Ceylon herbs
Leaves and Herbs: Exported from Sri Lanka
Harvest Gate exports Ceylon herbs and fresh leaves to importers and grocers overseas: curry leaves, gotukola, mukunuwenna, hathawariya, moringa leaves and pandan, packed for export and quoted per consignment.
Request a quoteWhich leaves and herbs does Harvest Gate export from Sri Lanka?
Harvest Gate exports curry leaves, gotukola, mukunuwenna, hathawariya, moringa leaves and pandan from Sri Lanka. These Sri Lankan green leaves are packed for export and quoted per consignment, in the quantity and packing the buyer asks for.
They are the greens of everyday Sri Lankan cooking, and many are hard to find fresh outside South Asia. Harvest Gate is an agricultural exporter based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It sells these Asian leafy vegetables to importers, wholesalers, grocers and restaurants overseas.
Curry leaves
Murraya koenigii
Curry leaves, karapincha in Sinhala, are the small glossy leaflets of a tree in the citrus family. Fried in oil at the start of a dish, they give Sri Lankan and South Indian cooking its warm, citrus-like aroma. Harvest Gate exports curry leaves from Sri Lanka as fresh sprigs on the stem.
- Flavourwarm, citrus-like and savoury
- Used incurries, dhal, rice and tempering
Gotukola
Centella asiatica
Gotukola is a creeping plant with round, scalloped leaves on long thin stalks. In Sri Lanka it is shredded fine with coconut for gotukola mallum or blended into kola kenda, a green rice porridge. Harvest Gate exports Sri Lankan gotukola fresh, in bunches.
- Flavourfresh, grassy and slightly bitter
- Used inmallum, sambols and kola kenda
Mukunuwenna
Alternanthera sessilis
Mukunuwenna is a soft green that grows along paddy fields and streams, with small, narrow leaves in pairs on tender stems. It is one of the everyday greens of Sri Lankan home cooking, shredded for mallum or stir-fried with onion and chilli. Harvest Gate exports fresh mukunuwenna in bunches.
- Flavourmild and earthy, like spinach
- Used inmallum, stir-fries and curries
More leaves we export
Alongside the main range, Harvest Gate sells these Sri Lankan leaves and herbs to importers, grocers and restaurants overseas.
Hathawariya
Asparagus racemosus
Hathawariya is the wild asparagus of Sri Lanka, a climbing plant with long, needle-like leaves and tender young shoots. Quoted per consignment for importers and grocers.
Moringa leaves
Moringa oleifera
Murunga kola are the small oval leaflets of the moringa tree, cooked in curries and mallum in Sri Lanka. Exported for importers and Asian grocers overseas.
Pandan
Pandanus amaryllifolius
Rampe is a long, glossy leaf with a sweet, nutty fragrance, cooked with rice and curries across Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. Exported for importers, grocers and restaurants.
How are leaves and herbs shipped from Colombo?
Fresh leaves are perishable, so Harvest Gate sends them by air freight from Bandaranaike International Airport, to reach the buyer while they are still fresh. Where the product and the route allow, consignments ship by sea from the Port of Colombo.
For leaves export from Sri Lanka, every consignment ships with a phytosanitary certificate and the documents the importing market requires, such as a certificate of origin, a packing list and a commercial invoice. Tell us the destination airport or port and the quotation confirms the route and the paperwork.
Buyer questions
Questions importers ask about leaves and herbs
What importers ask about herbal plants export from Sri Lanka. Not answered here? Send the question with your enquiry.
Request a quote01What is the minimum order for leaves and herbs from Sri Lanka?
It depends on the leaf, the packing and the route, so the minimum is confirmed with each quotation. Tell us the quantity you need per shipment and the destination airport or port when you request a quote.
02Which countries does Harvest Gate export leaves and herbs to?
Harvest Gate ships to the Middle East and Gulf states (the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain), the Maldives, the United Kingdom, the European Union, the USA, Australia and Canada. Tell us the destination airport or port and we confirm the route and the documents the importing authority asks for.
03How do I request a quote or samples?
Send the leaf, quantity and packing with your destination airport or port through Request a Quote and we reply with a quotation for the consignment. To check a leaf before a first order, request samples with your delivery address.
04Who does Harvest Gate supply leaves and herbs to?
Harvest Gate sells Sri Lankan leaves and herbs to importers, fruit and vegetable wholesalers, Asian and Sri Lankan grocers and restaurants overseas. Each order is quoted per consignment, in the quantity and packing the buyer asks for.
05How is a leaves and herbs quotation priced?
Each quotation is per consignment. The price follows the leaf, quantity, packing and destination, plus freight at the time of shipment. Send those details with your enquiry and the quotation sets each one out.
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