Breadfruit plants would be dug up in Tahiti-he'd tasted the strange fruit when a native had traded one for a string of glass beads-and then be transported to the West Indies.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Natives and Exotics'

The fruit is actually native to the Andes.

NPR: Getting the Taste of the Tamarillo

Joining us now to talk about this fruit is Doris Rodriguez de Platt, a native of Peru.

NPR: Getting the Taste of the Tamarillo

Native Papuans sit in the dirt to hawk vegetables and fruit.

ECONOMIST: Banyan