The year was 1977, the venue The International Film Festival in Delhi, India. Sri Lanka’s entry in the competition was Amaranath Jayathilake’s Siripala and...
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...
