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Nutritional Benefits of Banana Blossom Flower

 

The banana flower is an option in our diet with a significant supply of nutrients but also a versatile food for those who love exotic foods as well as tasty dishes.

You probably already know about the banana tree, that it is the largest plant with herbaceous flowers from family Musaceae genus Musa.

At maturity the banana tree begins to form a spike of flowers or inflorescence called the banana flower.

How exactly is it formed?

When the banana tree stops producing new leaves, a stem develops that grows inside the pseudo stem, carrying the immature inflorescence until it eventually makes its presence felt at its apex.

Each pseudo stem normally produces a single inflorescence, although cases have been encountered where the pseudo stem has produced multiple inflorescences.

 

Banana flower
Banana flower






This, the inflorescence contains many bracts, which we sometimes call petals, and which contain between the rows of flowers.

As we unfold the bracts, we discover rows of small yellowish-white flowers.

 

Banana flower
Banana flower






These rows of flowers can develop into fruit.

The banana flower or inflorescence is fleshy, with purple skin, oval in shape, pointed in the spike.

As we open these purple bangles, the color of the bangles becomes a lighter shade and the core of it is yellowish white so to speak.

The flower is edible only when cooked, and only the rows of yellowish-white flowers and the core.

Banana flower
Banana flower

 





Braces can be used to serve food in them.

Why would you want to eat banana flower food?

First of all, it's an easy food to cook, it's another food on the vegetable list, and it has quite an appealing nutrient content.

NUTRIENTS:

Banana flower has a rich content of fiber, protein, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, minerals and flavonoids.

On 100 grams of banana flower it contains 51 calories and 9.9 grams of carbohydrates.

Also, the same amount contains 1.6 grams of protein and 5.7 grams of fiber.

Among the vitamins of the banana flower we can mention vitamin A, C, E, as well as minerals calcium, phosphorus, potassium and copper.

Banana flower also contains tannins and flavonoids.

About these things should be specified about the banana flower. Whether you consider it as a food is up to you, but you've probably learned some useful information about the banana flower and why it's a food.

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