Plantains (Musa paradisiacal)

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Dragon Fruit originally comes from Central America. Today it is grown primarily in Vietnam, China, Nicaragua and Israel. According to some, the French.

Advertisements

Your SUPER Foods!. Green vegetables and fruit will help keep your eyes healthy and lower the risk of certain types of cancers!

What is Fruit? “Is the part of a flower which will develop into a new plant in the right conditions”

When fresh they are known as Produce

Look Windwards! A Question of Bananas Copyright © 2006 Farming and Countryside Education.

UGLY FRUIT. Ugly Fruit The ugly fruit was discovered growing wild in a pasture at the Trout Hall Estate in Jamaica in It is still grown there today.

Classification, nutrients, purchasing, preparing and storing

F RUITS Food Preparation and Nutrition I. N UTRIENTS IN F RUITS  Part of the plant that holds the seeds.  Colorful, flavorful, and easy to prepare 

Add COLOR to Your Food With Fruits and Vegetables (Hint: Keep your plate bright!)

Banana Jehad eshtayeh 1. Scientific classification Kingdom:Plantae (unranked):Angiosperms (unranked):Monocots (unranked):Commelinids Order:Zingiberales.

Fruits and Vegetables And everything you never thought you would learn about them….

And everything you never thought you would learn about them….

L/O/G/O Fruit. A fruit is an organ that develops from the ovary of a flowering plant and contains one or more seeds Fruit can be the perfect snack food,

What season is it?. How can we tell it’s fall? annie apple Who is this? Right! It’s annie apple. She likes to tell you all about apples that become ripe.

Foods 1. Fruits - The mature part of a flowering plant A. The seed bearing part of a plant B. A product of a tree or plant containing the seed, used as.

Cantaloupes. Cantaloupe belongs to the same family as the cucumber, squash, pumpkin and gourd. It grows on the ground on a trailing vine. Bees are needed.

© 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX Forest Facts © 2006 Plano ISD, Plano, TX The area of rainforests is defined in hectares * (1 hectare acres). The area.

Navel oranges are named that because of the belly- button formation opposite the stem end. The bigger the navel in an orange, the sweeter it will be.

Mango Mangifera indica Anacardiaceae Family

SF 3/22/2012 Period 2 Computer #8 Watermelon Facts Watermelon is a member of the Cucumber family. Its vines spread out in the field while growing. The.

T ROPICAL R AINFOREST By: Yasmeen & Nejoud. I NTRODUCTION Tropical Rainforests are found in Asia, Africa, Australia, and South and Central America. Tropical.

Fruits When fresh they are known as Produce. Square Watermelons!!! Why??

Michelle Freda Michelle Freda Horticulturists say banana was “Earth’s First Fruit” Banana plants have been in cultivation since the time of recorded.

Tropical Rainforest Biome By: Sophie, Shannon, Nate, and Brody.

Plantains Type of banana Grown in tropical climate; believed to have originated in Malaysia or India (East Asia) Tree is actually a perennial herb; average.

Are EDIBLE plants.  Members of the squash family have large root systems and trailing vines.  Their flowers are often edible in addition to the main.

Genus: Musa Family: Musaceae. Musa acuminata – Bananas Edible fruits Musa balbisiana – Plantains cooking Musa paradisiaca.

Eating healthy food By Zahra m Victoria k. Eating healthy food Apple Grapes Orange Banana Pear Watermelon.

Mandarins are citrus fruits in the orange family that grow on small citrus trees The mandarin orange is considered a native of south- eastern Asia and.

Fruits and Vegetables And everything you never thought you would learn about them….

Cultural Influences Cultural Foods. Culture The beliefs Ideas, customs and habits accepted by a group of individuals US made of many ethnic groups Food.

The mango originated in southeast Asia where it has been grown for over 4,000 years. Mango groves are now in many parts of the tropical and sub- tropical.

Unit #8.  Describe the nutritional benefits of fruits.  Identify the six major types of fruit.  Explain how to store fresh fruits.  Describe enzymatic.

Green Beans with Low Fat Dressing. Green Beans with Low Fat Dressing  Green beans are the unripe fruit of any kind of bean, including the yardlong bean,

Chef Lucy’s Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Persimmons.

GENERAL INFO Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) was discovered in Barbados in the 18th century. Many botanists think the grapefruit was the result of a natural.

Jicama Jicama is a tuberous root vegetable that looks like, but is not related to, a turnip Jicama is actually a legume that was originally cultivated.

Star fruit Averrhoa Carambola Oxalidaceae family.

Pomelos. The pomelo is the largest of all citrus fruits. They can grow to be as large as a foot in diameter and weigh up to 25 pounds.

DEFINITION OF DESSERT FRUIT CROPS The term fruit can have different meanings but in the botanical biology it is the ripened ovary of a flowering plant.

Reproduction in Plants. Sexual Reproduction Sexual Reproduction: Requires sperm cell (pollen) and an egg cell (ovule) to combine to produce a new organism.

Biological Diversity 1 "Biological diversity" means the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine.

WHICH FOOD AM I?. EGGS Eat us fried, boiled or scrambled. BULLSEYE.

Week 8 Friday 27 th March 2009 The final week! Mystery Fruit Answers.

Unusual Fruits and Vegetables. Fruit/ Vegetable Name- Cashew Yummy cashews!

Fruit Presentation MALAYSIA By Ethan Shelton 2013

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Chef Lucy’s Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Responsibility Eric Gauer Jacob Habeger

Apple Grape Strawberry Orange

The Fruit of JAMAICA.

Bananas are in danger of being wiped out by a fungus

Foods From Santo Domingo.

What is Fruit? “Is the part of a flower which will develop into a new plant in the right conditions”

Fresh Fruits ESL Lesson Beginning Level

The Genip Tree and the Mangrove

Copyright © 2006 Farming and Countryside Education

Welcome to the Support and Education Program

Bananas There are many varieties of bananas. Some are grown for fibre for strong ropes but most are fruits. The banana plant is actually a large herb,

Fruits and Vegetables.

Fresh Fruits ESL Lesson Beginning Level

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Growing Food for Good Health

Stage 9: Making a food product

Presentation transcript:

Plantains (Musa paradisiacal) Type of banana Grown in tropical climate possible origin Malaysia or India (East Asia) No a tree, but a perennial herb; grows to 30 feet Curved; fruit tip grows upward against gravity Picked when green when ripe: sweet when eaten green: starchy

Plantains Used as a vegetable in Latin America and Africa Called the “potatoes of the air” Have many medicinal benefits Treatment of GI disorders Color comes from carotenoids excellent source of betacarotene (an antioxidant and precursor to vitamin A)

How to cut green plantains Start by cutting off the tips

How to cut green plantains Run your knife along the length of the plantain Only cut the skin and not the flesh of the plantain

How to cut green plantains Gently peel the skin away from the flesh Skin will peel off in strips Can be tough in certain areas Be careful not to damage the flesh of the plantain

How to cut green plantains Success! Your plantain should look something like this Now follow the rest of the recipe…