Description of Commercial Varieties of Farm-Fresh Bananas supplied, exported by A-1 OVERSEAS
The distinguishing characteristics of different types of commercially grown Banana varieties are given below:
Variety and their Characteristics
Grand Naine (G9) Banana variety- Its plant is tall-statured and yields heavily with a long cylindrical bunch. The average weight of a bunch is 25kg and can grow up to 30 to 35 kg. Such a bunch has 8 to 10 hands and 200 to 220 fruits per bunch. The length of a single fresh banana fruit is 15 to 21 cm and girth/calibre is 12 to 13 cm.
Robusta Banana variety- It's a normal type of banana variety with a statured body. Its stem has normal saturated black-brown blotches on its stem. Its bunches weigh around 20 kg having 8 to 10 hands/bunch. The average length of a single banana fruit varies between 15 to 21 cm and girth/calibre is found around 12 cm. This variety of bananas has thick fruit skin.
Dwarf Cavendish Banana variety- This banana variety has a plant with dwarf stature. Its stem has black-brown blotches all along the stem. Bunches are larger in size, but they're arranged in a compact manner. No of hands per bunch is 8 to 10 and weighing about 20 kg/hand. Fruit length is 13 to 14 cm with girth/calibre about 8 to 10 cm on an average approx. The skin of this banana variety is thick. This variety has a tapering shape at the tip. It's used for domestic supply mostly.
Red Banana variety- This banana variety has a tall plant with a robust stature. Fruit, petiole, pseudostem, and midrib have a purplish red color. The weight of a bunch is 20 to 25 kg, the number of hands per bunch is 6 to 7 per bunch and the number of fruits is 80 fruits per bunch on average. This variety of bananas has an average length of 16 to 18 cm.
Nendran Banana Variety- This banana variety is found with diversified, multiple plant stature. Its bunch is grown with 5 to 6 hands and weighs around 6 to 12 kg per bunch. This fruit has thick green color skin which turns buff yellow on ripening. It has a distinct neck shape and size. Fruits are observed starchy even on ripening.
Country of origin of farm-fresh bananas supplied-exported by A-1 Overseas: India, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Brazil, Guatemala, Angola, China, Colombia, Tanzania, Thailand, Egypt, Germany, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Uganda, France, etc.
