Musa acuminata (Bananas)

Beverages

Biofuels

Construction #

Dyes

Essential Oils

Firewood

Food

Fumitory & Masticory

Insecticide/herbicide

Medicines

Ornaments

Spices

Textiles

Wood

Different purposes

Taste

Protein

Addition of ginger

Preserves banana drinks (Anderson, 2014)

Addition of whey

Improves the storability of the banana drinks (Yadav, 2010)

Vitamin B6

Potassium

Fiber

Magnesium

Vitamin C

Cardiovascular

Weight loss

Digestive

3 cohort studies

linked to weight loss

no evidence linked to weight gain

replenish electrolytes

part of the B.R.A.T diet

used to treat diarrhea

Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast download

beneficial growth of microbes

electrical charge needed

for nerve signals

for heart beat

flushes out built up sodium

part of heart-healthy diet

through my research bananas are used as a fruit

people add spices to a banana

but no such thing as a "banana spice"

No know sources for firewood

Some research

Indicating essential oil use

But only to treat disease in the banana species

Use of fibers for clothing #

Enzymatic treatments

For textile grade fibers

Treats Ulcers

Reducing acidity of gastric juices

Promotes healing

Treats burns and wounds

Instant pain relief

Fibers

Fashion #

Reinforce concrete beams

optimize

Strength

Properties

Concrete beams

Production of protective bagshttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/2/242

for banana fruits

Biodegradable banana fiber pic

Uses banana fibers

Used for different textile purposes (Vasugi, 2020) #

Biodegradable

Light weight

Low cost

Less pollution

Employment opportunities

Renewable fibers= products

Different products

Yarn

Household materials

Handicrafts

Housing furniture

Apparel #

Large amounts of biomass

Leaves

Suckers

Pseudostems banana pseudostem

Used to remove colors

In textile industry

Bioabsorbants

Banana peels

Cucumber peels

Potato peels

Cationic and anionic (orange G)

Most research suggests that it is used to remove dyes not produce them

Second largest produced fruit

Citrus is first

16% of world's total fruit production

India is largest producer= 27%

Cultivated in 130 countries

Most commonly edible plant

Musa accuminata

Diploid species

M. acuminata Colla

M. balbisana Colla

Easy

To peel

To Eat

To digest #

Extraction of banana oil

used for food flavoring

Cake batter

Frostings

Popsicles

Other food related products

Good feeding material

Cattle

Poultry

Production of

Wine #

Ethanol

Food produced from

Male bud

Dehydrated slices

Multiple food products

Chips

Fig

Ready to serve drinks #

Flour

Jam

Confections

Dehydrated slices

Pickles

Juice from male bud

Used to treat stomach problems

Lectins in peel tissues

Good for human consumption

Ideal for weaning mothers/infants

Polyester composites banana fibers (construction) pic

Concrete composites #

Contain "good flexural strength"

Treated and untreated fibers are used to maximize stength

As a reinforcing agent

pseudostems in a woven fabric configuration

Epoxy composites

Wrapping paper

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Many pollutants in the air

Banana peels/waste are used

As bioaborbant

In addition to

Activated charcoal

Activated biochar

Can also remove pesticides #

The banana plant isn't considered a tree

More of a herb so its stem are used for more textiles purposes

There are some information online about converting the tissues to furniture

But no peer-reviewed articles that I could find on the subject

banana wood furniture

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Banana plants can be burned to make way for new ones

Standard Christmas ornaments

Upholstery

Craftwork purposes

Lady finger's

Orinoco

Have been used when cultivating bananas

Internal make up

Usually less contaminated because of thick skins

But the roots of plant absorbs what falls in the soil

Need the insecticides

Worms

Fruit-hungry insects

Aroma depends on temperatures of growing periodshttps://doaj.org/article/b68627f95f814a289535cf0726ff521b?

Optimum temperature for maximum aroma production

Distinct smell

isoamyl acetate

Common in bee stings

Bananas have large amounts of it