INTRODUCTION:-Kadali- Musa sapientum linnBanana is probably the world's most popular fruit. It grows and is easily available in tropical countries. But, now with the fast transport system it is also made available even in places where it cannot grow

VERNACULAR NAMES:-San- Kadali, Moca, Ambusara, Amsumati, RambhaHin- KelaKan- balehannuTam- ValakkaiTel- AratichettuEng- Banana treeLat- Musa paradisiaca

SYNONYMS:- MocaAmbusaraAmsumatiRambha

GANA AND KULAKula- kadaliFamily- MusaceaeGana- Shusruta- Lodhradi Vagbhata- Rodhradi

VERITIES:-There are about hundred and fifty types of banana plants.

HABITAT:-All over India

MORPHOLOGY:-The banana plant is the largest herbaceous [ green leaf like fleshy plant ]flowering plant.The plants are normally tall and fairly sturdy and are often mistaken for trees, but their main or upright stem is actually a pseudostem [ false stem ]that grows 6 to 7.6 meters (20 to 24.9 ft) tall, Each pseudostem can produce a single bunch of bananas. Leaves are spirally arranged and may grow 2.7 meters (8.9 ft) long and 60 cm (2.0 ft) wide. They are easily torn by the wind,

Each pseudostem normally produces a single inflorescence, also known as the banana heart.

The female flowers develop into fruit. The banana fruits develop from the banana

heart, in a large hanging cluster, made up of tiers (called hands), with up to 20 fruit to a tier. The hanging cluster is known as a bunch, comprising 3–20 tiers [ rows ], or commercially as a "banana stem", and can weigh from 30–50 kilograms.

Individual banana fruits (commonly known as a banana or 'finger') average 125 grams , of which approximately 75% is water and 25% dry matter. There is a protective outer layer (a peel or skin)

Velutina

Chemical composition Thiamine (vit. B1)0.031 mg (3%) Riboflavin (vit. B2)0.073 mg (6%) Niacin (vit. B3)0.665 mg (4%) Pantothenic acid (B5)0.334 mg (7%) Carbohydrates 22.84 g Vitamin A equiv.3 μg (0%) Vitamin B60.4 mg (31%) Sugars12.23 g Dietary fiber2.6 g Fat0.33 g Protein1.09 g Vitamin C8.7 mg (10%) Calcium5 mg (1%) Iron0.26 mg (2%) Magnesium27 mg (8%) Manganese0.3 mg (14%) Phosphorus22 mg (3%) Potassium358 mg (8%) Zinc0.15 mg (2%)

PROPERTIES:-RASA- MADURAVIRYA- SITAVIPAKA- MADURAGUNA- GURU, SNIGDA

DOSHA KARMA:-PITTAVATAHARA

FUNCTIONS ACC TO DIFF SCHOLARS1.puspa saktu- reducing blood sugar2.pulp- inner pulp + maricha churna kept for night or fried in ghee used in kasa3.phala swarasa- in attayrthava phala swarasa + dadhi4. kanda swarasa- apasmara5.apakwaphala- madumeha6.kanda- tied over abd in kastaprasava7. puspa swarasa- with dadi in pravahika

USEFUL PART:-TUBERFLOWERFRUITSTEM

DOSAGE:-FRESH JUICE- 10-20 MLPOWDER- 1-3 G

SPECIAL PREPARATIONS

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