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A banana is a tree-like plant (though strictly a herb) of the genus
Musa in the family Musaceae, closely related to plantain. The term banana is also applied to the elongated fruit (technically a false berry), which grows (in edible species and varieties) in hanging clusters, several to many fruits to a tier (called a hand), many tiers to a bunch. The total of hanging clusters is called a 'stem' in the commercial world.The banana was originally cultivated by pre-historic peoples in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific.
Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors. The ripe fruit is easily peeled and eaten raw or cooked. Depending upon variety and ripeness, the flesh can be starchy to sweet, and firm to mushy. Unripe or 'green' plantains and bananas are used in cooking and are the staple starch of some tropical populations.
The commercial sweet varieties most commonly eaten in temperate countries (species
Musa acuminata or the hybrid Musa x paradisiaca, a cultigenCultigen is the name for organisms, especially cultivated plants like the edible banana, not known to have a wild or uncultivated counterpart in nature. It is a species that was domesticated (grown and selected by humankind) from so far back in antiquity,) are imported in large quantities from the tropicsThe tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. This area lies approximately between 23. 5° N l, where they are popular in part because they are available fresh year-round.While the original bananas contained rather large seeds, seedless and triploid varieties have been selected for human consumption. These are propagated asexually from offshoots of the plant. These offshoots are called followers or suckers in the trade, and one or two of them are the source for the next stem of fruit the plant produces, because the plant is normally chopped down at the time of harvest. A stem of bananas can weigh as much as 100 lb (45 kg), and they are usually carried on the shoulder.
Banana chipsBanana chips Banana chips are chips that are made of bananas. These chips are made of banana slices, covered with sugar. The chips are crispy and have a sweet taste. Variants of banana chips may be covered with chocolate. Usually, the chips are produced o are a snack produced from bananas. Bananas have also been used in the making of jamFor other meanings of the word "jam", see Jam (disambiguation Jam is a type of fruit preserve. It is a way of preserving fruit by boiling it with sugar to make an unfiltered jelly. The proportion varies according to the type of fruit and its ripeness, but. However unlike other fruits, bananas have only recently been used to prepare juiceJuice is the liquid naturally contained in plants. For example, orange juice is the liquid extract of the fruit of the orange tree. The term can also mean the substance or quality that imparts identity to a particular thing or the essence. A juice may be and squashSquash may refer to: Squash (sport), the racquet sport Squash (drink), a type of drink Squash (vegetable), a vegetable. See also: Wiktionary:Squash.es. Despite an 85 percent water content, it has historically been difficult to extract juice from the fruit because when compressed, a banana simply turns to pulp. In 2004, scientists at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India, patented a technique for extracting juice by treating banana pulp in a reaction vessel for four to six hours [1].In addition to the fruits, the flower of the banana plant (also known as
banana blossom or banana heart) is used in South-East Asian cooking, either served raw with dips or cooked in soups and curries. The tender core of the banana plant's trunk is also used, notably in Burmese cooking.| Politics | Business | Finance |
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