Fruits That Start With M

9 fruits Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 9 fruits that start with M, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. The best-known ones come first, then the full list in A to Z order.

M brings nine fruits, and mango leads the way as the big tropical favourite. Melon and mulberry are easy picks for young learners too.

A few entries overlap. Mandarin and mandarin orange describe the same loose skinned citrus, so count them once in a game. Muscat is a sweet grape used for raisins, morello is a dark sour cherry, and medlar is an odd brown fruit that is eaten only when soft and overripe. Mangosteen is the rare treat here, a small tropical fruit with juicy white segments.

Fruits starting with M: 9
Best known: mango, melon
Longest name: mandarin orange

Best-known fruits that start with M

The ones most people will recognise, good for school lists, quizzes and games.

mango
melon
mulberry
medlar

All fruits that start with M

#	Name	What it is
1	mandarin	a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
2	mandarin orange	a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
3	mango	large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed
4	mangosteen	two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples
5	medlar	small brown fruit eaten when soft and overripe
6	melon	any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh
7	morello	cultivated sour cherry with dark-colored skin and juice
8	mulberry	sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus
9	muscat	sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine

Short fruits with M

mango
melon

Questions people ask

How many fruits start with M?

This list has 9 fruits starting with M, from well-known ones like mango, melon, mulberry to rarer kinds.

What fruits start with M?

Well-known examples are mango, melon, mulberry, medlar.

Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.

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