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Fabias · 1 year ago
Banana plantsBanana plants growing on a plantation. Each herbaceous trunk bears only one bunch of fruit and is cut down after harvest to encourage new growth from the rhizome (underground stem)
The banana plant is a gigantic herb that springs from an underground stem, or rhizome, to form a false trunk 3–6 metres (10–20 feet) high. This trunk is composed of the basal portions of leaf sheaths and is crowned with a rosette of 10 to 20 oblong to elliptic leaves that sometimes attain a length of 3–3.5 metres (10–11.5 feet) and a breadth of 65 cm (26 inches). A large flower spike, carrying numerous yellowish flowers protected by large purple-red bracts, emerges at the top of the false trunk and bends downward to become bunches of 50 to 150 individual fruits, or fingers. The individual fruits, or bananas, are grouped in clusters, or hands, of 10 to 20. After a plant has fruited, it is cut down to the ground, because each trunk produces only one bunch of fruit. The dead trunk is replaced by others in the form of suckers, or shoots, which arise from the rhizome at roughly six-month intervals. The life of a single rhizome thus continues for many years, and the weaker suckers that it sends up through the soil are periodically pruned, while the stronger ones are allowed to grow into fruit-producing plants. |
Fabias · 1 year ago
Domesticated bananas growing in a bunch
banana, fruit of the genus Musa, of the family Musaceae, one of the most important fruit crops of the world. The banana is grown in the tropics, and, though it is most widely consumed in those regions, it is valued worldwide for its flavour, nutritional value, and availability throughout the year. Cavendish, or dessert, bananas are most commonly eaten fresh, though they may be fried or mashed and chilled in pies or puddings. They may also be used to flavour muffins, cakes, or breads. Cooking varieties, or plantains, are starchy rather than sweet and are grown extensively as a staple food source in tropical regions; they are cooked when ripe or immature. A ripe fruit contains as much as 22 percent of carbohydrate and is high in dietary fibre, potassium, manganese, and vitamins B6 and C. |
Fabias · 1 year ago
Jack fruits jackfruits
The jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)[6] is a species of tree in the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit family (Moraceae).[7] The jackfruit is the largest tree fruit, reaching as much as 55 kg (120 pounds) in weight, 90 cm (35 inches) in length, and 50 cm (20 in) in diameter.[7][8] A mature jackfruit tree produces some 200 fruits per year, with older trees bearing up to 500 fruits in a year.[7][9] The jackfruit is a multiple fruit composed of hundreds to thousands of individual flowers, and the fleshy petals of the unripe fruit are eaten. |
Fabias · 1 year ago
Ripe Custard Apple Plant
Custard apple, (genus Annona), genus of about 160 species of small trees or shrubs of the family Annonaceae, native to the New World tropics. Custard apples are of local importance as traditional medicines, and several species are commercially grown for their edible fruits. The fruit of the common custard apple (Annona reticulata), also called sugar apple or bullock’s-heart in the West Indies, is dark brown in colour and marked with depressions giving it a quilted appearance; its pulp is reddish yellow, sweetish, and very soft (hence the common name). Soursop, or guanabana (A. muricata), sweetsop (A. squamosa), and cherimoya (A. cherimola) are widely cultivated worldwide. Alligator apple, or corkwood (A. glabra), a native of South America and West Africa, is valued for its roots, which serve the same purposes as cork; the fruit is not usually eaten fresh but is sometimes used for making jellies. |
Fabias · 1 year ago
Custard Apple
Custard Apple is a sweet, creamy fruit enjoyed by many. In the Middle East, it’s known as “Shareefa.” This unique fruit has a rich history and is popular for its delightful taste and texture. Fresh Leaf UAE brings this exotic fruit straight to your doorstep, ensuring quality and freshness right here in the UAE. |
Fabias · 1 year ago
Custard Apple Balanagar (Grafted)
Custard Apple Botanically known as Annona squamosa from Annonaceae family. Common name are Sitaphal, Sugar apple red, Sweetsop. It is a small many branched semi-evergreen tree. This Balanagar variety of custard apple is most adaptable variety and yielding of this variety is too high when compared to other custard apple. The fruit is medium size and green in color with sweet in taste. It can be planted in any corner of the garden and requires less water and does best in dry climates. This tree should only be planted outdoors in frost-free areas protected from cold winds. It is best grown in rich, evenly moist but well-drained soils in full sun to semi-shade. |
Fabias · 1 year ago
Família Annonaceae
Algumas pesquisas indicaram o crescente número de consumidores adeptos da graviola, que a consomem deliberadamente acreditando em um "poder curativo" de algumas doenças como o câncer e o Mal de Parkinson. Esse frisson deve-se ao fato de muitos experimentos terem sido realizados in vitro e in vivo em animais cobaias, sem a total comprovação dos efeitos da substância anonacina neles. Em humanos esses experimentos nunca foram realizados, ao menos não oficialmente. Outro uso que alimenta a economia e o comércio é a elaboração de medicamentos utilizados na medicina popular, com ação antifúngica, antimalárica e citostática. |
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