attributes

Mooli

• Root vegetable

• White flesh

• High moisture

• Usually supplied in wooden crates

• Good shelf life

Fennel

• Bulb vegetable

• Aniseed flavour

• Delicate fronds

• High moisture

Kohlrabi

• Brassica

• Dense flesh

• Green or purple varieties

• Good shelf life

Okra

• Pod vegetable

• Delicate

• Highly perishable

• Susceptible to dehydration

Dudhi

• Gourd

• Large fruit vegetable

• High water content

• Delicate skin

Samphire

• Coastal vegetable

• Naturally salty

• Thin stems

• Very perishable

Lemongrass

• Herb

• Aromatic

• Fibrous stem

• Long shelf life

Karela

• Bitter melon

• Fruit vegetable

• Ridged skin

• Tropical crop

Cassava

• Root crop

• High starch

• Thick skin

• Tropical crop

Chayote

• Squash family

• Fruit vegetable

• High moisture

• Green skin

Eddoes

• Root vegetable

• Similar to taro

• Starchy

• Soil- grown

Plantain

• Cooking banana

• High starch

• Climacteric fruit (ripens after harvest)

• Tropical crop