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| Cashew Tree |
Whenever we visit Sri Lanka, I enjoy my time in the home garden. Not only flowers, there are some vegetables and fruits are there and we are lucky to enjoy some fresh fruits and vegetables during our stay there.
During our recent visit we travelled to southern part of Sri Lanka and here are some captures of the vegetables and fruits grown in one of my aunt’s home. Hope you’ll enjoy these glimpse of a Sri Lankan Home garden.
In front of the house, it was a passion fruit vine. We tasted passion fruit drinks and I spent some time plucking the fruits.
Interestingly I could capture these green gram plants.(mung beans) and next to these plants were some spring onion plants.
Here is a capture of a banana plant. We call this type as ‘Ash Plantain’ and usually eat raw banana in a curry or similar dish. Although there were many other banana plants found here and there, I captured this one.
Below are some other plants and trees I noticed there.
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| Bilimbi (Biling) |
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| Chilli Pepper (Kochchi Miris) |
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A Cinnamon plant
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| A Coffee Plant |
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| Ginger Plants |
Do you know what this vine is? It is Spiny Gourd, we call it as Thumba Karavila/Thumba Kariwila in Sri Lanka and I’ve shared some recipes using Thumba Karavila before.
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| Spiny Gourd (Thumba Karavila/Thumba Kariwila) |
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| Spiny Gourd Vines (Thumba Karavila/Thumba Kariwila) |
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| Ridge Gourd (Watakolu) |
Although there are lots of other pictures, I think it is better to share those in another post. We enjoyed our time there and also could pluck some fruits and vegetables too.
How was your week? I’d like to see your favourite photo story this week.
Of course,I love to hear your comments too. 🙂
Have a Fantastic Week!
17 comments
This is simply divine, i would love to be in a place like this!!!
Recently i saw a show on television”My sri lanks with peter kuruvita”, he went to some interior place ( i forgot the name), and there the lady scraped out something from the trunk of the tree, which they stored below the ground and fermented, and then made a dough and a dry roti out of it! It was so interesting!
By the way, what’s Bilimbi?
Nice pictures 🙂
These veggies/fruit are all new to me…except bananas… I especially liked the cinnamon plant.!
Lovely pictures, all this is part of the many things that I miss from back home. You brought back so many good memories…
Awww I am familiar with these veggies as I am from Asia and we have these at home too! This post made me miss home very much =)
I’ve never seen many of these plants growing – very interesting, and great photographs!
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I have never seen a cinnamon plant!! Great photos!
Lovely pics…..Looks similar to Kerala……in my ancestral home , we have all such plants….. Missing passion fruit… 🙂
Wow, everything here is covered in snow! Very pretty! Teresa from NanaHood
Great photos of plants. Very pretty. Thanks for sharing.
srilanka looks similar to Kerala..v have all the similar ones in Kerala too..Love passion fruit!!
That’s a home garden? Wow! I’m impressed!
Gorgeously green garden! I’m looking forward to spring in Delaware.
wow I’ve never seen a spiny bittergourd before! I love to eat bittergourds!
Loved your shots – what an amazing garden! 🙂
I love learning about new foods. I have never heard of most of those. Very interesting. And what a lovely garden. Wish I could get something to grow where we live.
Thanks for stopping by and sharing over at Tots and Me
I love seeing these beautiful plants! I haven’t been in back home in Sri Lanka in 40 years, seeing your garden brings back wonderful memories. Thank you!
very cool
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