Ugandan Fruit & Vegetables

Oweyo! Wasuze otya. Amanya gange nze? (If you don't know what that means, check out my post about Learning Luganda.) A few weeks ago I shared about Ugandan Food but I thought today we could learn a little bit about the types of fruit that grow in Uganda!

Many different types of fruit and vegetables are grown and eaten in Uganda. Some of the common vegetables are cassava, sweet potatoes, peas, cabbage, carrots, spinach, onions, garlic, eggplants and beans! Do you know what a cassava root looks like? Here is a photo of a man holding a cassava root (photo credit: Impatient Optimists):

Casavas are generally prepared like potatoes! They can be baked or boiled, eaten plain, mashed, or in a stew!

Some of the fruits grown in Uganda may be familiar to you like bananas, mangoes, guavas, oranges, lemons, pineapples, avocados and tomatoes! But do you know what pawpaws and jackfruit are?

This is a photo of a pawpaw tree with the fruit growing (photo credit: Traditional Oven):

And this is what the inside of a pawpaw fruit looks like (photo credit: Meridian):

Here is a photo of a jackfruit tree (photo credit: Parrikar)

And this is what the inside of a jackfruit looks like (photo credit: Wise Geek):

Are there any fruits or vegetables that are grown in Uganda that you would like to try?

About Hannah Hinojosa...Hannah is a long time Compassion sponsor (she was Sherinah's sponsor) and writes about her sponsorship journey at Because of Shamim. In addition to being a wife and mother, she is a part-time math professor and loves to read.