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BANANA / Musa paradisiaca

The word banana comes from the Arabic, which is by Linneus Maus incorporated into the family Musaceae, to give awards to Antonius Musa, the personal physician of the Roman emperor (Octaviani Augustine), which recommends eating a banana. That is why the Latin language, banana called Musa paradisiacal. According to the history of bananas originating from Malaysia around 4000 years ago. Subsequently expanded to the entire world, including tropical and subtropical regions such as Indonesia and India, banana spread by Alexander's army in 327 BC. Bananas were introduced to Africa by Arab traders later brought by the Portuguese army in 1482 to America and eventually to places in America such as Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador and Brazil are renowned as the largest banana producer.

Diverse benefits gained from the banana plant:
Banana-Rod: a fiber for clothing, paper, whereas the trunk has been chopped banana and banana leaves can be used as animal feed ruminants (sheep, goats) during the dry season where the grass is not / less available.
Banana-Leaf: as packer variety of traditional Indonesian food.
Banana-skin: used to make vinegar by fermentation process of alcohol and vinegar.

According to the "Medicinal Uses of Bananas" mentions, that the banana has a benefit in the treatment of anemia, lowered blood pressure, the energy to think, to help a diet rich in fiber, a banana peel can be used as an anti-mosquito cream, helping the nervous system, can help smokers to eliminate the influence nicotine, stress, prevent stroke, controlling body temperature, especially for pregnant women, neutralize stomach acidity, ect *.

In the study of a joint team from the UK and India (Best RC. Et al., 1984) to experimental animals, namely aspirin-induced rats, raw banana powder proved to be the type of banana that must be processed first before being eaten (plantains) can protect them from an ulcer . Similarly, according to estimates Ghosal S. et al, 1985, banana efficacy as antitukak sitoindosin due to the active compounds. In addition, especially the young banana contains much tannin. And the kind of traditional Indian medicine Ayuverda using banana powder to treat patients with peptic ulcer accompanied. For raw banana can cure disease and reduce gastric injury of high blood pressure, it is because bananas have high potassium content with a little iodine.
In addition to being beautiful banana skin is also efficacious for the content of hormones in banana melatonine able to prevent aging.

Nutritional content of bananas in 100 g:
Energy 90 cal, Protein 1.20 g, Fat 0.20 g, Carbohydrate 25.80 g, 8.00 mg of Calcium, Phosphorus 28.00 mg, Iron 0.80 mg, 45.00 RE Vitamin A, Vitamin B1 0 , 04 mg, 0.04 mg vitamin B2, vitamin C 3.00 mg, Niacin 0.6 mg. (Source: Indonesian Food Composition List. Directorate of Community Nutrition, Ministry of Health, 1995).