Feijoa can be eaten raw in fruit salads or as part of a fruit plate. They can also be cooked with other fruit such as apples.

Since then horticulturalists have developed new feijoa varieties such as the Apollo and Gemini (for their rocket-shaped fruit) and the Kakapo and Pounamu (for their dark green colouring).

Your ultimate guide to indulging in one of our favourite autumn fruits, the feijoa. The season is short and when it's here, it's a feijoa frenzy of baking, preserving, freezing and cooking.