Names of 50 Fruits in Igbo Language

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Written By Sloane Angelou

Mkpuru Osisi—Fruits are the edible parts of plants that contain seeds, normally sweet or tangy, and packed with nutrients. For Igbo learners, expanding your vocabulary with everyday words like fruits is a great way to strengthen your language skills. This post provides a list of common fruits and their names in Igbo, making it easier to learn and use them in daily conversations.

  1. Apple: Achicha

  2. African star apple: Udara

  3. African Pear: Ube

  4. African Olive: Ube mgba or Ube Osa or Ube okwe

  5. Avocado pear: Ube oyibo

  6. Banana: Unere or Ogede

  7. Blackberry: Mkpuruojii

  8. Blueberry: Mkpuruanunu

  9. Bread: Achicha koro-eko

  10. Breadfruit: Ukwa

  11. Bush mango seed: Ogbono

  12. Bitter kola: Aki ilu or Aki inu

  13. Coconut: Aki oyibo or Aku oyibo

  14. Corn or Maize: Oka

  15. Cucumber: Anyu

  16. Custard apple: Aka nchekwa

  17. Flower: Okoko osisi

  18. Fluted pumpkin: Akwukwo ugu

  19. Garden egg: Anara or Afufa

  20. Grape: Mkpuru vain or Mkpuru greepu

  21. Groundnut: Ahuekere or Opopa

  22. Guava: Gova

  23. Hog or Monkey plum: Mbembe ocha

  24. Jack fruit: Ukwa oyibo

  25. Kolanut: Oji

  26. Lime: Oroma nkirisi or Oroma ilu ilu

  27. Lemon: Oroma ilu

  28. Mango: Ugiri bekee

  29. Melon: Ugu

  30. Mushroom: Ero

  31. Orange: Oroma

  32. Oil bean: Ukpaka or Ugba

  33. Palm fruit: Akwu or Nkwu

  34. Pineapple: Nkwuaba or Akwuolo or Nkwuolu

  35. Paw paw: Mbukpa or Okwuru bekee or Okwuru ezi or Mbimbi

  36. Pear: Ube ocha

  37. Pepper: Ose

  38. Pepper fruit: Mmimi

  39. Plantain: Ojoko or Ogede or Ji oko

  40. Plum: Ubene or Ugbene

  41. Pomegranate: Ngwa pomigranet

  42. Rose or Java apple: Udarammiri

  43. Soursop: Shawashop or Ogbaka nti

  44. Sugarcane: Okpete

  45. Strawberry: Stroberi

  46. Tiger nuts: Aki awusa

  47. Tomato: Otuboala

  48. Velvet tamarind: Icheku or Cheleku

  49. Water melon: Anyu mmiri

  50. Weda/Liane Saba: Utu

Did we miss any fruits? Or do you call some of these by different names in your Igbo dialect? Share with us in the comments!

 

Please Note: Igbo (written) language is rich in diacritical marks and accents that convey specific meanings and nuances. However, due to our fonts display, the Igbo texts highlighted in this post do not include such diacritical mark which might be useful to learn especially if you are interested in written Igbo texts.We will do our best to fix that in future.

 

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