Ecuador offers a great variety of exotic fruits. Fruit lovers will discover, along with all the common tropical fruits, many new varieties of fruit not imported or found in other parts of the World.
- taxo (banana passionfruit)
- gooseberries
- naranjilla
- tree tomato
- granadilla
- dragon fruit
- sweet cucumber
In Ecuador, fruit and vegetables are important for nutrition. Some fruits, such as avocadoes, appear in the best of Ecuador's traditional dishes, others are simply served as refreshing juices.
