I’ll answer from a normal daily Jain (shravak) point of view. If you are asking about fasts like Paryushan, Chaturmas, upvas, ayambil, rules can be stricter.

1. Fruits Jains generally EAT (normal days)

In daily life, Jains can eat most fruits that:

• grow above the ground,
• are clean, fresh, and not infested,
• are not from the udumbara group (explained below).

Examples (normally allowed):

• Banana, apple, pear
• Mango, chikoo, sitaphal
• Grapes, orange, sweet lime, mosambi
• Watermelon, muskmelon
• Papaya, guava (if clean, not overripe)
• Pomegranate
• Berries (strawberry, blueberry, etc., if clean and insect‑free)
• Dry fruits: kishmish/raisins, dates, anjeer (fig – but read point 2), cashew, almond, walnut, pista, etc. (as per your family/guru’s maryada)

You can read a simple Jain food overview here:

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2. Fruits many Jains AVOID or are careful about

(a) Udumbara group – often avoided

Traditional texts mention udumbara‑varg fruits, because they are believed to host many subtle lives (tiny insects, eggs, etc.). These are often avoided, especially by stricter Jains:

• Anjeer / fig
• Gular / cluster fig
• Fruits of banyan, peepal, pakar, etc.

Today, many household Jains do eat anjeer/fig in practice, but some strict families avoid it. So:

• If your family/guru allows fig → you may eat (clean, not infested).
• If your family avoids udumbara fruits → follow that.

(There is a short note on anjeer here: )

(b) Very overripe / cut‑and‑stored fruits

• Overripe fruits, fermented smell, or visible insects → avoid.
• Do not store cut fruits for long; cut and eat fresh, preferably in daylight.

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3. Special days / vrats (Paryushan, Chaturmas, upvas)

• In Paryushan / Das‑Lakshan, fruits are generally allowed if your pachchakkhan (vow) includes phalahar.
• During upvas, anashan, nirjal, etc., you may be taking only boiled water, so even fruits are not allowed then.
• Some local maryadas additionally restrict particular fruits (like figs, brinjal, etc.) due to many seeds.

Guides on food in Paryushan:

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4. Simple thumb rules for fruits, as per Jain dharma

1. Ahimsa first – no plucking that destroys whole plant or many lives.
2. Fresh, clean, insect‑free, not overripe.
3. Daylight only – don’t eat at night (chovihar).
4. Cut fresh, eat soon, don’t store cut fruit.
5. If in doubt, follow your guru, your family, and local sangh maryada.

If you share whether you are asking for daily food, upvas, Paryushan or Chaturmas, these same principles can be applied more specifically for you.