✔ Updated · 91 fruits, sorted by category
Fruits that start with P include peaches, pears, plums, pineapple, papaya, passion fruit, pomegranate, persimmons and pomelos.
P is one of the best letters for fruit, so this list covers grocery-store staples, tropical favorites, wild American fruits like pawpaw, Australian and South American rarities, and dozens of named apple, pear, grape, citrus, berry and melon varieties. Each entry says what the fruit tastes like and where it grows, and a quick A-to-Z list at the end is handy for alphabet games and quizzes.
Fruits that start with P, from everyday favorites to rare finds. The most popular:
Common Fruits That Start With P
Pears, persimmons, pomegranates and named apple, pear, grape and fig varieties. I buy peaches by the box at the farm stand.
Pear
A sweet, juicy fruit grown across Europe, Asia and North America, with buttery or crisp flesh and a mild, floral, honeyed flavor.
Get the recipe →Persimmon
An orange fruit from China and Japan, now grown in California, with sweet, honeyed flesh tasting of apricot, pumpkin and cinnamon.
Pomegranate
A leathery red fruit from Iran and northern India packed with juicy, ruby seeds that taste sweet, tart and slightly tannic.
Pawpaw
The largest native fruit of the eastern United States, with soft, custardy yellow flesh that tastes like banana, mango and melon.
Pink Lady Apple
An Australian apple from Lady Williams and Golden Delicious, with pink-blushed skin and crisp, fizzy, sweet-tart flesh.
Pink Pearl Apple
A California apple with pale, translucent skin and bright pink flesh that tastes tart, sweet and slightly like grapefruit.
Pacific Rose Apple
A New Zealand apple from Gala and Splendour, with rosy pink skin and crisp, very sweet, low-acid flesh.
Pinova Apple
A German apple from Golden Delicious and Clivia, with red-striped yellow skin and crisp, juicy, sweet-tangy flesh.
Paula Red Apple
An early-season Michigan apple from the 1960s with red skin and soft, tart, McIntosh-like flesh that makes good sauce.
Pazazz Apple
A Honeycrisp descendant grown in Washington and the Midwest, with crisp, juicy flesh and a balanced, sweet-tart flavor.
Pristine Apple
An early yellow apple developed by Purdue, Rutgers and Illinois universities, with crisp, mildly tart, juicy flesh.
Packham's Triumph Pear
An Australian pear from the 1890s with green skin turning yellow and very juicy, sweet, smooth flesh, widely exported.
Passe Crassane Pear
A French winter pear from the 1840s with rough, russeted skin and juicy, aromatic, slightly tangy flesh.
Potomac Pear
A USDA pear from Maryland, bred from Moonglow and Anjou, with green skin and smooth, buttery, sweet flesh.
Pineapple Pear
A hardy hybrid pear grown in Texas and the US South, with crisp, slightly gritty flesh and a hint of pineapple flavor.
Pinot Noir Grape
A thin-skinned red wine grape from Burgundy, France, with small, sweet berries tasting of cherry and raspberry.
Petit Rouge Grape
A dark red grape from the Aosta Valley in northwest Italy, with juicy berries and a fruity, slightly spicy flavor.
Perlette Grape
An early green seedless grape bred at UC Davis in California, with crisp, round berries and a mild, sweet flavor.
Princess Grape
A large, green seedless grape from California with crunchy berries and a sweet flavor with a light muscat note.
Panache Fig
A striped yellow-and-green fig grown in California and the Mediterranean, with red flesh tasting of berries and honey.
Berries That Start With P
Wild and cultivated berries, including several named varieties.
Pineberry
A white strawberry with red seeds, grown in the Netherlands and elsewhere, with a mild, sweet flavor and a hint of pineapple.
Physalis
Also called goldenberry, a small orange fruit from the Andes in a papery husk, with a sweet-tart, tropical flavor.
Phalsa
Small purple berries from South Asia with a sweet-sour taste, blended into a cooling summer drink in India and Pakistan.
Partridgeberry
The Newfoundland name for the lingonberry, a small red berry from northern forests with a sharp, tart, cranberry-like flavor.
Pacific Blackberry
A wild trailing blackberry native to the US West Coast, with small, glossy black berries and an intense sweet-tart flavor.
Pink Lemonade Blueberry
A USDA blueberry whose berries ripen bright pink, with a mild, very sweet flavor and a hint of tartness.
Patriot Blueberry
A cold-hardy highbush blueberry from Maine with large, firm, light blue berries and a sweet, slightly tart flavor.
Polaris Blueberry
A half-high blueberry from Minnesota with firm, light blue berries and a sweet, aromatic flavor, hardy to harsh winters.
Polka Raspberry
A Polish fall-bearing raspberry with large, glossy red berries and a sweet, aromatic flavor.
Prelude Raspberry
An early red raspberry from Cornell in New York, with firm, round berries and a mild, sweet, classic flavor.
Prime-Ark Freedom Blackberry
The first thornless blackberry to fruit on new canes, from the University of Arkansas, with large, sweet berries.
Citrus That Start With P
Pomelos, limes, lemons, mandarins and oranges that start with P. I peel a pomelo whenever I spot one at the store.
Pomelo
The largest citrus fruit, from Southeast Asia, with thick rind and juicy, mildly sweet segments like a gentle grapefruit.
Persian Lime
The common seedless supermarket lime, grown in Mexico and Florida, with green, juicy, sharply sour and aromatic flesh.
Ponkan
A large, easy-peel mandarin from China, Taiwan and Japan with juicy, very sweet, aromatic segments.
Ponderosa Lemon
A huge, bumpy lemon-citron hybrid from the 1880s with thick rind and sour, lemony juice, often grown as a houseplant.
Palestinian Sweet Lime
A low-acid lime grown in the Middle East and India, with pale yellow skin and mild, slightly sweet, faintly bitter juice.
Page Mandarin
A small Florida cross of Minneola tangelo and Clementine with deep orange skin and very sweet, juicy segments.
Pixie Mandarin
A small, seedless, late-season mandarin grown mainly in Ojai, California, with easy-peel skin and sweet, mild segments.
Parson Brown Orange
An early-season Florida orange from the 1860s, with juicy, sweet, slightly seedy flesh used mainly for juice.
Pineapple Orange
An old Florida juice orange named for its pineapple-like aroma, with very sweet, rich, juicy flesh.
Pink Variegated Lemon
A Eureka lemon sport with green-striped skin and pink flesh, grown in California, with sour, lightly floral juice.
Tropical Fruits That Start With P
Pineapples, papayas, passion fruit and other warm-climate P fruits. I keep frozen pineapple for smoothies.
Pineapple
A spiky tropical fruit from South America, now grown in Costa Rica and the Philippines, with juicy, sweet-tart golden flesh.
Get the recipe →Papaya
A tropical fruit from southern Mexico and Central America with soft orange flesh that tastes sweet, musky and mellow.
Passion Fruit
A wrinkly purple or yellow fruit from South America with seedy, golden pulp that tastes tart, tangy and intensely aromatic.
Plantain
A large, starchy cooking banana from Southeast Asia, grown across Africa and Latin America, mild when green and sweet when black.
Pitaya
Also called dragon fruit, a cactus fruit from Central America with white or magenta flesh that tastes mildly sweet, like kiwi and pear.
Prickly Pear
The fruit of the Opuntia cactus from Mexico, with spiny skin and magenta or green flesh that is sweet, juicy and melon-like.
Pulasan
A Malaysian relative of rambutan with short, thick spines and sweet, juicy white flesh that is sweeter than lychee.
Pitanga
Also called Surinam cherry, a ribbed red fruit from Brazil with juicy flesh that tastes sweet, tart and slightly resinous.
Pitomba
A small orange fruit from Brazil with juicy, translucent pulp that tastes sweet and sour, like a cross of apricot and lime.
Peach Palm Fruit
Red-orange palm fruits from Central and South America, boiled in salted water, with starchy flesh tasting like chestnut and squash.
Pond Apple
A wild custard apple relative from the Florida Everglades and Caribbean swamps with yellow, mild, slightly bland flesh.
Pineapple Guava
Also called feijoa, a green egg-shaped fruit from South America with gritty, aromatic flesh tasting of pineapple, mint and guava.
Peanut Butter Fruit
A small red fruit from the Andes with sticky, dense pulp whose texture and rich, sweet taste recall peanut butter.
Palmer Mango
A Florida mango from the 1920s with purple-red skin and sweet, aromatic, nearly fiberless orange flesh.
Pico Mango
A Philippine mango with slender yellow fruits and tender, fiberless flesh that tastes sweet with a mild tang.
Pairi Mango
An Indian mango from Gujarat and South India with very juicy, sweet-tangy flesh, the classic choice for aamras pulp.
Pisang Raja Banana
A popular Indonesian and Malaysian banana with golden skin and sweet, honey-like flesh, eaten fresh or fried.
Praying Hands Banana
An unusual banana from Indonesia whose fingers fuse together like hands, with sweet flesh tasting faintly of vanilla.
Stone Fruits That Start With P
Peaches, plums, apricots, cherries and their hybrids.
Peach
A fuzzy stone fruit first grown in China, now from Georgia to Spain, with juicy yellow or white flesh that is sweet and fragrant.
Get the recipe →Plum
A smooth-skinned stone fruit grown worldwide in red, purple, yellow and green, with juicy flesh that tastes sweet with tart skin.
Plumcot
A simple cross of plum and apricot developed in California, with smooth skin and sweet, juicy, apricot-like flesh.
Pluot
A California hybrid that is mostly plum and part apricot, with smooth skin and very sweet, juicy, low-acid flesh.
Peacotum
A California hybrid of peach, apricot and plum, with blushed skin and sweet, juicy flesh tasting of all three.
Peento Peach
Also called donut or Saturn peach, a flat peach from China with sweet, low-acid white flesh and a small pit.
Pin Cherry
A small, bright red wild cherry from North America with thin, sour flesh, made into jelly and syrup.
President Plum
A large, late English plum from 1901 with dark purple skin and juicy, yellow, sweet-tart flesh.
Pershore Plum
A yellow egg plum from Pershore in Worcestershire, England, with tart flesh that turns sweet when cooked into jam.
Perfection Apricot
A large apricot from Washington State with pale orange skin and mild, sweet, juicy flesh.
Patterson Apricot
A California apricot with firm, deep orange flesh and a sweet-tart flavor, widely used for canning and drying.
Melons That Start With P
Spanish, Persian and heirloom French and American melons.
Piel de Sapo Melon
A Spanish melon named toad skin for its mottled green rind, with pale, crisp, very sweet and juicy flesh.
Persian Melon
A large, netted melon from Iran with thick orange flesh that is sweet, buttery and more delicate than cantaloupe.
Prescott Fond Blanc Melon
A warty, ribbed French heirloom cantaloupe from the 1800s with orange flesh that is perfumed and very sweet.
Petit Gris de Rennes Melon
A small heirloom melon from Brittany, France, with gray-green rind and orange flesh that is very sweet and aromatic.
Pride of Wisconsin Melon
An American heirloom cantaloupe from Wisconsin with heavy netting and thick, sweet, deep orange flesh.
Rare & Exotic Fruits That Start With P
Wild and unusual P fruits that rarely reach grocery stores.
Pequi
A Brazilian savanna fruit with oily yellow pulp that tastes strong, cheesy and resinous; spines inside the pit must be avoided.
Peumo
A small red fruit from central Chile with thin, mealy flesh, soaked in warm water before eating to soften its bitterness.
Pigface
The fruit of an Australian coastal succulent with purple skin and juicy flesh that tastes salty-sweet, like kiwi and strawberry.
Pili Fruit
A Philippine fruit whose thin purple flesh is cooked and eaten, and whose kernels taste rich and buttery, like pine nuts.
Pepino
A striped, egg-shaped fruit from the Andes with juicy, mild flesh tasting like a mix of honeydew melon and cucumber.
Pindo Palm Fruit
Small orange fruits of a palm from Brazil and Uruguay, fibrous and juicy, with a sweet-tart taste of apricot and pineapple.
Pigeon Plum
Small dark purple fruits of a tree from South Florida and the Caribbean with thin, sweet-tart flesh around a large pit.
Pacay
Long green pods from Peru and Ecuador with sweet, cottony white pulp around the seeds that tastes like vanilla.
Dried Fruits and Fruit Products That Start With P
Dried fruits and traditional fruit products that start with P.
Prune
A dried plum, mostly from California and Agen in France, with chewy flesh that tastes rich, sweet and slightly tangy.
Piarom Date
A semi-dry date from southern Iran with thin, dark skin and firm, chewy flesh tasting of caramel and chocolate.
Pestil
A Turkish fruit leather made by drying thin sheets of mulberry, grape or apricot pulp, sweet, chewy and fruity.
Botanical Fruits Eaten as Vegetables That Start With P
Fruits in the botanical sense that are cooked and served as vegetables.
Pumpkin
A large orange winter squash native to North America, botanically a berry, with sweet, earthy flesh for pies and soups.
Get the recipe →Plum Tomato
An oval, meaty tomato from Italy, such as Roma or San Marzano, with few seeds and a rich, sweet-tangy flavor for sauces.
Poblano Pepper
A large, dark green chile from Puebla, Mexico, with mild heat and an earthy flavor; dried, it becomes the ancho.
Padrón Pepper
A small green pepper from Galicia, Spain, blistered and salted as tapas, usually mild and grassy but sometimes hot.
Pattypan Squash
A small, scalloped summer squash from the Americas with tender, mild, buttery flesh, cooked whole or sliced.
Did You Know?
- A pineapple takes around 18 to 24 months to grow from planting to harvest, and each plant usually produces just one main fruit at a time.
- The pawpaw is the largest edible fruit native to North America, and its custardy flesh tastes like a blend of banana and mango.
- Pomegranates have been grown for thousands of years from Iran to northern India, and a single fruit can hold several hundred juicy seeds, called arils.
- The pomelo is the largest citrus fruit and one of the original citrus species; the grapefruit is a natural cross between pomelo and sweet orange.
Quick List: All 91 Fruits That Start With P
Handy for alphabet games, quizzes and Scattergories. The full list, A to Z:
Pacay, Pacific Blackberry, Pacific Rose Apple, Packham's Triumph Pear, Padrón Pepper, Page Mandarin, Pairi Mango, Palestinian Sweet Lime, Palmer Mango, Panache Fig, Papaya, Parson Brown Orange, Partridgeberry, Passe Crassane Pear, Passion Fruit, Patriot Blueberry, Patterson Apricot, Pattypan Squash, Paula Red Apple, Pawpaw, Pazazz Apple, Peach, Peach Palm Fruit, Peacotum, Peanut Butter Fruit, Pear, Peento Peach, Pepino, Pequi, Perfection Apricot, Perlette Grape, Pershore Plum, Persian Lime, Persian Melon, Persimmon, Pestil, Petit Gris de Rennes Melon, Petit Rouge Grape, Peumo, Phalsa, Physalis, Piarom Date, Pico Mango, Piel de Sapo Melon, Pigeon Plum, Pigface, Pili Fruit, Pin Cherry, Pindo Palm Fruit, Pineapple, Pineapple Guava, Pineapple Orange, Pineapple Pear, Pineberry, Pink Lady Apple, Pink Lemonade Blueberry, Pink Pearl Apple, Pink Variegated Lemon, Pinot Noir Grape, Pinova Apple, Pisang Raja Banana, Pitanga, Pitaya, Pitomba, Pixie Mandarin, Plantain, Plum, Plum Tomato, Plumcot, Pluot, Poblano Pepper, Polaris Blueberry, Polka Raspberry, Pomegranate, Pomelo, Pond Apple, Ponderosa Lemon, Ponkan, Potomac Pear, Praying Hands Banana, Prelude Raspberry, Prescott Fond Blanc Melon, President Plum, Prickly Pear, Pride of Wisconsin Melon, Prime-Ark Freedom Blackberry, Princess Grape, Pristine Apple, Prune, Pulasan, Pumpkin
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most popular fruit that starts with P?
Peaches, pears, pineapples and plums are the most popular fruits that start with P. Papaya, passion fruit, pomegranate and persimmon are also widely sold, along with apple varieties such as Pink Lady.
What is a pawpaw fruit?
The pawpaw is a fruit native to the eastern United States, the largest native fruit in North America. Its soft, custardy yellow flesh tastes like a mix of banana, mango and melon. It bruises easily, so it is rarely sold in stores.
What is the difference between a plumcot and a pluot?
A plumcot is a simple 50-50 cross of plum and apricot. A pluot is a later hybrid that is mostly plum with some apricot, so it has smooth plum-like skin and very sweet flesh. Both were developed in California.
What tropical fruits start with P?
Tropical fruits that start with P include pineapple, papaya, passion fruit, plantain, pitaya (dragon fruit), prickly pear, pulasan, pitanga, pitomba, peach palm fruit and pineapple guava, plus mango varieties such as Palmer, Pico and Pairi.
Is a pumpkin a fruit?
Yes. Botanically, a pumpkin is a fruit, a type of berry, because it develops from the flower and contains seeds. In the kitchen it is treated as a vegetable in soups and side dishes, and as a sweet ingredient in pies and breads.
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