Bananas are probably one of your favorite fruits and the best part is that you can buy them from the neighborhood store at any time of the year, unlike years ago, when with the privilege of eating the tropical fruit was only during the New Year holidays.
Here we have our selection of some interesting facts about the yellow fruit for you.
1. The banana tree often reaches 10 meters in height and 40 cm in diameter. From one tree usually hang 300 fruits weighing 500 kilograms.
2. The first president of Zimbabwe was called Canaan Banana.
3. Bananas are not only yellow but also red. Seychelles Mao is the only place in the world where there are golden, red and black bananas. The locals eat them as a garnish for lobsters and mussels.
4. Bananas contain more vitamin B6 than other fruits. It is known that this vitamin is responsible for a good mood.
5. The banana harvest is the second largest harvest in the world, which is ahead of grapes, which is in third place and inferior to oranges.
6. India and Brazil produce more bananas than any other country in the world.
7. Dried bananas contain five times more calories than raw ones. One banana contains 300 mg of potassium, which helps fight high blood pressure and strengthens the heart muscle.
8. Mait Lepik from Estonia won the world's first banana eating competition. He managed to eat 10 bananas in 3 minutes. What's more frightening is that he takes in the bananas straight with the peel to save time.
9. The banana in Latin is musa sapientum, which means the fruit of the wise man.
10. The world record for eating bananas in 1 hour is 81 bananas.
If you love bananas, be sure to try these tried-and-true banana recipes:
- banana shake;
- banana bread;
