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| Banana (Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana) |
Bananas (Musaceae) are tropical plants of the family consisting of three genera (Musa Musella and Ensete) that generates the edible or non-edible fruit (relative to the type) which can be used for human and animals. Banana plants are grown for food, as well as an ornamental garden or house plant. Banana is the fourth plant in the world to use for food (after rice, wheat and corn). It originates from Southeast Asia, but grows in all tropical regions of the world (South and Southeast Asia, most of Africa and Central and most of South America).
Banana is a plant that belongs to the family Liliaceae with lilies and orchids. Her trees can grow to eight feet tall. At the top of the tree are large, succulent, green and torn leaves that are quite soft so they break easily. Between the sheets appear one long branch with hanging blossom of about 1 meter in length. The flowers are yellow, and the fruits of the same name as the plant grows in the form of clusters which may contain 50-150 individual fruits. Banana has a herbaceous stem that gradually becomes woody. Thickness can vary from 2 to 9 m (depending on species). The fruits are usually elongated, with her or without seeds (depending on type), mostly yellowish when mature, some species can be and dark pink (Musa velutina) and red. Growth in the form of characteristic punched. Reproduce or solely from seed (genus Ensete), or from seed and aboveground shoots (genus Musa and Musella), many varieties created artificial sekekcijom are giving seedless fruits that are rich in vitamins A, B6 and C. They are mostly eaten raw, while Immature fruits are milled into flour. Bananas provide edible fruits of the genus Musa. Musa genus contains over 50 different types of bananas (some of which bear edible and some inedible, tasteless, bread, fruit full of seeds). There's also a lot of varieties of each species and hybrids between species.
Banana is known in Malaysia for more than 4000 years ago, where it was transferred to the Philippines and India, and information on its growth has brought the army of Alexander the Great's 327th BC. The Arab traders brought it to Africa where they met with her Portuguese who in the late 15th century passed in the Americas. Today, the largest of its growers in Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador and Brazil. Thanks to the cooling system and the possibility of rapid transport to the fruit can be bought at markets in all parts of the world.
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| Banana (Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana) |
Important ingredients in banana fruit: fructose and glucose, potassium (350 mg), carotene (provitamin A), vitamins B-complex, pectin, malic acid. The average banana weighs about 120 grams and long about 15 cm. Content within the crust is fleshy, soft part cream to yellow, orange, or even hazel color. It can be tough, rubbery even when unripe, changing in a gentle and satenast, or soft and starchy when ripe. Taste is mild and sweet or sweet-sour with apple aroma. One of the hallmarks of a banana is its distinctive yellow color of ripe fruit, but not all of these bananas. Ripe bananas can be dried and milled to a powder is necessary, which do not lose their flavor. They are used in food and dairy industry. Of logs, bark and leaves of bananas for food for the animals.
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| Banana (Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana) |
Today it is more widespread than 100 subspecies of bananas that are covered by two types: sweet banana (Musa sapient, Musa nana) and flour banana (Musa paradisiaca). Creamy, sweet and rich in dietary fiber and vitamins, a banana is a fruit that is worshiped by all generations. It is an ideal fruit for toddlers because it rarely causes allergies, and athletes is a source of energy and potassium. The combination of pectin and starch provides complex carbohydrates, whose decomposition releases energy gradually.
One banana (about 100 g) is 89 kcal / 372 kJ. Bananas contain 74% water, 1% protein, 0.5% fat, 13.5% sugar, 23% carbohydrates and 3.4% plant fiber. They are rich in potassium and contain magnesium, calcium, fluorine, phosphorus, iron, zinc and copper. Bananas are also rich in vitamins and, most contain beta-carotene, B group vitamins, and vitamins C and E. This fruit is a good source of vitamin B6 and a good source of dietary fiber, vitamin C, potassium and manganese.
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| Banana (Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana) |
Ripe bananas contain compounds that act in two ways: by activating the epithelial cells lining the stomach to produce a thick protective layer of mucus, which is stomach acid barrier and eliminate the bacteria from the stomach (especially Helicobacter pylori) for which it is known to cause ulcer. In one of the studies showed that a mixture of banana and milk significantly reduces gastric acid secretion.
Bananas are a good source of pectin, a soluble fiber, which absorbs the liquid and thus support the normal peristalsis (movement) alimentary canal and facilitate excretion of stools. Bananas also increase the body's own ability to absorb calcium, and thus indirectly the fruit helps to slow down the loss of calcium from bones in diseases such as osteoporosis. A large amount of fructooligosaccharides in banana foods are probiotic bacteria, normal inhabitants of our intestines, which are more abundant, and in this way, and their production of vitamins and digestive enzymes that allow absorption of important nutrients, including calcium. A related and significantly reduce the risk of breast cancer.
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| Banana (Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana) |
Bananas can be frozen, and so they just remove the bark from them or make a puree. In order not to lose color before freezing add the lemon juice. So you can keep frozen bananas for about two months. You can buy bananas and dried, cut into slices, which can be consumed as snacks, combined with muesli for breakfast or dessert to decorate.
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| Banana (Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana) |
