Who would have thought that a banana plant would become the talk of a town? But in Andhra Pradesh, this is happening and there is a very good reason for it.?
A banana plant grown in a farmerĄ¯s field in Andhra Pradesh is popularly known as 'Baahubali banana'. It is a rage among locals because its stem is over 7 feet long and bears fruits as well. This massively humongous stem is 60 kilograms in weight. In fact, it is so heavy that takes a good amount of manpower to pick it up and lift it.?
This banana plant has grown in?the village of Wakatippa in the Kottapalli zone and it is the Amritha species of banana that is grown by a local named? Anala Sadarshan from Yu Kottapalli village. This plant comprises over 140 fruits on its stem and was detached from the tree.?
Owner Sudarshan says he brought the banana seedling from his daughterĄ¯s house in Bangalore a year ago. The banana tree could not bear the weight and broke due to the huge growth of the bananas. Two other banana trees of this type are also under cultivation.
Normally, banana stems grow up to 3-5 feet long and are not more than 30 kgs but this one obviously caught everyone's attention due to the humongous size. Many people come over to Sudarshan's place to take selfies with the unusual plant.?
Though not an unusual fruit, the size of banana, however, sometimes can really be freaks of nature. Last year, a woman named?Sam Palmer from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset was left shocked after finding a foot-long banana. Basically, it was as long as her own hand.?
Talking about the fruit, Sam said: "It's the biggest banana I've ever seen. It was double, if not triple the size, of the ones I already had [in the house]. It was about 12 inches long in total."??
Not just that, people use bananas for different social causes as well and this case in point is one such example.?Fed up with a dangerous pothole located in the middle of a street, a Florida man decided to make a statement about road conditions by filling the cement hole with a banana tree. The man who owns a business on the same street where the pothole was located mentioned that his security cameras have watched the hole repeatedly causing damage to cars.
Nutritious and interesting, this fruit is pretty versatile.?
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