A Detailed Introduction to Banana Origins and Varieties

Bananas are one of the most common fruits in our daily lives, with a sweet taste, easy to peel, and a certain nutritional value, and many people like to buy them to eat. Next, the editor will explain in detail the origins of bananas and several common varieties.

1. Where do bananas originate?

The place of origin of bananas is Southeast Asia, where they have grown for at least several thousand years. In the 16th century AD, Arab merchants brought bananas to West Africa, and then they spread to Central and South America. In China, bananas are mainly distributed in the provinces and regions of Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Taiwan, among which Taiwan has the highest output. At present, the national banana planting area reaches 90,000-110,000 hectares, and the total annual output ranks fourth among all fruits. The bananas of Dongguan and Gaozhou are not only abundant in output but also good in quality, and are sold year-round to Hong Kong, China, Macao, China, Russia, and Japan.

2. What are the common banana varieties?

1. Brazilian banana

The Brazilian banana was introduced by foreign-funded enterprises from Brazil around 1990, and currently accounts for about 11% of the banana cultivation area in Guangdong and other provinces. The fruit has high commercial quality and is very popular with buyers and banana farmers. The fruit clusters are uniform, about 90-130 cm, and the fruit shape is relatively attractive.

2. Emperor banana

The Emperor banana looks like a local emperor, both plump and short, and also belongs to the "straight-pointing banana" category, but its figure is not as slender as the Guoshanxiang. This child is a hybrid, the product of a cross between wild bananas and the Hainan variety (also called the Mala variety, brought back to Hainan for cultivation by overseas Chinese), and has a history of more than 20 years in Nansha, rivaling the Guoshanxiang. Its taste is tender with a powdery, glutinous quality, and children like to eat it. The Emperor banana is one of Hainan's tropical fruits, and in the Pearl River Delta region it is also called milk banana. It is mainly distributed in Lingshui, Sanya, Ledong, Wenchang, Qionghai, Wanning, Chengmai, and Lingao.

3. Nanyang red banana

The Nanyang red banana is a fruit, a new banana variety introduced from Malaysia in 2001 by the Guangxi Department of Science and Technology, with characteristics such as strong cold resistance, vigorous growth, large fruit, beautiful appearance, pink color, high sugar content, strong aroma, and good taste. The peel is relatively thick; the flesh is light yellow, fine and delicate. When the banana is unripe, the peel is purplish red, slightly blackish, and after ripening it turns red. It has strong storage tolerance, the peel is not easily damaged, and the fruit fat is plump and neat, with a smooth appearance, a light fragrance, good taste, slightly lower sugar content, a special orchid fragrance, and it is also very nutritious, with an extremely high vitamin content.

4. Millet banana

The millet banana has fragrant flesh, and the peel can be green or goose-yellow. After peeling off the banana peel, the flesh is goose-yellow, sweet and delicious, with a fragrant smell. Famous varieties include Gaoba banana, Aiba banana, You banana, Saigon banana, Fen banana, Ya banana, Dan banana, and others.

5. Plantain

The local Nansha plantain is nicknamed Red-Mouthed Green Parrot. Its comb stalk head is emerald green, the banana stem is jade green, and at the end of the banana body near the stem, it shows a faint red, hence the name. The better the plantain, the more obvious this feature in appearance.

6. Fen banana

It emphasizes the two words powdery and sweet. To see whether a Fen banana is good, first look at the size: the whole comb of bananas should be uniform and moderate in size, with no scars on the whole body, and a thin layer of light gray "powder" covering it. The thicker that layer of "powder," the more nutritious it is.

7. Gaojiao Dundilei

Gaojiao Dundilei belongs to the tall-stem type of Xiangya banana and is one of the excellent varieties of Gaozhou City, Guangdong Province. The plant is large, the pseudostem is 300-400 cm tall, with a circumference of 70-80 cm, and the pseudostem is clearly thick at the bottom and thin at the top; the leaves are narrow and long, the petioles are slender, the leaf color is pale yellow-green, and the leaf sheath spacing is sparse; the fruit cluster is medium to large, and the number of fruit combs and fruit fingers is relatively small, but the individual fruit is long and heavy; the fruit finger is 20-24 cm long, the single fruit weighs more than 150 grams, the soluble solids are 20%-22%, and the quality is medium; under general cultivation conditions, the yield per plant reaches 25-30 kg, and high-yielding plants can reach 70 kg.

After reading the above, we can know that the place of origin of bananas is Southeast Asia. At present, many tropical regions in China grow bananas, and they are sold year-round to Hong Kong, China, Macao, China, Russia, and Japan. Above, the editor gave a detailed introduction to seven banana varieties. Each has its own characteristics. I wonder which one everyone likes to eat?

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