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18 different types of bananas you need to know
Bananas appear in a curved and elongated shape with differing colours. Most people like these fruits because of their sweet flavor and taste. How many varieties do you know? Let us find out the commonest types of bananas.
Bananas belong to the fruit and vegetable family, which are vital to our bodies. Various banana varieties have different flavors, sizes, shapes, and colours. Besides, regular consumption of these fruits is useful to the body in several ways…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>
There are two major categories of bananas: Dessert and Cooking (Plantain)
These bananas are usually eaten raw because of their different sweet flavors. They also differ in size, shape, and color. Dessert bananas are rich in minerals such as potassium and magnesium that are vital to the body. The varieties of dessert bananas in the world today include;
Also called baby bananas, ladyfinger bananas have a chubby and short look. Averagely, they are 3 to 5 inches long with cigar-shaped fruits. When ripe, these bananas turn from green to bright yellow with a creamy flesh that gives them a unique and sweet taste.
If you have been looking for the types of bananas that are resistant to pests and tolerant to cold, then the gold finger is one of them.
These bananas
are native to Honduras and popular in the western markets. Surprisingly, the bananas came into existence after the cross-hybridization of other varieties, especially the ladyfinger and Cavendish. The fruits taste sweet when ripe, but you can cook them as well.
This variety is popular in both the eastern and western markets as well as other parts of the world. They are of different sizes; giant and dwarf. When mature, the bananas turn from green to bright yellow and even to deep yellow with a few brown spots. Moreover, you can add Cavendish bananas to your pancakes, smoothies, or bread.
These bananas are reddish-purple with a creamy white flesh of orange and pink tinge. Besides, their raspberry flavor makes them sweeter than other banana varieties. Some take them ripe while others use them to make juice. The red bananas are planted in different places such as East Africa, Asia, and South America but are more cultivated in Central America.
These bananas are also known as blue java and have ice cream like flavor. They grow longer up to an average length of 7 inches. The fruits have silver-blue skin with a creamy white and sweet flesh. When ripe, they have pale yellow skin. Some eat them raw, while others add them to smoothies.
This variety is among the types of bananas that are rare to find. As their name suggests, these fruits conjoin ‘hands’ as if praying and merging as they grow. The bananas have vanilla-like flavor and less sweet than other varieties.
These bananas are also termed as Manzano and are very popular in many parts of the world. Apple bananas have thick and firm peels with creamy flesh. When young, the fruits have a mild apple and strawberry flavor. As they ripen, their skin changes to bright yellow then become dark with a strong scent of apple and strawberry.
These bananas are also called big mike. Around the 1950s, the variety was in plenty, but unfortunately, the fungus disease wiped them, the main reason for their rarity. Among other types of bananas, big mike has creamy flesh with a sweet, strong smell. Some individuals use it to make banana pies.
These bananas are commonly cultivated in India, a place called Mysore. Besides, the fruits grow well in Mysore and Nanjangud places in India because of the alluvial clay soils. Mysore bananas have thin skin with a tart flavor. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>
Also called plantains, these types of bananas are popular in most places, including Africa, Asia, South and Central America, and the Caribbean. Cooking bananas are rich in starch, beta-carotene, potassium, vitamin C and B6, and are mainly served as vegetables. These bananas taste delicious when cooked, fried, or roasted even thou some people eat them when ripen. Types of cooking bananas include;
These bananas are large and straight in shape with a lot of starch. The bananas are resistant to Panama disease, unlike other varieties. Most people, especially from East Africa, Thailand, Burma, and South India, cook them. You can as well take them raw.
These are among the types of bananas with seeds inside. The fruits are copper-toned in colour, with orange, yellow flesh containing a high content of starch. Some say that Fehi bananas taste delicious when cooked, unlike raw ones.
The bananas are also called burro, hog, or the Orinoco. They have an angular shape, thick and hardy skin with salmon tinted flesh. As they mature, their texture becomes smoother and their peels fibrous. Sometimes their trees bear huge heads hence good to support and prevent them from falling. These bananas taste sweet when cooked.
This type of bananas is popular in the United States more so in Florida. Most people like cooking macho bananas because they
taste delicious
. You can as well roast them in a grill or saute them in your butter.
These plantains are among the types of bananas that are very popular in Africa. They grow long up to 2 feet, and usually bear large fruits. The bananas taste sweet when cooked.
The plantains, also called Dwarf Jamaican, are small. As they mature, their flesh becomes creamy pink, having a raspberry flavor. When ripe, these bananas change to sunset yellow. Some use it as a salad in their meals while others eat ripe ones.
This variety is popular in many places in the world. Their peels are somehow yellow with some black dots. The bananas have pure white flesh and taste sweet when cooked. Some also prefer eating them ripe.
This variety is a staple food in Philippine cuisine. Saba trees have dark bluish-green leaves with robust pseudo stems. Besides, the bananas are large with an angular shape and thick skin. Most people prefer cooking them.
They are commonly called Musa Belle and are among the common types of bananas in Indonesia. Musa Belle bananas have a firm texture with thick skin and a sweet flavor. Indonesian people use these bananas to make Pisang Goreng, which is common street food. Some also use Pisang Raja to make banana pancakes.
Bananas are not only sweet but also very important to our bodies. Some types of bananas are easy to find, while others are rare. If you fail to get some varieties in your local market and supermarket, then try to find them in online markets. Which type have you not tasted?
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He passed out of the Nigerian Military Training Centre in Kaduna where he proceeded to Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot, England before being commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in 1963.
He is held by some as Nigeria’s most successful coup plotter. When he was still a Second Lieutenant with the 3rd Battalion in Kaduna, he took part in the July 1966 Nigerian counter-coup from the conceptual stage. He could well have been a participant in the Lagos or Abeokuta phases of the coup the previous January as well…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>
Abacha fought for Nigeria in the country’s civil war against Biafran secessionists continuing to rise through the army ranks.
He was instrumental in the 1983 Nigerian coup d’état which brought General Muhammadu Buhari to power as well as the August 1985 coup which removed him from power. He announced the coup which removed the government of Shehu Shagari.
When General Ibrahim Babangida was named President of Nigeria in 1985, Abacha was named Chief of Army Staff. He was appointed Minister of Defence in 1990. With Babangida’s resignation, an interim government headed by civilian President, Ernest Shonekan was formed.
Sani Abacha became the first Nigerian soldier to attain the rank of a full General without skipping a single rank in 1993. In the same year, he moved for the ultimate.
Shonekan resigned and transferred power to Sani Abacha in a move widely believed to be another bloodless coup. In September 1994, he issued a decree that placed his government above the jurisdiction of the courts, effectively giving him absolute power. Another decree gave him the right to detain anyone for up to three months without trial.
Abacha is noted for helping restore peace and democracy to Sierra Leone and Liberia after the civil wars.
On his administration of the Nigerian state proper, he established The Petroleum Trust Fund aimed to address major economic issues facing the country at the time. Between 25-100km of urban road in major cities such as Kano, Gusau, Benin, Funtua, Zaria, Enugu, Kaduna, Aba, Lagos, Lokoja, and Port Harcourt was planned to be constructed each. A N27.3bn contract was awarded for road rehabilitation in the first quarter of 1996.
There was a restructuring of major insurance companies that supported SMEs across the entire country.
Abacha mandated the PTF to publicise its accounts as it was the second-largest public corporation at the time. In 1997, the account of PTF showed that it disbursed N24.3bn on roads, N21.2bn on security, N7.8bn on health, and N3bn on other projects. Other disbursements include N2.2bn on water supply, N936m on food supply and N476m on education. It realized a total of N1.049bn from various investment activities.
It’s curious the sums which emerged after his death that he stashed in overseas accounts as the Abacha administration became the first to record unprecedented economic achievements overseeing an increase in the country’s foreign exchange reserves from $494 million in 1993 to $9.6 billion by the middle of 1997. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>
He also reduced the external debt of Nigeria from $36 billion in 1993 to $27 billion by 1997. His Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund is also hailed for infrastructural projects and interventionist programmes in education, water and health.
His wife is credited with setting up the National Hospital in Abuja viewed as Nigeria’s foremost national hospital, which was initially set up as a hospital for women and children before its upgrade.
Nonetheless, Abacha was ruthless with groups he considered hostile to his administration between 1993 and 1998. There was a crackdown on the civil rights groups, media and pro-democracy groups.
It was also under him that Nigeria became a perpetual importer of petroleum products as the refineries packed up. The emergence of the ‘foul fuel’ which damaged car engines and released a repugnant smell was in his time.
General Sani Abacha earned the title ‘Thug of the Year’ from Time magazine in 1995 after the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa. Abacha developed the habit of working only at night. Availing himself to be seen publicly rarely while being averse to granting interviews.
The events of his death on June 8, 1998, at the presidential villa in Abuja are murky and while the official account is that he suffered a heart attack, other accounts say he was in the company of two Indian sex workers flown in from Dubai when he died. He was buried on the same day, according to Muslim tradition, without an autopsy. This fueled speculation that he may have been murdered by political rivals via poison.
Foreign diplomats, including United States Intelligence analysts, believed that his drink or fruit (apple) was laced with a poisonous substance while in the company of prostitutes.
Abacha was married to Maryam Abacha with whom he had had seven sons and three daughters.
In March 2014, the United States Department of Justice revealed that it had frozen more than $458 million believed to have been illegally obtained by Abacha and other corrupt officials.
On 7 August 2014, the United States Department of Justice announced the largest forfeiture in its history: the return of $480 million to the Nigerian government.
Stashed sums in other accounts have been discovered with the Nigerian government working to have the funds returned.
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