Sri Lankan Fruits

Passion fruit has a unique and remarkable taste. When ripe you can use it to make a wonderful juice by mixing it with water and a bit of sugar. In Sri Lanka is also used to make Faluda, a refreshing beverage served with an ice cream scoop. Passion fruit is rich in vitamin C and Vitamin B as well as iron and phosphorus.

Another one of the Sri Lanka exotic fruits is the mango. It is one of the most favored Sri Lanka tropical fruits. The season starts from May and extends to August. The inside part of the fruit is a delicious yellow color, and the fruit is tasty as it looks. The most popular variety of these Sri Lanka exotic fruits is the Karuthakolamban, which is a quite large fruit with a comparatively sweeter taste. It is also called the Jaffna mango and you can find the tastiest fruits from this part of the island.

Durian is either loved or hated. This fruit is characterized by a very strong odor which not everyone likes for this reason rarely you will be able to find it in a hotel or restaurant menu. In some countries like Singapore, you will easily see boards showing “no durian” in public transportation places because of the smell. If you never tried it and you are adventurous with food as well, it might be worth giving it a try.

This is another fruit that is not very popular although is commonly used to make a refreshing juice. The pulp is thick and it can be either very sweet or slightly sour. The peel is quite hard and releases a scent of citrus when cracked. This fruit is typical of southern-Asia countries.

Rambutan is one of the exotic fruits in Sri Lanka that everyone should try. It is a fruit found exclusively in the tropics, in a few select countries only. Although nowadays these are available canned in European and US markets, the taste difference between the fresh fruit and the canned product is really remarkable You can recognize these Sri Lanka fruits as crimson red hairy balls that you can cover with your hands. The flesh covering the seed is the edible part; it has a mild taste that is neither too sweet nor too sour. Rambutan is a non-climacteric fruit, which means it will only ripen on the tree.

Pineapple may be the first fruit that comes to your head when you think about the tropics; it is also one of the tropical fruits in Sri Lanka. This fruit is in season from May to June. You may already know the appearance and taste of this fruit; it is a fibrous fruit with a sour taste mixed with sweet. The varieties of these Sri Lanka fruits include Cayenne, Singapore.

Banana is the best fruit for the heart. Funny fact is that the fruit itself grows from a flower called the “banana heart”. It is very rich in potassium. This fruit is common in Sri Lanka and comes in the different variant. Almost 20 types of bananas are available in Sri Lanka. In western countries it is possible to buy Bananas mostly imported from south-american countries which are usually big. Sri Lankan bananas on the contrary are smaller but more sweet than the bigger types.

Mangosteen is one of the most sought after “health fruits” in Sri Lanka. This fruit is well known to prevent many of the world’s dreaded diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart diseases and more thanks to its high concentration of essential vitamins and minerals that will help your body to keep at its optimum health condition.

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