Bananas, indeed, the patriarchs of cultivated plants. Originally they were from Africa, which were cultivated for another two and a half thousand years BC. Then they moved to South India. Buddiykie monks wrote about them back in the 6 th century BC. Four hundred years later appeared the first banana plantations in China. And then - gone, gone. Because bananas are easily transplanted and survives even the dry stem, very soon they began to grow everywhere. Even in America, where they had introduced the priest Tomas de Berlanka.Now bananas grow in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, but are cultivated mainly in South and Central America. For this Latin American country and was nicknamed the banana republics. They grow in our latitude, the Altai and in the Stavropol region. But just as an experiment. 120 countries annually grow 95 million tons of bananas. This ismorethan 15 kg of bananas on the nose, including infants.There are edible bananas, but there is not much. Some non-edible bananas are used for technical purposes, for example, to obtain the so-called Manila hemp, tea bags, or for a special master of the film for copiers, "Riso". Others are excellent ornamental plants. And edible use, Come on, guess what for? That's right, eat them. And, until the XIX century, eating not only fasits, but bananas and roots. Of them were flour and baked bread. A quarter of calories consumed in Africa - is bananas.Imagine that you walk down the street and you wanted to, as they say, stay one's stomach. In the cafe you do not want to go, you're in a hurry, not ice cream, you can catch a cold hot dog or sausage in the dough you have in the throat - let these toshnotiki our class enemies eat. And then before you - a miracle, the tray of bananas. Ripe banana - is the most useful thing you can eat on the go. They are nutritious. Five or six bananas can replace a complete meal. Banana pulp contains 16% sugar. Vitamins in them a bit, but trace elements, particularly potassium, they are rich. So if you have serdchishko play pranks, hypertension, or high irritability - eat bananas, you are most needed. They say even a single bananchika a day is enough to avoid a heart attack.In some countries, bananas are called the fasit of happiness - so much in them of some mysterious ingredients that improve skin tone and mood. They are pleased with inflamed mucous membranes of the mouth, they are useful for gastric ulcer, liver and kidney diseases, diabetes. U.S. scientists claim that they strengthen the nervous system and have a positive effect on the skin. And in Japan to start a real banana boom after a series of publications that bananas are warning senile marasmus, improve eyesight and treat cancer. In the end, bananas, simply delicious.Buying bananas, remember that the most mature and, hence, the most delicious banana inside banana bassh, and not outside. Grayish hue banana indicates that he peremerz, it is better not to take. And do not get the green bananas - if you have them and dozreyut without spoiling the taste they will be somewhat worse.In total there are over 400 varieties of bananas 60-70 species. Among the edible apple is a banana, banana, Chinese, lady's fingers, red bananas and plantains for cooking. The best known cultivar Gros Michel "and" Cavendish ".Almost everywhere we sell enormously long yellow clusters - in fact we got the most tasteless, "fodder" bananas. Sometimes, very rarely, it is possible to buy a dwarf bananas. They tiddly and very sweet. They are called - sugar bananas "baby". Do not sell us, and green apple bananas, with a pronounced taste of apple. On the red bananas, we do not heard - they do not stand transportation. So if you want "full height" enjoy bananas have to go to visit the monkeys.Source: doronchenko.com