Fig. 5

Major Meekiri producing sites/locations in Sri Lanka (Google maps). Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean, South-east of the Indian subcontinent between latitudes 5° and 10° N, and longitudes 79° and 82° E with a tropical warm climate. The rainfall pattern is mainly influenced by monsoon winds in the Indian Ocean. There is strong evidence of prehistoric human settlements in Sri Lanka dating back to approximately 125,000 BP