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Amban (or Ambun) banana is a large, highly aromatic fruit famous for its floury texture and sweet taste. Widely grown in Sri Lanka, bunches typically weigh 1.3 to 1.5 kg. It is commonly used as a fresh dessert, for festive occasions, and in local fruit farming.
Amban (or Ambun) banana is a large, highly aromatic fruit famous for its floury texture and sweet taste. Widely grown in Sri Lanka, bunches typically weigh 1.3 to 1.5 kg. It is commonly used as a fresh dessert, for festive occasions, and in local fruit farming.
The Cavendish banana is the world’s most widely consumed dessert banana, making up almost the entire global export market. It features a sweet, creamy flavor and yellow skin.
The Kolikuttu banana (also known as Apple or Silk banana) is a plump, premium cultivar widely grown in Sri Lanka. It features a thin yellow skin that splits easily when ripe and a sweet, subtly acidic flavor. In Sri Lanka, it is highly valued for desserts and religious offerings.Flavor Profile: Creamy-white flesh with an apple-like tartness combined with a distinct sweetness.Nutrition: Packed with potassium, fiber, and higher concentrations of Vitamin C and Vitamin A than standard Cavendish bananas.
Rath Kesel (Red Banana) is a premium banana variety grown in Sri Lanka. Recognized by its reddish-purple skin and sweet, creamy, pinkish flesh, it is rich in Vitamin C, potassium, and antioxidants.
The MD2 pineapple—also known commercially as “Del Monte Gold,” “Super Sweet,” or “Golden Ripe”—is the world’s leading commercial pineapple cultivar, dominating over 50% of the global fresh pineapple export market.
Key Characteristics
- Taste Profile: Exceptional sweetness (Brix levels between 15–17°) balanced by very low acidity (0.4–0.45%), giving it a rich, candy-like flavor without the harsh sour bite found in older pineapple varieties.
- Appearance & Texture: Cylindrical shape with shallow eyes and a deep golden-yellow skin and flesh. Its flesh is soft, juicy, and low in fiber, with a small, tender core.
- Nutritional Value: Contains up to 4 times more Vitamin C than standard traditional varieties, alongside high levels of manganese, potassium, and bromelain (a natural digestive enzyme).
- Shelf Life & Handling: Features a shelf life of up to 30 days under proper refrigeration, making it exceptionally well-suited for ocean transit and long-distance export.
The garden strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) is a widely cultivated hybrid plant grown worldwide for its sweet, juicy red fruit. Technically, the strawberry is an aggregate accessory fruit, meaning the fleshy red part is formed from the flower’s receptacle rather than the ovaries, and the tiny yellow “seeds” dotting the outside are actually individual dry fruits called achenes.
Key Characteristics
- Flavor & Aroma: Known for its signature sweet-tart balance, rich aroma, and high moisture content. Flavor varies significantly depending on ripeness, temperature, and cultivar.
- Nutritional Highlights: Excellent source of Vitamin C (a single serving of 8 strawberries provides over 100% of the daily recommended value), dietary fiber, manganese, folate, and powerful antioxidants like anthocyanins and ellagic acid.
- Culinary Versatility: Eaten fresh, frozen, or processed into jams, jellies, preserves, desserts, smoothies, salads, and flavorings.
Foliage plants
Aglaonema Pink Kum Koon
Aglaonema 'Pink Kum Koon' is a vibrant, highly sought-after hybrid cultivar of the Chinese Evergreen originating from Thai plant breeding lines. It is famous among tropical plant collectors for its intense fuchsia-pink to reddish coloration and distinct mottled patterns.
Aglaonema Tiara
Aglaonema 'Tiara' is a highly desirable hybrid cultivar of the Chinese Evergreen known for its elegant, crown-like leaves and striking contrast of bright yellow, cream, and deep green variegation.
Aglonema Anymanee Tricolor
The Aglaonema Anyamanee Tricolor is a striking, slow-growing tropical houseplant native to Southeast Asia. It is highly prized by collectors for its broad, glossy leaves, which feature a vibrant mosaic of deep green, bright pink, and creamy white variegation.
Aglaonema Lotus Delight
The Aglaonema Lotus Delight is a highly sought-after, rare Chinese Evergreen hybrid known for its striking, hand-painted-looking leaves with deep green centers and vibrant, neon-pink margins.
Aglonema Paulina
Aglaonema 'Paulina' (frequently misspelled as Aglaonema Pauliana) is a striking cultivar of the Chinese evergreen family. It is highly prized by houseplant enthusiasts for its vibrant, splashy foliage and easy-going indoor care requirements.
Alocasia Black Velvet Pink Varigated
Alocasia reginula 'Black Velvet' Pink Variegated is an exquisite and rare collector's aroid. It features the iconic, dark, jewel-like velvet leaves of the standard Alocasia reginula contrasting with splashes, streaks, or sectors of blush-pink and pale cream variegation.
Alocasia Dragon Scale
locasia baginda 'Dragon Scale' is one of the most iconic and popular "jewel alocasias." Renowned for its distinct, metallic textured leaves that resemble dragon scales, it serves as the classic non-variegated baseline for the species.
Alocasia Dragon Scale Varigated.
Alocasia baginda 'Dragon Scale' Variegated is one of the most magnificent and coveted jewel alocasias in the plant community. It pairs the thick, dragon-hide-like texture of Alocasia baginda with dramatic marbled or sectoral variegation in shades of white, cream, or yellow.
Alocasia Frydek Varigated
Alocasia micholitziana 'Frydek' Variegated (often spelled Frydek) is widely considered one of the most stunning and iconic variegated houseplant cultivars in the world. Famous for its dramatic contrast, it combines velvety dark emerald leaves with pure white or bright lime-yellow variegated sectors.
Alocasia Scalprum
Alocasia scalprum (often referred to as the Samar Lance Alocasia) is a rare and highly sought-after jewel aroid native to the island of Samar in the Philippines. Its species name, scalprum, comes from the Latin word for "chisel" or "scalpel," referring to its distinctive sharp, lance-shaped leaves.
Alocasia Sinuata Varigated
Alocasia sinuata Variegated (often referred to as the Variegated Quilted Alocasia or Alocasia bullata) is an exceptionally rare and prized jewel aroid. Native to the Philippines, it is celebrated for its thick, heavily quilted leaves and striking marbled variegation.
Alocasia Watsoniana
Alocasia longiloba 'Watsoniana' (often simply called Alocasia watsoniana) is a magnificent, large-growing tropical aroid native to the rainforests of Southeast Asia (particularly Malaysia and Indonesia). It is celebrated for its imposing size, glossy sheen, and bold silver-white veining.
Alocasia Platinum Variegate
Alocasia 'Platinum' Variegated (often sold under trade names like Alocasia bisma 'Platinum' Variegata or Alocasia reginae 'Platinum' Variegata) is a rare jewel aroid. It combines smooth, metallic silver-grey leaves with high-contrast cream or pure white (albo) variegated blotches and splashes.
Philodendron Birkin
Philodendron 'Birkin' is a popular and striking indoor houseplant celebrated for its glossy, dark-green leaves pinstriped with bright cream and white lines. It is a spontaneous mutation (sport) of Philodendron 'Rojo Congo'.
Philodendron Brown Pluto
Philodendron 'Pluto' (frequently referred to as Philodendron 'Caramel Pluto' or Philodendron 'Brown Pluto') is a striking, self-heading tropical cultivar renowned for its rich bronze-chocolate foliage and lobed leaf edges. Notably, 'Pluto' is the non-variegated green/brown baseline form of the legendary and highly prized Philodendron 'Caramel Marble'
Philodendron Caramel Marble Variegated
Philodendron 'Caramel Marble' (often simply called Caramel Marble) is widely regarded as one of the ultimate grail plants in the indoor plant hobby. It is the highly prized, variegated mutation of Philodendron 'Pluto' ('Caramel Pluto'), celebrated for its exquisite spectrum of colors that marble across its serrated leaves.
Philodendron Cherry Red
Philodendron 'Cherry Red' is a vibrant, self-heading hybrid cultivar of the Blushing Philodendron. It is highly favored by houseplant collectors for its glossy, oval foliage that unfurls in a dramatic, eye-catching cherry-red hue.
Philodendron Green Crocadile
Philodendron 'Crocodile' (commonly referred to as 'Green Crocodile', 'Jungle Boogie', 'Tiger Tooth', or Philodendron narrow) is a dynamic, saw-toothed aroid known for its long, deeply serrated leaves that closely resemble a crocodile's jaw.
Philodendron Green Selloum
Philodendron 'Green Selloum'—botanically reclassified as Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum—is a massive, classic tropical foliage plant famous for its large, deeply lobed, frilly green leaves. Often called the Lacy Tree Philodendron, it grows into a dramatic, architectural floor specimen.
Philodendron Prince of Orange
Philodendron 'Prince of Orange' is a popular, award-winning self-heading hybrid tropical plant celebrated for its ever-changing, colorful foliage. Unlike many other plants whose main draw is flowers or stable variegation, its appeal lies in the vivid, sunset-colored evolution of its leaves as they mature.
Philodendron Red Anderson Variegated.
Philodendron 'Red Anderson' Variegated is a rare, highly sought-after hybrid prized for its striking multi-colored foliage. Believed to be a cross between Philodendron 'Pink Princess' and Philodendron 'White Knight', it combines the rich burgundy hues of the 'Pink Princess' with the bold white and cream variegation of the 'White Knight'.
Philodendron Red Congo
Philodendron 'Rojo Congo' (frequently sold as 'Red Congo') is a classic, robust hybrid aroid prized for its dramatic, dark burgundy stems and glossy, deep-green foliage. It is a self-heading cultivar (a cross involving Philodendron imperialis and Philodendron tatei) known for its grand, architectural presentation indoors.
Philodendron Ring of Fire
Philodendron 'Ring of Fire' is a renowned, slow-growing hybrid aroid (believed to be a cross between Philodendron wendlandii and Philodendron tortum). It is famous for its long, saw-toothed leaves decorated with a splashy palette of up to five distinct colors: fiery red, orange, pink, cream/yellow, and green.
Philodendron Sun Rise Red
Philodendron 'Sun Red' (frequently referred to in the plant trade as Philodendron 'Red Sun' or 'Sunrise Red') is a striking, self-heading hybrid tropical plant celebrated for its fiery foliage transition. Like other self-heading aroids, its appeal lies in the vivid contrast between newly emerging foliage and mature leaves.