12 Exotic Tropical Fruits You've Never Heard Of: Snake Fruit Will Amaze Your Taste Buds

2. Jabuticaba (Plinia cauliflora)

developing straight on the trunk and branches of its tree, this Brazilian grape-like fruit creates an amazing display that seems to challenge accepted developing trends in nature. Thick skin on dark purple to black fruits guards their tasty, white or rosy pink flesh. With each fruiting cycle lasting just a few days from flowering to maturing, jabuticaba can produce fruits several times over the year unlike most fruits bearing seasons.

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Often described as a complex mix of grape, lychee, and berries, the taste is somewhat sour enough for fresh consumption as well as processing into jams, wines, and liqueurs. Anthocyanins, strong antioxidants that give the fruit its dark hue and several health advantages including anti-inflammatory qualities and possible cancer-fighting ability, abound in it. Though it grows slowly, the tree can live for several decades and bears fruit all of that period. According to local legends, jabuticaba could boost immune system strength and enhance skin condition.