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What is a banana tree?
Banana tree is a giant herb of Musaceae. It has soft branches and leaves, huge leaves, rectangular leaves and bright skin color. After its flowering period, it will produce 7 to 10 fruit clusters. The fruit is turquoise before ripening, and turns golden yellow with brown spots after ripening. The flesh is yellow and white, and it likes to grow in a high temperature and humid environment. Banana is rich in nutrition, which has a good effect on treating hypertension, preventing gastritis, sobering up, losing weight, treating cough and treating depression.

Banana tree type

There are 130 countries planting banana trees in the world, among which Central America has the largest output, followed by Asia. China is one of the ancient countries planting bananas in the world, and most of the main banana varieties planted abroad are imported from China.

Bananas in China are mainly distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong, Taiwan Province, Fujian, Yunnan and Hainan, followed by a small amount of cultivation in Guizhou, Sichuan and Chongqing.

Banana tree attribute

Banana tree belongs to the genus Musa and likes high temperature and high humidity. Its growth temperature is 20 ~ 35℃, and the optimum annual rainfall is1800 ~ 2500mm. Strict requirements on soil, suitable for planting in sandy loam below the groundwater level 1m, especially in alluvial soil or humus loam.

What does a banana tree look like

Banana tree is a huge herb. It has soft branches and leaves, huge leaves, rectangular leaves and bright skin color. After its flowering period, it will produce 7 to 10 fruit clusters. The fruit is turquoise before it is ripe, and then it will turn golden with brown spots, and the flesh color is yellow and white.

What do banana leaves look like: the apex of banana leaves is blunt and round, the base is nearly round, both sides are symmetrical, the leaves are dark green, the petiole is short and thick, and the leaf margin is bright red.

Function and Value of Banana Tree

Bananas can not only provide rich nutrients and vitamins for human body, but also make skin soft and shiny, eyes bright and energetic, and prolong life.

Banana is rich in nutrition, which has a good effect on treating hypertension, preventing gastritis, sobering up, losing weight, treating cough and treating depression.