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- Banana varieties: A colorful and delicious variety
- Colorful variety
- Three types of bananas:
- fruit bananas
- Plantains (plantains)
- ilbananen
- ornamental bananas
- Banana as a staple food
- Tips & Tricks
Banana varieties: A colorful and delicious variety
Bananas surprise in form, color, size and taste again and again. Their appearance varies greatly. In total there are about 400 varieties of bananas. Of these, 20 varieties are part of the vitamin-rich experience in Germany.
Colorful variety
Hierzlande is often unknown that not all bananas are yellow. There are: brown, red, pink and striped bananas.
Some are highly aromatic, others fruity sweet. Some varieties are characterized by their floury, starchy and rather firm taste.
Most of the cultured, rather classic fruit bananas are exported. Compared to others, these are rather watery.
Three types of bananas:
fruit bananas
Often these are yellow. The flesh is soft, bright and tastes sweet.
Varieties: Dwarf Cavendish, Giant Cavendish, Grande Naine, Musa sikkimensis Darjeeling
Plantains (plantains)
They are often baked, cooked or roasted. Raw, they taste rather floury. In Latin America, they are on the menu every day in combination with rice and beans.
Varieties: Manihot esculenta (cassava, yucca)
ilbananen
These varieties use the leaves, not the fruits.The most widespread is the fiber banana from Indonesia. Nets, yarns and ropes are made from the so-called manila fibers of the leaf sheaths.
Variety: Musa ilis
ornamental bananas
Special breeds (smaller house plants) are suitable for conservatories and living rooms.
Varieties: Musa basjoo, Musa ensete ventricosum, Ensete ventricosum Maurelii, Musa velutina, Musa yunnanensis, Musa Burmese Blue
Banana as a staple food
Because of this diverse range, this fruit is considered a staple food in many countries around the world. The banana takes over the role of our potato there.
Cooking bananas or plantains are used primarily in the tropics as a basis for the daily diet. Furthermore, from them, for example, flour, beer or chips are produced.
Tips & Tricks
Meanwhile there are plantains also in our supermarkets. A culinary adventure is worthwhile in any case.