The term "légume pays" (french for local vegetables) or lédjim-péi (Creole) means local vegetables namely banana vegetable, dasheen, yam, breadfruit, sweet potato, or plantain (see the gallery: Fruits and Vegetables in Martinique.
Local Vegetables are very active in the local cuisine. In some families they are on the table every day associated with meat or fish.
They are sold at affordable prices to the roadside by farmers or local resellers or in different markets of the island, the most big market in the heart of Fort-de-France.
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