In the Garden of Eden story, there is no indication that the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was intended to represent any extant fruit. After all, what extant fruit has such powers? The popular portrayal of the forbidden fruit as an apple comes from a Latin play on words, as you described.
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