What is the origin and distribution of bananas?

China is one of the ancient countries that cultivate bananas in the world. Most of the main banana varieties in the world are transmitted from China. Bananas are distributed in the tropics and subtropics within 30 degrees of latitude between the north and south of the eastern, western and southern hemispheres. There are 130 countries in the world that cultivate bananas, of which Central America produces the most, followed by Asia. Chinese bananas are mainly distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Yunnan and Hainan. Guizhou, Sichuan and Chongqing also have a small amount of cultivation.

Distribution of bananas in China

1. Lingshan, Pubei, Yulin, Nanning and Qinzhou are the main producing areas in Guangxi.

2. Guangdong takes Zhanjiang, Maoming, Zhongshan, Dongguan, Guangzhou and Chaozhou as the main producing areas.

3. Bananas in Taiwan are mainly grown in Kaohsiung and Pingtung, followed by Taichung and Taitung.

4. Fujian is mainly concentrated in Zhangpu, Pinghe, Nanjing, Changtai, Zhaoan, Hua'an, Yunxiao, Longhai, Xiamen, Nanan, Putian, Zhangzhou (Tianbao) and Xianyou.

5. Bananas in Hainan are mainly distributed in Danzhou, Chengmai, Sanya, Dongfang and other places, of which the most yield is Dongfang.

Distribution of bananas in the world

The world's main production bases are Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Jamaica and Martinique in Central America and the West Indies, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador in South America, the Canary Islands, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Guinea and Nigeria in Africa, India and Thailand in Asia. Tropical countries such as the Philippines have large-scale cultivation.

The producing environment of banana

1. Bananas like hot and humid climate and grow exuberantly in fields with deep soil, loose soil and good drainage. Irrigation cultivation has also been successful in semi-arid areas similar to southern Jamaica. Wild bananas are cultivated by seeds, and artificial bananas can be cultivated by sucking roots and pseudobulbs, and the first harvest takes 10 to 15 months, and then almost continuously.

2. Banana root group is delicate, strict selection of soil, poor ventilation, poor structure of clay soil or poor drainage, are not conducive to the development of root system, clay content