BBC Nature has an interesting feature on unusual and hybrid fruit varieties. It's worth a read, especially if you were wondering how to eat a durian, aka the world's smelliest fruit, or if you are curious about what fruits humans crossbred to make crazy hybrids like oranges and lemons.
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A while ago I was appalled to learn about the incestuous nature of citrus fruit, and tried to make a Venn diagram to understand all the hybridising. I only included a few and it soon got pretty complex: http://www.cutsquash.com/2012/01/what-is-an-orange/
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