15 Strange Fruits That Look Like Aliens

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From a disgusting smelly fruit called the Durian to the Romanesco that looks other worldly here are strange fruits that look like aliens. Subscribe to Talltanic http://goo.gl/wgfvrr # 10 Wood Apple To many of us Westerners, the Wood Apple looks completely unfamiliar. It kind of looks like a wooden coconut filled with strange looking pulp. Although they’re pretty much non-existent in the States, in Sri Lanka they’re as abundant as any other innocuous fruit. The wood apple has an outer exterior so hard it has to be cracked open with a small hammer! # 9 Salak The Salak is also called the snake fruit, for obvious reasons. Personally, I think it looks a lot like a dragon egg. The fruit has a scaley and prickly outside that makes it look and feel like an inedible cactus. Just like the main character in a teen movie, when you peel off it’s hard exterior on the inside is a very sweet and nearly addictive fruit. It’s a loved delicacy in the regions its native too but die hard Snakefruit fans have to be careful not to overindulge. Eating too much of it can give you a pretty painful bout of constipation. # 8 Dragon Fruit These strikingly vibrant fruit have a completely unique look and taste. Their fiery and otherworldly appearance earned them the nickname “Dragon fruit”. They may not be in your local wal-mart but you should definitely try to get your hands on one of these if you can. The fruit looks kind of like a bowl of cookies and cream but the flavor is described as a combination between a watermelon, a kiwi, and a pear. # 7 Starfruit These cute fruits look like they fell straight from the sky. Starfruits are popular not only because of the fact that they look exactly like a five-pointed star, but because they’re delicious too! They have a sweet plum-like flavor and you can eat them whole! Fun for friends, family, and the casual star-eating blackhole you have over. # 6 Sugar Apple The Sugar Apple is also known as The Sweetsop and is native to Pakistan, India, and the Philippines. The fruit looks more like a fleshy green pinecone than a sweet snack, which makes it even more surprising. When cracked open it reveals a sweet white fleshy inside with a sweet fragrance. And it tastes like custard! Custard that grows on trees? Count me in. # 5 Puhala Tree Seed Pod The Puhala Tree Seed Pod doesn’t resemble anything edible from the outside. It kind of just looks like a large seed hanging from a tree. When taken apart though, it looks even stranger and more interesting. A half opened Puhala seed pod looks like a slow motion explosion.Each little segment on the outside has a wedge shaped fruit that extends all the way to the core. The fruit has a sweet taste and is an essential food for the Micronesians where it is native to. The fibers of the plant can even be turned into dental floss! # 4 Noni The Noni is a fruit that goes by many names. It’s also known as the Indian Mulberry, the Cheese fruit, and the Vomit Fruit. Yes, Vomit Fruit. This weird looks like an unpleasant cocoon for some weird caterpillar. If you’re worried about feeling artificial for judging this fruit’s appearance, don’t worry it has nothing going for it on the inside either. The noni gives off a cheesy-pukey smell that is already off putting for most people but if you still want to eat it you’ll get a nice bitter taste and almost no nutritional value. Eat up! # 3 African Horned Cucumber This isn’t your average cucumber. The African Horned cucumber has a uniquely bumpy, yellow exterior and a green fleshy inside that gives it the appearance of something extraterrestrial. Don’t let its spiky armor fool you, it’s actually super sweet! The taste has been described as a cross between melon, cucumber, lime, and banana. If you think this fruit is completely alien, so did a bunch of other people. The fruit was actually featured in an episode of star trek as a melon from another planet. Set phasers to yum. # 2 Chinese Artichokes These things look more like a squirmy pile of grub worms that will come alive any second and wreak havoc, but they’re actually a bunch of fruits called Chinese Artichokes. Despite their strange appearance they’re actually easy to grow and have a very mild, nutty flavor. Chinese and Japanese people use them sometimes use them as light garnishes in salad but most of the time they’re pickled. Anyone up for some pickled worm fruits? # 1 Buddha’s Hand This lemon sprouting out a bunch of curly tendrils is a fruit called Buddha’s Hand. I didn’t know there was a Buddha with a bunch of tentacles instead of fingers, but hey. The fruit actually has very little in terms of edible flesh. When you cut it open it’s almost completely rind. Despite that, the stuff goes for about 24 dollars a pound. People mainly use it to add zest to their food and drinks, and some use the lavender-like scent to perfume their clothes or houses. So make sure you rub your creepy lemon tentacle thing on all your new clothes for that fresh clean smell.