fertile Crescent, which is an area between Egypt and Mesopotamia that is very well known for its early agricultural civilizations. From this region, many common fruits and vegetables have spread around the world! There is evidence that this fruit was cultivated and eaten in this region as long ago as 6000 BCE, which was approximately 8000 years before today. This fruit is now widely grown across Asia and Africa. Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This fruit is also known, officially, as the Sambucus. It is a flowering plant which blooms in white and cream coloured clusters during the springtime. The juice of this plant is often used to produce syrup or wine, and the plant is also eaten by both animals in the wild and people. It is often grown wild, but can be domesticated for personal or commercial cultivation in farms or gardens. In Romania, a popular soft drink known as socată is produced from this plant (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This distinctive curled vegetable must be harvested early in the season, or else its trademark stem will continue to grow and straighten out. While it is still edible after it has straightened, it is not as popular in this form! This vegetable is actually a type of fern, and grows in more than nine varieties. For centuries, this vegetable has been a common food in numerous cultures spanning the breadth of the globe, and is featured in a lot of artwork due to its distinctive look (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This staple food item has been present in culinary traditions in Asia for thousands of years. It is now quite common in the culinary traditions of much of the planet! The English name for this food derives from a combination of several Middle English words, which collectively referred to a "spear-shaped leek". Though there are only two main sub species of this plant, there are hundreds of different varieties within these subspecies, some of which are considered protected species in certain regions (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
Though you may not have ever guessed it, this fruit is actually a single extra large berry! It is thought to have originated in the Tehuacan Valley region of what is now modern day Mexico, however, it is very possible that it was widespread throughout the region even before this time. It has also been argued that the fruit was likely domesticated in three separate land races in the region. Archaeologists have found pits from this fruit that are 10,000 years old (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This fruit is also known by its scientific name Ribes uva-crispa, and it is closely related to the currant. Though it is generally green, the berries on this plant can also be purple, red, white, or yellow. Like many of the others, this is a plant of contested origins, with a presence in Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa. The fruit grows on a bush which can reach up to 5 feet in height, and contains sharp protective spines along the branches (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This highly recognizable fruit is green and fibrous on the inside, and brown and fuzzy on the outside! Despite being native to the region that is now modern day China, the name of this fruit came about due to its exportation from New Zealand in the middle of the last century! New Zealand also served as the base for the first commercial productions of this fruit. In recent years, most of the world's production of this fruit has taken place in China (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This food is the edible part of a plant which is a very common member of the gourd family! Though its appearance might fool you, this is another one of those tricky vegetables that is actually a fruit in the botanic sense! In culinary pursuits, however, it is almost always treated as a vegetable. This fruit is commonly grown and eaten all across the globe, but is originally native to parts of the region that is now collectively referred to as India (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This flavorful plant is a close relative of the mustard plant. This plant was originally grown and cultivated in the areas that are now referred to as Northern Europe and the Middle East a very long time ago. It is a highly nutritious herb, and it is also a flowering plant which can grow to about 60 centimeters tall. This plant is nearly 90% water, but also contains a substantial amount of vitamins and minerals as well as a small amount of protein (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This common vegetable is part of the plant family commonly known as cabbages or crucifers. It has a hard white head which is eaten, and grows upon a leafy stem. Though white heads are the most common, the plant can also be green, orange, or even purple. However, some purple varieties sold are not actually the same plant, but are a closely related species (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This fruit, which is officially known by the name Aronia, is common to both North America and Europe, particularly Eastern North America, which is where it originates from. The edible portion of this fruit is a small berry which can vary in color from black, to purple or red. The leafy plant that this fruit grows on also flowers with many small white petals. The fruit is used for raw consumption or as an ingredient in baking, wine making, syrups or juice (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This vegetable plant has edible flower buds as well as berries, making it quite resourceful! This tasty plant is native to the Mediterranean Basin area of the world, which covers certain parts of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Some scientists claim that it may have actually originally been cultivated in Tropical regions and moved to the Mediterranean later on. This plant does not do particularly well in the cold due to its susceptibility to frost, but can grow well in very high heats (Wikipedia) Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This sweet fruit, which is also referred to in certain regions as a spanspek or rockmelon, originally was grown in regions of South Asia and Africa. It is a very common food, which often serves as an appetizer before main courses in dinners, or as a dessert in the aftermath of them. This fruit is orange in colour on the inside, and greenish grey on the outside. It is very high in water content, but contains a large amount of vitamins as well (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This very common vegetable is available in various colours, such as green, purple, and white. It is an extremely common staple in the diets of many regions in the world, due to its hardiness and ease of cultivation. This vegetable was likely domesticated and cultivated for human consumption before the year 1000 BCE. Interestingly, this plant takes about two years to complete its entire growth cycle, however, when eating the head it can be picked in the first year of this cycle (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
You guessed it: this common vegetable is, technically, actually a fruit! Like the avocado, it is a large berry. Unlike the avocado, this berry contains a large number of small seeds rather than one large one. This fruit is extremely old in culinary traditions. It has been eaten in regions such as modern day Mexico and Western South America long before written records began to make note of it. It spread to Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America in the 16th and 17th centuries (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This common type of cabbage is known for its distinctive leafy shape, which does not take on the round shape of a head like most other cabbages. This healthy plant has been cultivated by humans for at least four thousand years, with the oldest known cultivation being in the Mediterranean Basin region beginning around 2000 BCE. It is a very easily grown, nutritious garden vegetable which has been introduced into the diets of many different cultures around the world since its origin (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This common garden vegetable is also known colloquially by the names rocket or garden rocket, and sometimes by the name eruca. Like many of the other vegetables listed, these are regional terms. It is a leafy plant which grows up to 40 inches in height. Its origins, like many other vegetables in this list, are in the Mediterranean Basin region long ago. It is very commonly eaten in salads due to its strong peppery flavour, which meshes well with the bland taste of many other leaves (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This type of cabbage is common worldwide, but is grown particularly in Southeast Asia and China. This is a certain type of Cabbage from China, which encompasses a variety of vegetables. It is known by various names around the world such as péchay in the Philippines, or qīng cài in China. Rather than shaping its leaves into a round head, like many other cabbages, this cabbage forms a tall layer of leaves around the stems, which grow in a manner similar to celery (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
These tiny little vegetables are grown around the world, but originated in the Mediterranean region! They are quite distinctive for their small size but very strong flavor. They are members of the Brassicaceae family and can be grown to be green, purple, or red in color! They are approximately an inch to an inch and a half in size, and contain layers and layers of miniature leaves around their head. In modern times, the world's supply of this vegetable largely sources from Europe (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This delicious type of squash is very common in North America. It has a pale yellow colour which deepens to a rich orange as the squash becomes riper. While treated as a vegetable in most culinary practices, this is actually a fruit, botanically speaking! Though very common, this fruit has been present only since the mid 1900's! If you know the name of the town that is was cultivated in, you might have a clue as to the name of this fruit! (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This common vegetable, which is generally eaten only for its stalks rather than the large green leaves, is widely consumed and grown around the world. It was introduced to North America in the 1700's. It has been used as a medicinal plant in China for thousands of years, and was probably originally a plant native to Asia. Despite this, the bitterness of the stalks has meant that in many areas of the globe they were not eaten until relatively recently when sugar became more widespread (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This sweet fruit, which is officially the fruit of a tree by the name Acca sellowiana, is very common in regions of South America. This plant has a large number of names which vary be region. The tree that this fruit grows on can develop to over 20 feet in height and is a perennial, meaning that it survives and regrows its fruit over many years. Though this fruit grows in warm environments, it is tolerant to frost and requires cold to properly fruit (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
The official, scientific, name for the plant that this berry grows upon is the Synsepalum dulcificum. This shrub grows about 6 to 15 feet. In the regions that it originates, it is known by various names such as agbayun, ledidi, and taami. Across the areas where it was later introduced, it has received various nicknames. This mysterious fruit has the unusual effect of causing sour foods eaten after it to taste sweet. This generally lasts for a period of about 30 minutes (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This fruit is generally cultivated for use in spices or seasonings, as well as oils and butter. You may be surprised to discover that this is a fruit at all! Though grown in what appears to be a nut, this fruit is rarely eaten in its raw form and is almost always ground into a powder following a six to eight week long drying process. Here's a hint! The spice Mace is also produced from this fruit, but from the seed covering rather than the seed itself (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This little fruit is a common berry in North America. In terms of botanics, this is actually several types of berries in the Ericaceae family which are referred to colloquially by the same name. These berries are small, dark, and range in size from 0.2 to 0.4 inches. It is grown in forests, basins, and bogs and is very difficult to domesticate through the planting of seeds, possibly due to its root structure. This berry is also the "state fruit of Idaho" (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This unusual vegetable is most recognizable for the texture that its stringy interior takes after it has been cooked. Though, the interior remains in its original hard, solid form before it has been cooked. If you can figure this part out, you should have no problem guessing the name. This plant grows with vines containing numerous yellow flowers. It is quite popular in different cuisines around the globe, and is has become a common food item in many amateur gardens. It can vary in color from bright yellow, to orange, to off white (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
The name of this particular fruit can be roughly translated to mean "fruit". This delicious fruit developed in various regions across Africa, Asia, and Europe during the prehistoric period, and it has been represented in the history or archaeology of multiple cultures spanning this region. It is quite possible that the earliest form of this fruit developed in the region that is now modern day Western China, very very long ago, and spread rapidly across Asia, Africa, and Europe through trade and natural spreading (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!
What Is This Fruit or Vegetable?
This fruit is a combination of both sweet and sour! It is a citrus fruit, and is often considered to be one of the most flavorful varieties. It is a large, orange skinned fruit with a pinkish interior! Generally, the redder the interior of this fruit, the sweeter. It originally was created by accident in Barbados as a cross between two other pre-existing fruits! The trees that it grows on can reach 20 feet in height, and flower with medium sized white flowers (Wikipedia). Can you identify the food in this picture? If so, select the answer from the options below!