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Artocarpus nobilis, the Ceylon breadfruit, is a tree species in the family Moraceae.It is endemic to south western regions of Sri Lanka.It is known as "Wal dhel - වල් දෙල්" , "Baedi dhel - බැදි දෙල්" or as "Hingala dhel - හිංගල දෙල්" [3] by local people.
Trees begin to bear fruit at 3–6 years for trees planted by seed and at 2–4 years for clonal trees. Blossoms are common from February to April and then again in August to October in southern Malaysia, as opposed to in western Java, where cempedak tend to flower in July and August. From flowering to ripening fruit takes about 2–4 months. [2]
Spondias pinnata is called Pulicha kaai in the Tamil language, which means "sour fruit." It is also called "Amate Kaai" in the Kannada language, Ambade in Tulu and Konkani. In Sri Lanka it is called Amberella. In Bangladesh it is known as Aamra (আমড়া) and when served with seasonings it is a very popular street food.
The jackfruit tree is well-suited to tropical lowlands and is widely cultivated throughout tropical regions of the world, including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the rainforests of the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Australia. [7] [9] [11] [12] The ripe fruit is sweet (depending on variety) and is commonly used in desserts.
It consists of 350-400 species of small to medium-sized trees and shrubs occurring in the Old World tropics. [1] [2] [3] Memecylon is a monophyletic group basal to the Melastomataceae clade. [4] Memecylon taxa have more than 600 published basionyms. [1] [4] Diversity of this group is concentrated in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India ...
The fruit is made into preserves and flavorings for sauces, soups, braised and stews. In Fiji it is made into jam, its leaves are used to flavour meat. [4] In Samoa and Tonga it is used to make otai. In Sri Lanka the fruit is soaked in vinegar with chili and other spices to make acharu. In Vietnam the unripe fruit is eaten with salt, sugar, and ...
Fruit Stripe came in five flavors — Wet n’ Wild Melon, Cherry, Lemon, Orange, and Peach Smash — and was striped in appropriately matching colors. Each stick contained a temporary tattoo of ...
In Sri Lanka, this fruit is known as lavul, laulu, lavulu, or lawalu. [9] In Thailand, it is known by different traditional popular names such as lamut Khamen (ละมุดเขมร="Khmer sapodilla") or tho Khamen (ท้อเขมร="Khmer peach"), folk imagination attributing a hypothetical Cambodian origin to this fruit (the name ...