Bananas
Musa acuminata Colla; Musa balbisiana Colla; Musa x paradisiaca L.
Family of Musaceae.
Description & storage
Edible yellow when ripe fruit that is thick skinned and comes in bunches when marketed for distribution.
Due to their tropical origins bananas must be kept at room temperature. If you want the bananas to ripen faster place the bowl in the sun. Like other tropical fruits never store bananas in the refrigerator. Cold temperatures will make the fruit decay from the inside out, they will not last longer in the refrigerator, rather turn black and mushy and be basically un-eatable.
Plant
Banana-plants can grow up to 45 feet tall, but most plants typically vary from 10 to25 feet. The plant itself has very big leafs that can grow to up to 12 feet long.
Use
Bananas are usually eaten by hand after easily peeling off the thick skin. Depending on the type of banana unripe bananas are also cooked, fried or deep-fried a lot. Cooked bananas become much sweeter and are often uses as the basis for decadent desserts. The flavor is also savory enough that many liquors use the banana as the base flavor. A very common treat for children of all ages is the banana split.
Types
There are five common different types of bananas generally available today:
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