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