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Banana nutrition facts. One medium banana has: 105 calories. 1 gram protein. 0 grams fat. 27 grams carbohydrates. 3 grams fiber (12% daily value (DV)) 422 milligrams potassium (16% daily value)
A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry [1] – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with ...
Banana cue - fried ripe saba bananas coated with caramelized sugar. Binignit - a dessert soup of glutinous rice in coconut milk with ripe saba bananas as one of the main ingredients. Ginanggang - grilled saba bananas coated with margarine and sugar. Maruya - banana fritters made from saba bananas and batter.
Bananas can lower blood pressure, promote gut health and are a source of fiber and B6. What are the health benefits of a banana? The surprising reason its actually healthier to eat unripe bananas
Cavendish bananas accounted for 47% of global banana production between 1998 and 2000, and the vast majority of bananas entering international trade. The fruits of the Cavendish bananas are eaten raw, used in baking, fruit salads, and to complement foods. The outer skin is partially green when bananas are sold in food markets, and turns yellow ...
List of banana cultivars. Left to right: plantains, Red, Latundan, and Cavendish bananas. The following is a list of banana cultivars and the groups into which they are classified. Almost all modern cultivated varieties ( cultivars) of edible bananas and plantains are hybrids and polyploids of two wild, seeded banana species, Musa acuminata and ...
Lady Finger banana. Lady Finger bananas (also known as sugar bananas, fig bananas, or date bananas) are diploid banana cultivars originating in Malaysia or Indonesia, belonging to the Sucrier subgroup of the AA banana cultivar group. Lady Finger banana is the most widely cultivated AA cultivar and is one of the world’s most popular local bananas.
Ensete ventricosum, commonly known as enset or ensete, Ethiopian banana, Abyssinian banana, pseudo-banana, false banana and wild banana, is a species of flowering plant in the banana family Musaceae. The domesticated form of the plant is cultivated only in Ethiopia, where it provides the staple food for approximately 20 million people.