Known as the “king of fruit” in Asian countries, the durian has quite the smelly reputation. The durian’s smell has been described as being similar to rotting garbage, but some researchers engineered a fruit with a more pleasant odor. This confused many people of Southeast Asia, where the smelliest...

  Originating from the rainforests of Brazil, Belize and Peru, the acai is a small, round, black-purple fruit similar in appearance to a blueberry. Traditionally used as a treatment for diarrhoea, parasitic infections and haemorrhages, acai is a dietary staple for people of the Amazonian rainforest, where is has been...