Ok Ben left a comment for Kumquat to be December’s Fruit of the Month but after receiving an extremely funny email from Sam suggesting Jackfruit, Jackfruit won. Never Fear the Kumquat will probably feature as January’s Fruit of the month.
Following information is from Wikipedia
The jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus or Artocarpus heterophylla[1]) is a species of tree in the mulberry family (Moraceae), which is native to parts of South and Southeast Asia. It is the national fruit ofBangladesh. It is called Kanthal in Bangla, Panasa in Sanskrit, Katahal in Hindi, Halasu in Kannada, Pala in Tamil and Chakka in Malayalam language. It is well suited to tropical lowlands. Its fruit is the largest tree borne fruit in the world[2], seldom less than about 25 cm (10 in) in diameter.
Jackfruit in popular culture, it is becoming apparent that a lot of people either name their band after fruit or write songs about fruit. Meet British Columbia 4 piece Jackfruit.