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 
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 #
Polymetric Matrices https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_43
Enzymatic treatments
For textile grade fibers
Nutritional value https://www.phytojournal.com/vol1Issue3/Issue_sept_2012/9.1.pdf
Treats Ulcers
Reducing acidity of gastric juices
Promotes healing
Treats burns and wounds
Instant pain relief
Fibers
Fashion #
Construction (Elbehiry, 2020https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214509520300334)
Reinforce concrete beams
optimize
Strength
Properties
Concrete beams
Production of protective bagshttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/2/242
for banana fruits
Biodegradable
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 #
Production of new products # https://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/JTATM/article/view/6825/3586
Large amounts of biomass
Leaves
Suckers
Pseudostems
Banana/orange peels https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vivek-Bhusari/publication/233733939_Removal_of_Colour_dyes_from_textile_effluent_by_adsorption_using_Orange_and_Banana_peel/links/02e7e5375d725cceeb000000/Removal-of-Colour-dyes-from-textile-effluent-by-adsorption-using-Orange-and-Banana-peel.pdf #
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 #
Banana skins (peels) http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/8581/1/JSIR%2069%285%29%20323-329.pdf
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
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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Used to remove gaseous pollutions https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2019/51/e3sconf_icenis2019_03015.pdf
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 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