Fruits World : Banana

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Minions loves banana. Me too. I love bananas. It’s soft and delicious. But what make banana so special. According to Baldry et al., 1981. The flavour, texture, convenience, ease of eating and nutritional values are the reason why bananas very popular. Banana is a useful source of vitamins A, C and B6 and has about twice the concentration of K compared with other ripe fruit.  Bananas are used in special diets where ease of digestibility, low fat, no cholesterol, minerals (high K, low sodium (Na)) and vitamin contents are required. The fruit does not cause digestive disturbance; it readily neutralizes free acid in the stomach and does not give rise to uric acid. These special diets are used for babies, the elderly and patients with stomach problems, gout and arthritis. One medium banana (about 126 grams) is considered to be one serving. One serving of banana contains 110 calories, 30 grams of carbohydrate and 1 gram of protein. Bananas are naturally free of fat, cholesterol and sodium.(source)

Nutrient	Content
Vitamin B6	5 mg
Manganese	3 mg
Vitamin C	9 mg
Potassium	450 mg
Dietary Fiber	3 g
Protein	1 g
Magnesium	34 mg
Folate	25.0 mcg
Riboflavin	1 mg
Niacin	8 mg
Vitamin A	81 IU
Iron	3 mg

The primary centre of banana origin is thought to be Melanesia (Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Borneo and Papua New Guinea); M. acuminata Colla. Has seeded fruit. Dessert cultivars were developed from it via parthenocarpy and sterility, aided by human selection and vegetative propagation. M. Balbisiana Colla. also has a wild, seeded fruit, is more suited to drier areas and occurs from India to New Guinea and the Philippines, though absent from central Melanesia (Espino et al., 1992). It was similarly taken into cultivation, with the selection of natural diploid, triploid and tetraploid hybrids.