Fruits That Start With N

5 fruits Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 5 fruits that start with N, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. They are listed below with what each one is.

Only five fruits begin with N, and nectarine is the one most shoppers will recognise. It is simply a smooth skinned kind of peach.

The rest show how place names and describing words build fruit names. Navel orange gets its name from the small extra fruit tucked at one end. Natal plum is a scarlet fruit from South Africa, and native peach is a red Australian fruit used in jam. Noni is a bumpy yellow green tropical fruit known for its strong smell, so it makes a fun surprise answer.

Fruits starting with N: 5
Best known: nectarine, noni
Longest name: native peach

All fruits that start with N

#	Name	What it is
1	natal plum	edible scarlet plumlike fruit of a South African plant
2	native peach	red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam
3	navel orange	seedless orange enclosing a small secondary fruit at the apex
4	nectarine	a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin
5	noni	bumpy yellow-green tropical fruit with strong smell

Questions people ask

How many fruits start with N?

This list has 5 fruits starting with N, from well-known ones like nectarine, noni to rarer kinds.

What fruits start with N?

Well-known examples are nectarine, noni.

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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