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The pseudepigraphic Book of Enoch 31:4, dating from the last few centuries before Christ and purporting to be by the antediluvian prophet Enoch, describes the tree of knowledge: "It was like a species of the Tamarind tree, bearing fruit which resembled grapes extremely fine; and its fragrance extended to a considerable distance. I exclaimed, How beautiful is this tree, and how delightful is its appearance!"

In the Talmud, Rabbi Meir says that the fruit was a grape.[9] Another Talmudic tradition suggests that Eve made wine from the fruit, which she then drank.[10] Rabbi Nechemia says that the fruit was a fig,[9] while Rabbi Yehuda proposes that the fruit was wheat.[9]

In Western Christian art, the fruit of the tree is commonly depicted as the apple, which originated in central Asia. This depiction may have originated as a Latin pun: by eating the malum (apple), Eve contracted mālum (evil).[11]

Proponents of the theory that the Garden of Eden was located somewhere in what is known now as the Middle East suggest that the fruit was actually a pomegranate, partly because it was native in the region This ties in with the Greek myth of Persephone, where her consumption of six pomegranate seeds leads to her having to spend time in Hades.

I don't get why some think it is a fig. I think a banana is a more likely candidate for a forbidden fruit then a fig is. However most portrayals are of a round fruit bitten directly into (yes orange peels are edible).

The pseudepigraphic Book of Enoch 31:4, dating from the last few centuries before Christ and purporting to be by the antediluvian prophet Enoch, describes the tree of knowledge: "It was like a species of the Tamarind tree, bearing fruit which resembled grapes extremely fine; and its fragrance extended to a considerable distance. I exclaimed, How beautiful is this tree, and how delightful is its appearance!"

In the Talmud, Rabbi Meir says that the fruit was a grape.[9] Another Talmudic tradition suggests that Eve made wine from the fruit, which she then drank.[10] Rabbi Nechemia says that the fruit was a fig,[9] while Rabbi Yehuda proposes that the fruit was wheat.[9]

In Western Christian art, the fruit of the tree is commonly depicted as the apple, which originated in central Asia. This depiction may have originated as a Latin pun: by eating the malum (apple), Eve contracted mālum (evil).[11]

Proponents of the theory that the Garden of Eden was located somewhere in what is known now as the Middle East suggest that the fruit was actually a pomegranate, partly because it was native in the region[12] This ties in with the Greek myth of Persephone, where her consumption of six pomegranate seeds leads to her having to spend time in Hades.[13]

What, really? You think God got pissed over a banana?

Forbidden fruit? I can go pick one up at the gas station for a quarter.

Question,I am just curious, why do you say "we" got kicked out of the garden? We, any one after Adam and Eve, were not in the garden. I certainly wasn't there and certainly was not meant to be there.