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Fruit trees that crop in Dubai

Fruit trees in Dubai have to cope with summer heat, alkaline soil and salty water, and the mild winters mean that temperate fruit needing a cold spell rarely crops here. The trees below can fruit in UAE conditions, and each page gives the harvest window, watering and the usual reasons for a poor crop. Young trees can take a few years to carry a full harvest, so plant early.

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A small home orchard in a Dubai villa garden: mango, pomegranate with fruit, fig and citrus trees in pots

The plants

All 7 fruit trees

Every plant is rated 1–5 for heat, salt, drought, shade and ease of care, with a month-by-month season guide.
Mango
Mangoes (Magnifera indica) from West Bengal, India. Photo taken by Yogabrata Chakraborty, on June 9, 2022.

Mango

Mangifera indica

Full sunSalt: 1 of 5
Adapted
Flowers
Lemon tree
Lemon - fleur et fruit

Lemon tree

Citrus × limon

Full sunSalt: 1 of 5
Adapted
Flowers
Fig
Figs on a branch, grown in Croatia

Fig

Ficus carica

Full sunSalt: 3 of 5
Adapted
Plant
Pomegranate
Picture of a pomegranate fruit setting in a flower.

Pomegranate

Punica granatum

Full sunSalt: 2 of 5
Adapted
Flowers
Guava
Red guava (Psidium guajava) on a black background.

Guava

Psidium guajava

Full sunSalt: 3 of 5
Adapted
Flowers
Papaya
Developing papaya fruits clustered on the trunk of a papaya tree

Papaya

Carica papaya

Full sunSalt: 2 of 5
Flowers
Mulberry
A picture of Morus alba. This particular tree is the Pennsylvania state champion and can be found at Longwood Gardens.

Mulberry

Morus alba

Full sunSalt: 2 of 5
Adapted
Flowers

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