Fruits That Start With P

13 fruits Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 13 fruits that start with P, 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.

P is one of the richest letters for fruit, with thirteen entries. Peach, pear, plum and pineapple are everyday picks, while papaya and passion fruit bring a tropical feel.

Look for small families inside the list. Prune is just a dried plum. Pomelo is a very large citrus with a thick rind, and pomegranate hides many juicy red seeds in a tough skin. Rarer finds include persimmon, pawpaw, pond apple and prickly pear, the spiny fruit of a cactus. There is plenty here for a long round of an alphabet game.

Fruits starting with P: 13
Best known: peach, pineapple
Longest name: passion fruit

Best-known fruits that start with P

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

peach
pineapple
plum
pear
prune
passion fruit
pomegranate
papaya
persimmon
pomelo

All fruits that start with P

#	Name	What it is
1	papaya	large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh
2	passion fruit	egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines; used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks
3	pawpaw	fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
4	peach	downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
5	pear	sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
6	persimmon	orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe
7	pineapple	large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
8	plum	any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
9	pomegranate	large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind
10	pomelo	very large citrus fruit with thick rind and mild flesh
11	pond apple	ovoid yellow fruit with very fragrant peach-colored flesh; related to custard apples
12	prickly pear	round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti
13	prune	dried plum

Short fruits with P

peach
plum
pear
prune

Questions people ask

How many fruits start with P?

This list has 13 fruits starting with P, from well-known ones like peach, pineapple, plum to rarer kinds.

What fruits start with P?

Well-known examples are peach, pineapple, plum, pear, prune, passion fruit, pomegranate, papaya.

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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