Banana producing area and variety

Banana is a common fruit in our life. It tastes sweet, peels easily and has a certain nutritional value. Many people like to buy it and eat it. Next, the editor will tell you in detail about the origin of bananas and several common varieties.

Where is the origin of bananas?

Banana originated in Southeast Asia, and it has been growing in Southeast Asia for at least thousands of years. In the 16th century, Arab merchants brought bananas to West Africa and then to Central and South America. Bananas in China are mainly distributed in Guangdong, Fujian, Qiong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Taiwan provinces, among which Taiwan has the highest yield. At present, the planting area of bananas in China has reached 90, 000 to 110000 hectares, and the total annual output ranks fourth among all fruits. Bananas from Dongguan and Gaozhou are not only of high yield, but also of good quality, and are sold to Hong Kong, Macao, Russia and Japan all the year round.

What are the common varieties of bananas?

1. Brazilian banana

Brazilian banana was introduced from Brazil by foreign-funded enterprises around 1990 and now accounts for about 11% of the banana cultivation area in Guangdong and other provinces. The fruit is highly commercial and is very popular with purchasers and banana farmers. The ear is uniform, about 90cm to 130cm, and the shape of the fruit is beautiful.

2. Emperor banana

The emperor's banana looks like an emperor, fat and short, and he is also "pointing at bananas", but his figure is not as slender as that of Shanxiang. The child is of mixed race and is the product of intermarriage between wild bananas and Hainan species (also known as Mala species brought back to Hainan by overseas Chinese). He has been in Nansha for more than 20 years and competes with Guoshan Xiang. It tastes delicate and pink and waxy, and children like to eat it. Emperor banana is one of the tropical fruits in Hainan, and the Pearl River Delta region is also known as Milk Banana. Mainly divided into Lingshui, Sanya, Ledong, Wenchang, Qionghai, Wanning, Chengmai, Lingao and so on.

3. Nanyang Red Banana

Nanyanghong banana is a kind of fruit, which is a new banana variety introduced from Malaysia by Guangxi Science and Technology Department in 2001. it has the characteristics of strong cold resistance, exuberant growth, large fruit, beautiful appearance, pink color, high sugar content, strong aroma, good taste and so on. The skin is thicker; the flesh is yellowish, the flesh is delicate, the skin of the banana is purplish red when it is not ripe, slightly blackened, and the banana skin is red after ripening, with strong storage resistance, banana skin is not easy to be injured, and the fruit fat is full and neat, with smooth appearance, delicate taste, good taste, low sugar content, special orchid fragrance, rich nutrition and high vitamin content.

4. Millet plantain

Millet banana flesh fragrant, banana skin has turquoise and goose yellow, peeled banana skin, the meat is goose yellow, sweet and delicious, fragrant. Famous varieties are high banana, dwarf banana, oil banana, Xigong banana, powder banana, bud banana, egg banana and so on.

5. Plantain

The local plantain in Nansha is nicknamed Red-beaked Green Parrot. Its comb handle is turquoise and the banana stalk is turquoise, while the banana body near the end of the banana stalk shows a light red, so it is named. The more beautiful the plantain is, the more obvious this feature is in appearance.

6. Pink bananas

It emphasizes the words pink and sweet. To see whether the pink banana is good, first, look at the head, the whole comb banana size should be uniform and moderate, the whole body has no scars, there is a layer of light gray "powder" on it. The thicker the powder, the more nutritious it is.

7. High-footed mines

Gaojiaodun mine belongs to high-dry Xiangya banana, which is one of the excellent varieties in Gaozhou City, Guangdong Province. The plant is large, with a height of 300 cm 400 cm, a perimeter of 70 cm and a circumference of 70 cm. The lower part of the pseudostem is thick and thin; the leaf blade is narrow and long, the petiole is slender, the leaf color is yellowish green, the leaf sheath spacing is sparse; the ear grows moderately, the fruit comb and fruit index are less, but the single fruit is long and heavy; the fruit index is 20% 24 cm long, the single fruit weighs more than 150 grams, and the soluble solids is 20% 22%, medium quality. Under the general cultivation conditions, the yield of the ordered plant can reach 25,30kg, and the yield of the high yield can reach 70kg.

After reading the above, we can know that the origin of bananas is in Southeast Asia. At present, bananas are grown in many tropical areas of our country, and they are sold to Hong Kong, Macao, Russia and Japan all the year round. The above editor gives you a detailed introduction of seven banana varieties, each of which has its own characteristics. I don't know which one you like to eat.

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