Fresh figs are not the only juicy, sweet treat from distant lands. Numerous other fruits compete for your culinary favor. We invite you to explore the best fig-like fruits available in the store.
Which fruit is similar to figs?
ThePrickly Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) is very similar to the figs (Ficus carica). Numerous exotic fruits pamper the palate with juicy, sweet, fig-like pulp. These include pineapple, cherimoya, dragon fruit, date, pomegranate, guava, jackfruit, kiwi, lychee, mango, passion fruit, nashi, papaya, pepino, star fruit and tamarillo.
What fruit can you confuse figs with?
Figs (Ficus carica) are most often confused withPrickly pears (Opuntia ficus-indica). Apart from the similar name, both fruits come from subtropical regions, have a soft skin and juicy, sweet flesh. The main season for figs and prickly pears in Germany is from July to November. Other similarities include he althy ingredients such as vitamins and fiber as well as a short shelf life.
The most important difference between exotic fruits is that you can eat the peel of figs. The prickly pear peel is not edible.
Which fruit has fig-like properties?
With similar properties to fresh figs, numerousexotic fruits from A, such as pineapple, to Z, such as the lemon fruit pomelo, delight. We invite you to take a tour of the best fig-like fruits you can buy in Germany:
- Avocado (Persea americana)
- Cherimoya (Annona cherimola)
- Dragon fruit (pitahaya) and date (dactylifera)
- Guava (Psidium), Pomegranate (Punica granatum)
- Hornmelon (Kiwano)
- Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
- Kaki (Diospyros kaki), Kiwi (Actinidia deliciosa)
- Lychee, lime (lime)
- Mango (Mangifera indica) and passion fruit (Passiflora edulis)
- Nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia)
- Papaya (Carica papaya) and Pepino (Solanum muricatum)
- Starfruit (Averrhoa carambola)
- Tamarillo (Solanum betaceum)
Tip
Figs can be grown on the wall of the house
Unlike most exotic fruits, you can grow figs yourself in Germany. A fig tree thrives best on the sunny wall of the house, ideally as an espalier fruit on the west or south side and with light winter protection. On the sun-drenched balcony, a fig tree as a potted plant will give you a lush harvest from August, followed by a frost-free winter from October/November.
