Starchy Fruits Flashcards
Health Benefits of Bananas
Maintenance of night vision Prevents hypertension Prevents peptic ulcers Protection from breakdown Electrolyte replacement in diarrhea, Ease of constipation Decreased risk of cancer
Banana Family
Musaceae
Many cousins that have landscape design value
Cavendish Group
Berry -derived from an inferior ovary; thick rind, fleshy content with many seeds = PEPO
Fruit = ripen fertilized ovary,; grind = pericarp of the fruit comes from ovary wall
Vitamins in Bananas
C, B6, B1, B2
High Minerals in Bananas
K and Mg
Banana Origin
Musa X paradisiaca (triploid hybrid) = Musa acuminate x M babisiana
Buddhists texts: 600 BC
Alexander the Great: 329 BC India
Cultivatd 5000 to 8000 years BC in N Guniea
India/China - Samoa and N Guniea to W. Africa
To canary is in 1522 –> Caribbean and C America
Largest herb, not tree
Major Changes From Wild Relatives to Domesticated Banana
Sterility due to pathenogenetic
Spontaneous fruit development without fertilization
Parthenocarpy / Parthenogensis
We eat the placenta
Banana Cultivation and Crop Requirements
Deep, well-drained soil, wet, hot, tropical lowlands, frost sensitive
Asexual
Suckers grows to restart plant life
5m seperation from the row to not getting fruit damage by leaves of other suckers
Cultivation Systems
Export plantations: advanced technology: growing ripening, harvesting, rail system –> year round harvest
Small Holdings For Domestic Market
Small farms, less technology, lower inputs and production poorer soils, lower quality
Harvesting Bananas
Cutter and Backer System
Offspring stripper, leaf stripper, chopping and crowning and harvest
Funicular system
Lifeline of poor communities
Uses of Bananas
Food, clothing, fibers, shelters
banana skin can used for cleaning leather shoes
