How can I tell local vegetables from fruit in Sri Lanka, and which fruits should I choose to eat fresh?
From messages by 3 participants in 1 source · Last activity: 7 days ago
From messages by 3 participants in 1 source · Last activity: 7 days ago
TL;DR
Green produce may be vegetables rather than unripe fruit: the discussion identified bitter cucumber, long beans, white cucumber and a green banana intended for cooking. For fruit to eat fresh, the recommendations were pineapple, papaya, mango and yellow bananas.
The green, bumpy item was identified as karavila, described as a bitter cucumber.
The small green item with fine spines was tentatively identified as spiny gourd.
The green banana in the purchase was identified as a cooking banana.
The tangled long pods in the second photo were identified as long beans.
The vegetable in the third photo was tentatively identified as patola and described as a type of cucumber; the identification was uncertain.
The lighter-colored vegetable was identified as white cucumber, called pipinna.
Pineapple, papaya, mango and yellow bananas were recommended for a fruit purchase; the reply described them as available almost everywhere and almost all the time.