Below is a list of all known varieties for Canistel (Egg Fruit). Click on a variety name to view more detailed nutrient and sourcing information.
| Variety Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Aru | An early-bearing and compact variety, making it ideal for smaller gardens. It produces excellent-quality fruit. |
| Bruce | A prolific variety that produces medium-sized, football-shaped fruits. It has a good, sweet flavor and a creamy texture. |
| Dunwoody | A seedling selection known for producing high-quality, large fruit with sweet and moist flesh. It is a reliable producer. |
| Fairchild | A large, football-shaped canistel. Flesh is deep yellow-orange, sweet, and creamy, with a smooth, less chalky texture. |
| Fairchild #2 | A small-fruited variety known for its moist pulp and excellent eating quality, though it is often a low producer. The fruit shape can be irregular. |
| Figueroa | Produces large, top-shaped (turbinate) fruit. It is known for its exceptionally sweet and moist flesh and is considered to have excellent flavor. |
| Fitzpatrick | A productive variety with uniformly small, attractive fruit. The skin is greenish-yellow at maturity. The flesh is moist, sweet, and considered of good quality. |
| Golden Star | A commercial selection known for its bright golden-orange skin and reliably sweet, non-fibrous flesh. It is a good producer of medium-sized fruit. |
| Gomez | A productive variety with medium-sized, somewhat spindle-shaped fruit. It is considered to be of good quality, with sweet, moist flesh. |
| Grey | A variety that produces large, elongated fruit. It is known for ripening in the late winter and spring. |
| Keisau | A variety that produces medium-large fruit. The flesh is known for having a medium-dry texture. |
| Kluay | A Thai variety, with "Kluay" meaning "banana." The fruit is appropriately long and somewhat banana-shaped. It has a sweet, rich flavor. |
| Lara | A late-season variety that bears large, high-quality fruit. The flesh is sweet, rich, and has a desirable moist, creamy texture. |
| Magana | A variety originating from Central America, known for its very large, elongated fruit that can weigh over two pounds. The flesh is sweet and moist. |
| Oro | Spanish for "Gold". A medium-sized, round fruit with bright golden-orange skin. The flesh is sweet, rich, and custard-like, often considered one of the best tasting varieties with minimal latex. |
| Paz | A smaller, round variety of canistel. Known for its good sweet flavor and a moist, smooth, pudding-like texture. |
| Ross | A large, rounder variety of canistel. Known for its sweet, rich, and moist flesh, and a flavor resembling a baked sweet potato or pumpkin custard. |
| Salud | A very large, elongated fruit that can weigh over a pound. The flesh is moist, sweet, and considered to be of excellent quality. |
| Trompo | A variety named for its "spinning top" (trompo) shape. Popular in Florida, it has moist, sweet, rich flesh and is of good quality. |
| Usda 1 | A U.S. Department of Agriculture selection. It is noted for having a dry and mealy pulp and a large number of seeds. |