The banana plant is the largest flowering plant. Its normally tall, sturdy and oftenly mistaken for a tree. Each plant can produce only a single bunch of banana & then the tree dies. The tree does not produce anymore.South...
Mango is the national fruit of India, Pakistan & Philliphines. The normal tree grows upto 35- 40Mtrs tall. The fruit takes 3 – 6 months to ripen. Mangoes have been cultivated in south asia for thousand of years and...
An un-branched tree, papaya grows through out the year. Months following with warm temperature or moisture causes low production.Papaya is cultivated in Sri Lanka as a home garden crop & an export item. But according to surveys there has...
Pineapple (Annasi) is one of our topical fruits.This is a sweet and sour fruit. In Sri Lanka pineapple is sold on the road sides as a snack with salt,chilli,pepper sprinkled on top, they are sold in whole or in halves.
The ripe...
tropical or subtropical vine, raised for its strikingly long fruit, used as a vegetable, medicine,
Formerly, the cultivated form was considered a distinct species, but it is now regarded as avariety of the wild ancestor, as they freely interbreed:
The narrow, soft-skinned fruit can reach...
banana flower is also known as a banana blossom or heart,. My preliminary research told me that it’s an ingredient commonly used in Sri lankan and Thai cooking. It can be eaten raw or cooked, and it happens to...
An edible flowering plant. Its native to central and south western Asia. The english word “Spinach” goes back to the 14th century. Spinach has a high nutritional value and extremely rich in antioxidants,.. especially when its fresh, steamed or...
A root vegetable, usually orange in color although purple, red, white and yellow varieties exists. A common vegetable around the world and our climate in nuwara eliya has the ideal weather conditions for growing carrots.Carrots can be eaten boiled,...
A type of bean easy to find all around the world. This plant grows as a vine with climbing stems and leaves 3-4mtrs in height. This is a tropical plant & we in sri lanka prepare wing beans in...
