Livingstone Exotic Fruits

The next time you visit Livingstone in Zambia, explore the unique tropical fruits this part of the world has to offer. For fruit lovers, it will be a memorable activity. Well, I have selected ten common African fruits that one can easily find in Livingstone. Prepare your fruity taste buds as you read, and more importantly, look out for these fruits and their trees the next time you visit Zambia, especially Livingstone.

Mubuyu is a fruit with an elongated, hard shell with a velvety brown to green surface. When this fruit ripens, it can be broken open to reveal numerous seeds covered in a creamy white powder. This fruit comes from a large baobab tree that is often referred to as the upside down tree due to the root-like appearance of its branches. Mubuyu tastes a bit like cream of tartar and its dried seeds can be sucked like candy or soaked to make some fruit juice. You can find this fruit in almost every local market in Livingstone, especially Maramba Market and Dambwa Central Market.

Musika is a pod-like finger-shaped fruit that has a sweet and sour taste. It has brown seeds covered with the pulp that contains the flavor of this fruit. Its trees are easily found in Livingstone and you can also find this fruit in Livingstone markets. You can also soak shelled Musika in water to make some fruit juice.

Monso-Monso is a fruit with fleshy and juicy brown seeds. It is a very filling fruit as it has more chewy pulp than its seed. On a sunny day in Livingstone, Monso-monso would be an ideal thirst quenching fruit.

Muchenje is a yellow grape-like fruit that is common in Livingstone. It has brown seeds and has a pleasant fruity aroma. It is the monkey’s favorite fruit. Its trees are commonly found at Victoria Falls and in the game park that surrounds the woods in Livingstone. When Muchenje is in season, you can find it in almost every market in Livingstone.

Mahuluhulu is a hard-shelled fruit that has delicious seeded pulp and is the shape and size of a small bowling ball. When fully ripe, it turns yellow on the outside and has sweet, juicy brown flesh on the inside. You will have to gently break it with a hummer or make a hole in it and pour the juice or suck the juice from each lamp you put in your mouth. Its trees can be found almost everywhere in Livingstone, from residential areas to the wilder lands of Livingstone. Its fruity smell is pleasant and is like a mix of watermelon and citrus flavors. One way to tell if a Mahuluhulu is ripe is to shake it and you will hear a sound. The central markets of Maramba and Dambwa are places where you can easily find this fruit in Livingstone.

Muzinzila is a capsule-shaped fruit with hard brown seeds. It can be chewed and it is its skin that maintains the flavor. You will need to spit out the seeds after gently chewing a good amount at a time. Muzinzila is sold in bunches at almost every local market in Livingstone. Although it is a seasonal fruit, it can be preserved and sold dry throughout the year.

Masuku is a fruit with a brown outer shell with yellowish ribbed seeds inside. Although her braids are commonly found in the Southern Province, they are hardly found in Livingstone. There are abundant as you go in the Southern Province of Zambia. You can also find Masuku fruit at all of Livingstone’s markets when it’s in season.

Musekeseke is a brown dried flat pod fruit that can be easily found in Livingstone markets. The monkeys and baboons that inhabit the Livingstone desert also like to eat Musekeseke. Its trees are also common on the outskirts of Livingstone. Although this fruit may not be readily available in markets, it is still an important fruit for the local people of Livingstone. The young adventurers climb the Musekeseke trees to collect the fruits, but most of the time they use stones to aim at them.

Muzauli also known as Mushibi is a fruit with scarlet capsule seeds. Its trees are hardy decidius trees that are common in Livingstone. Muzauli can be eaten like candy, although it does not taste as sweet. It can also be soaked and then added to porridge or eaten on its own. Its natural oily flavor makes it a unique fruit. You won’t find Muzauli in the market, but you will surely come across its trees in Livingstone.

Munego is a hard, greenish-brown fruit that. Trees are not that common in Livingstone but desert fruits made their way to local markets when you chew on this fruit it becomes slimy but sweet. First you open it to remove the seeds. Size of an American quarter. Seeds with a pleasant cue ball smell for billiards

I hope you found this educational information. Next time you’re in Livingstone, don’t forget to look out for these unique exotic tropical fruits.