Exotic Fruits of Thailand - Banana

• Common name : Banana
• Thai name : Glooway
• Scientific name : Musa sapientum L.

Varieties

Glooway-hawm

• Weight : approximately 150 gms./fruit, thick skin
• Color : bright yellow when it is ripe, the flesh is white
• Taste : sweet and fragrant

Glooway-kai ( golden banana )

• Weight : approximately 50 gms./fruit, thin skin
• Color : golden yellow when it is ripe, the flesh is yellowish white
• Taste : pungent sweet with appetizing fragrance

Glooway-nahm-wah

• Weight : approximately 100 gms./fruit, the skin is moderate thickness
• Color : smokey yellow when it is ripe, the sticky flesh is white
• Taste : sweet

Nutritional value : High carbohydrate and Vitamin A, calcium and phosphorus

Fruiting season : All year for Glooway-hawm and Glooway-nahm-wah, but Glooway-kai is available during August - November

Uses : Eating fresh

Storage : Keep the fresh fruit at room temperature ( 25-30 celcius degree ), it can be kept for 3-4 days.