Jackfruit is a species of tree in the breadfruit ... The fruit itself is oblong and covered in thick, knobbly, green skin. (Though oft-confused with durian, the two aren’t at all related.) ...

Eanna Ní Lamhna answers readers' queries about jackdaws bearing gifts, a curious shell and a couple of frogs who got carried ...

Tamarind is the fibrous, dark brown, gooey pulp that surrounds the seeds (which are inside a knobbly, velvety brown pod) of the tree called tamarindus indica. The English word “tamarind” comes ...