Fruit Names in Igbo

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