Banana

Banana                                                                                                                                
Banana is an edible fruit botanically a berry produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plant in the genus Musa.  Bananas used for cooking may be called plantains. The fruit is variable in size and color and firmness. Musa species are native to tropical Indo Malaya and Australia. Worldwide there is no distinction between bananas and plantains. The term banana is also used as the common name for the plants which produced the fruit. The banana plant is the largest herbaceous flowering plant. Plants are normally tall. Cultivated banana plants vary in height depending on growing conditions. Most are around 5 meter tall with a range from plants around 3 meter. Leaves are spirally arranged and may grow 2.5 meters long and 60 cm wide. Statistics on the production and export of bananas by Food and Agriculture Organization said that India on the first place. 18 % of worldwide India can make it. Philippines was the next largest producer with around 7% of the worldwide crop. Come behind are China, Ecuadar, Brazil, Indonesia,Uganda, and more countries. The bananas have an extensive trade history. India is the world leader in this sort of production. There are pleasent sector banana growers who produced the world market in the Caribbean In some countries commercial propagation occurs. 
According to 2012-2013 top ten banana states are here. First place for Tamilnadu and second place for Gujarat and third place Maharashtra. AndhrPradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, MadhyPradesh,West Bengal,  Assam, Orissa are come behind. In Tamilnadu banana cultivation mostly on west and south region. Trichy district especially Karur is the most important place of banana cultivation. Also Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai are the other districts. Karur poovan, Rastali, Robbesta, Pachinadan, Monthan, Nendran are the varieties here. Viruppachi is the other variety cultivated near Palani Banana trees have a life time of 10 months to give yeild. It is a water wanted crop. Now a days drip irrigation is mostly for here. Fertilization is also must for this crop for higher yeild. Most varieties are for fruit item only except Monthan variety. This is for only the use of side dish Bajji.  Also nendran variety is for chipps item only. In Coimbatore banana plant cultivated more places such as Pollachi,Kinathukkadavu, Anamalai and more places. Harvested by farmers the bananas marketed nearby market Kinathukkadavu. Also the other important market is at Sundarapuram nearby Coimbatore. Pollachi also have a market for the sale of bananas. One banana average rate of one rupee and more even five rupees have been also marketed 

Uses of  Banana-----All parts of the banana tree is mostly used by humanity.  Fruits have to eat, flowers of banana tree is used for side dish Also the middle part of the tree called Thandu is an important one for kidney problems such as kidney stone problem cure for this. Also the leaves are used to serve the food on it to eat. Also stomach problems solved for this fruit. Green banana is cooked by for side dish for rice.  In our culture banana gets most important place. In temples worship god for banana fruit and coconut. Also marriage functions, festival functions and cultural functions banana tree is arranged on in front of the gate for welcome all. Also banana leaf is great use for humans. Serve the food on it and have to eat. If any body have on fire accident the person will be put on it this will give releif of hotness.  One of the most important cultural activity is that the Panchamirtham prepared by banana and other items such as sugar, honey is the famous for Palani temple. This Panchamirtham famous for world wide. Lord Muruga worshiped by devotees on Agni Nakshatra season mostly The variety of Viruppachi banana is used for it.  In Pollachi and nearby Kerala Nendran Chipps is famous. Nendran variety only used for chipps and this is very tasty. Nendran veriety banana marketed here at kilo gram per rate. 

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