To learn Igbo fruits’ names in Igbo will be very handy to those wishing to be familiar with fruits’ names especially in Igbo language. Some fruits’ names can be pronounced in English while others can only be pronounced or spoken in Igbo language as some may not have such English name.
Apple = achicha
Apple and orange = achicha na oroma
Avocado = ubendi ocha
Banana = ọgede; unere
Black beans = akịdị
Cashews with nuts = kashụ na nkpuru
Cassava = ji akpu
Coco yam = ede
Coconut = aki ocha; aki bekee; akụ ọyịbo
Corn; maize = oka
Fruit = ihe osisi mitara; nkpuru osisi
Galic = ayọ ịkịrịsị
Garden egg = aghara
Ginger = ji akwara; ji mgbọrọgwụ
Grapefruit = oroma ịlụ
Guava = gwova
Kola nut = oji
Lemon = oroma na gbakasi onu
Lime = oroma ịlụ ịlụ
Mandarin; tangerine; clementine = oroma nkirishị
Mango = mangoro
Melon = ụgụ; mgbam
Mushroom = ero
Negro pepper = ụda
No English name = ubacheche
No English name = udara
No English name = ukpa
okra (lady's fingers) = ọkwọrọ; okorọ; ọkọrọ
Onion = yabas
Orange = oroma
Palm kalnail; palm nut = nkwụ
Papaya; pawpaw = mbụkpa; pọpọ
Peanut = ahu; ahu ekere; granọt
Pear = ube ocha
Peer = ube
Pepper = ose
Pineapple = akwụ-olu; nkwuaba; nkwu jbu
Plantain = ojoko; ọgede ojoko
Potato = ji ndi ocha
Pumpkin = ụgụ; egusi; mgbam
Red kidney beans; kidney beans = odudu; okwe
Roasted corn = oka ahuru ahu
Sweet potato = ndụkụ
Tomato = otuboala; tomato; tomereto
Water melon = anyụ mmiri
Wheat = achịcha igwe
Yam = ji