Saging ,VS,banana The origin of bananas is placed in Southeast Asia, in the jungles of Malaysia, Indonesia, or the Philippines, and it is believed that the earliest written reference to bananas is in Sanskrit, around 500 B.C. However, archaeological findings show that a wild, seeded, ancestor of the modern banana formed part of the diet of Sri Lanka’s Balangoda Man, who inhabited the jungles of Batadombalena around 10,000 BC. Bananas are also said to have been cultivated in the Kuk Valley of New Guinea in about 5,000 B.C. When Alexander the Great invaded India in 327 B.C. his soldiers are said to have seen extensive plantations of bananas in the Indus Valley. It was, in fact, Alexander the Great who took bananas to the West, while Arabs/North Africans are credited with having given bananas their present name (the word “banana” is derived from the Arabic word “banaan,” which means “finger”). As an aside, while certain scholars hold that the word “averi” is the Sri Lankan equivalent for “hands” (which ties in nicely with the Arabic “banaan” concept), we do not have any concrete evidence from within the Sinhalese or Tamil vocabulary to back this position. In any event, Islamic literature shows that Arab traders popularised the habit of consuming bananas along their trade route. Later, the Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish caught on, resulting in bananas becoming the worldwide superstars they are today.There are 1,000 varieties of bananas in the world, which are divided into about 50 groups, (although several are said to have been brought from South India, or scientifically introduced to Sri Lanka). Cavendish banana, also known as the Canary Island or Chinese banana, is the only type of banana that many Westerners have ever tasted or even heard of. While the original home of the Cavendish banana is said to be southern China, the Sri Lankan Cavendish, or binkehel, was likely derived from an introduction to Mauritius, which occurred no later than the early 20th century. Cavendish acquired an early specimen of the Cavendish banana plant from Mauritius, which he raised in his greenhouse. This plant is believed to be the progenitor of nearly all of the world's Cavendish banana varieties ... In Asian countries (the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam), (Philippines 12 commercial banana varieties / Saging). (Vietnam 28 different varieties of banana). (Malaysia Department of Agriculture has so far registered 77 varieties and 209 clones, although only a few clones are popular for commercial planting. Cultivated # 5). (India, more than 670 types of "wild and cultivated" bananas) .. (Thailand .. 100 varieties of bananas native to the country) .********************************************************************* Farm Tedeschi in Punta Bulocawe Carles iloilo Philippines.. produces 12 types of original saging made in Philippines ..
