MY PLANT AT HOME - THE BANANA
To you all my dear fellow Stemians, how was your weekend, I hope you enjoyed your weekend, just like me.
I want to invite you to come in here to my compound to see the plants I have in my garden. I want to tell you about a lovely sweet succulent plant called the Banana. Have you heard or eaten it before? Then come along let's learn more about this nourishing fruit plant.
I am going to talk more about the plant itself. The Banana plant grows and thrive well in many parts of the earth. Here in Nigeria, these plant can thrive and do well virtually in all the regions across the country. You can plant this Banana plant by simply digging out a young plant from the mother at its tender stage and digging a shallow ground then you drop it down the soil and cover it up. It easily survives on a rich loamy soil, infact it grows mostly on any rich soil depending on the locality.
The stem has a spongy water retention. These can be used for different medicinal purposes. The plant usually has a long green leave that is also very useful in preparing dishes. This plant can grow as tall as up to 10 feet in height. At maturation period of about 9 months, the Banana plant starts to bear fruits. It is the fruit when ripen that gives it the name BANANA Plant.
HEALTH BENEFITS OF THE PLANT
The Banana Stem is used for the treatment of diabetes. When you caught the matured stem, you wash it thoroughly and pound it in a mortar so as to extract the water. On the other hand, the water can also be pressed out using modern extracting machine. The leaves can be used to wrap up corn meal after grinding and mixing it with water plus all the ingredients for a delicious meal, then cut out in small quantities and wrap up neatly and arrange them in your pot for cooking. Locally we also use the green leave to wrap up Moi-moi a special delicacy made with Beans before cooking it.
It is enriched with potassium as well and is effective to treat cholesterol and high blood pressure. Bananas also relieve stomach issues like constipation and stomach ulcers. The flower is good for people looking to prevent and control type 2 diabetes because it balances out blood sugar levels in the body. - 15 Aug 2019
There are different species of this plant. Some are the dwarf and the produce short bunches of fruits.
Others grow as tall as a tree up to 10 feet or more and they bear long and big fruits. The picture I shared above with Bunche of Bananas is typical in my compound and can produce up to 70 to 100 seed fruits. These very plant with fruits on it, you have to protect it so it does not fall down due to heavy wind. You need to support the plant with a log of wood to wedge it and also tie the fruit to the sten of the plant so it does not collapse because the root does not go deep and firmly strong beneath the soil.
If you have a love for plants just like me, you should plant a Banana plant in your compound of farm and you will definitely enjoy it.
Thank you and keep steeming.
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