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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

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.

What the community said

The green, bumpy item was identified as karavila, described as a bitter cucumber.

40 days ago Karavila

The small green item with fine spines was tentatively identified as spiny gourd.

40 days ago Spiny gourd

The green banana in the purchase was identified as a cooking banana.

40 days ago

The tangled long pods in the second photo were identified as long beans.

40 days ago Long beans

The vegetable in the third photo was tentatively identified as patola and described as a type of cucumber; the identification was uncertain.

40 days ago Patola

The lighter-colored vegetable was identified as white cucumber, called pipinna.

40 days ago White cucumber — 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.

40 days ago

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