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Where can I find a list of fruit trees that grow in the Amazon?

I'm currently eating a mostly raw vegan diet, and I'm trying to transition to fruitarian diet. But I live in Northern Europe, and the fruit options here are very limited. Obviously I'd be better living some place topical, and I've been seeing some posts from some sustainable communities in South America.

Specifically, there seems to be many permaculture projects in the Amazon that are able to grow their own fruits in fruit-heavy forest gardens. I've learned about a lot of new exotic fruits from some of their videos, but what I really want is a comprehensive list of all the fruits that one can grow in the Amazon.

Does anyone know where I can find a list of fruits that grow in the Amazon (native and non-native)?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I strongly recommend you reconsider your planned diet. I don't know of an ethical case to restrict eating to fruits (or raw food for that matter).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

There's a great agroforestry community in Ecuador (Lumicon) that has a list on their website of over 200 plants that they grow.

Many of them are fruit trees, and it also includes many natural and native species to the region, which is in Napo provence – that's the Ecuadorian Amazon Jungle.

They're also a frugivorous vegan community, so you may want to check them out :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

To be honest, it isn't really a good idea to pursue raw veganism or fruitatarianism. This is outside the scope of veganism which is an moral belief about animal rights and standing up against the exploitation of animals. That said You can find a list of fruit trees that grow in the Amazon on wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fruits_originating_in_South_America

The fact is though that South America and the Amazon is part of the modern world and they grow all the types of fruit trees there and are a big agricultural exporter of all kinds of fruits around the world. Not just the Amazon but Central America too. Everything from papayas which are native to bananas which are native to SE Asia.

Humans have evolved to eat cooked starches and a starch based diet with fruits and raw vegetables as a seasonal compliment to this. What this looks like is a diet rich in whole grains, beans, and vegetables with lots of salad and of course fruit as well. The only things we don't need to be eating are animal products and refined foods like white sugar and oil.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I like fruit but I wouldn't want to just restrict myself to that stuff.