Vietnamese
bananas, along with other flowers and fruits in every corner of the country all
year around, have been known as a precious fruit for both Vietnamese people and
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Vietnam’s delicious bananas
Vietnamese
bananas, along with other flowers and fruits in every corner of the country all
year around, have been known as a precious fruit for both Vietnamese people and
foreigners.
Among 30 species, tay banana, also known as mat (red, sweet and meaty) banana in central Vietnam or su (bot or large) or xiem banana in the south, is the most favoured and easiest species to grow.
Sweet tieu (aromatic) banana is famous in the Red river and Mekong Deltas. There is a saying about a delightful food from tieu banana "Spotted tieu banana is eaten with yellow grilled rice snack." There are many species of tieu bananas: tall, medium-sized and short. Short tieu bananas can be divided into many species such as gia lun (short old) and gia huong (aromatic old).
The
Central Highlands Da Lat city is famous for la-ba banana. Cau
(areca) banana fruit is short, with yellow skin. When it is ripe, its inside
turns yellow. This kind of banana is used for worshipping at death anniversaries
and Tet (traditional lunar new year). Ngu (king) banana, grown in
Dai Hoang land, Ha Nam province today, is the sweetest and most delicious banana
that was offered to kings in the old days. This kind of banana is now being
grown in other localities.
Mo giang or ta qua bananas are long and big in a sickle shape. But these have less bunches than the others. Cam or lua (red) banana, which has red pseudostem (stalk) and red violet leaf blades, turns violet when it is ripe. La (plantain), thom (aromatic), bom, mat and cha bananas have different tastes according to the localities where they are grown.