Island roots
Yams and Root Vegetables: Exported from Sri Lanka
Harvest Gate sells Sri Lankan yams wholesale to importers and grocers overseas: purple yam, innala, kiri ala, cassava, sweet potato and elephant foot yam, packed for export and quoted per consignment.
Request a quoteWhich yams and root vegetables does Harvest Gate export from Sri Lanka?
Harvest Gate exports purple yam, innala, kiri ala, cassava, sweet potato and elephant foot yam from Sri Lanka. As a Sri Lanka yams exporter it packs each root for export and quotes per consignment, in the quantity and packing the buyer asks for.
These tropical root vegetables are staples of Sri Lankan cooking, boiled for breakfast with coconut or cooked in curries. Many are hard to find fresh outside South and Southeast Asia. Harvest Gate is an agricultural exporter based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It sells them to importers, wholesalers, grocers and restaurants overseas.
Purple yam
Dioscorea alata
Purple yam grows as large, rough-skinned tubers with deep violet flesh and a mild, sweet, nutty taste. Known as ube in the Philippines, it colours and flavours cakes, ice cream and desserts. In Sri Lanka it is boiled or cooked in curries. Harvest Gate is a purple yam supplier to importers and grocers overseas.
- Flavourmild, sweet and nutty
- Cooked incurries, desserts and baking
Innala
Plectranthus rotundifolius
Innala is a small, knobbly tuber of a plant in the mint family, with thin brown skin and white flesh. It is a favourite of Sri Lankan home cooking: cooks boil it to eat with grated coconut and sambol or cook it in curries. Harvest Gate exports innala from Sri Lanka to importers and Sri Lankan grocers overseas.
- Flavourearthy and slightly nutty, like a new potato
- Cooked incurries and boiled with coconut
Kiri ala
Kiri ala is a starchy corm with a brown, ringed skin and white flesh that turns soft and creamy when cooked. In Sri Lanka it is boiled and eaten with coconut, or cooked in a mild white curry with coconut milk. Harvest Gate exports kiri ala to importers and grocers overseas.
- Flavourmild, starchy and creamy
- Cooked inwhite curries and boiled with coconut
More roots we export
Alongside the main range, Harvest Gate sells these Sri Lankan root vegetables to importers, grocers and restaurants overseas.
Cassava
Manihot esculenta
Manyokka is a long, starchy root with a dark, bark-like skin and white flesh, boiled, curried or fried in Sri Lanka and eaten across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Quoted per consignment for importers and grocers.
Sweet potato
Ipomoea batatas
Bathala is the sweet potato of Sri Lankan kitchens, with soft, sweet flesh, boiled for breakfast or cooked in curries. Exported for importers and grocers overseas.
Elephant foot yam
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
A large, round corm with rough brown skin and pale flesh, cut into chunks for curries and fries across South Asia. Harvest Gate is among the elephant foot yam suppliers exporting from Sri Lanka.
How are yams and root vegetables shipped from Colombo?
Yams and root vegetables travel well, so they can ship by sea from the Port of Colombo, with air freight from Bandaranaike International Airport for smaller or urgent orders. Tell us the quantity and the destination port and the quotation sets out the route.
To export yams 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.
Buyer questions
Questions importers ask about yams and root vegetables
What importers ask before buying Sri Lankan yams and root vegetables. Not answered here? Send the question with your enquiry.
Request a quote01What is the minimum order for yams and root vegetables from Sri Lanka?
It depends on the root, the packing and whether it travels by sea or by air, so the minimum is confirmed with each quotation. Tell us the quantity you need per shipment and the destination port when you request a quote.
02Which countries does Harvest Gate export yams and root vegetables 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 port and we confirm the route and the documents the importing authority asks for.
03How do I request a quote or samples?
Send the root, quantity and packing with your destination port through Request a Quote and we reply with a quotation for the consignment. To check a root before a first order, request samples with your delivery address.
04Who does Harvest Gate supply yams and root vegetables to?
Harvest Gate sells Sri Lankan yams and root vegetables 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 yams and root vegetables quotation priced?
Each quotation is per consignment. The price follows the root, quantity, packing and destination, plus sea or air freight at the time of shipment. Send those details with your enquiry and the quotation sets each one out.
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