For generations, rural communities across Sri Lanka have practiced Kithul Madeema, a traditional method of tapping sap from the kithul palm (Caryota urens). In December...
tropical or subtropical vine, raised for its strikingly long fruit, used as a vegetable, medicine,
Formerly, the cultivated form was considered a distinct species, but it is now regarded as avariety of the wild ancestor, as they freely interbreed:
The narrow, soft-skinned fruit can reach...
