Abstract Volume:12 Issue-11 Year-2024 Original Research Articles
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2Department of Botany, Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode-673014, Kerala, India
3CSIR-Emeritus Scientist, Malabar Botanical Garden & IPS, Kozhikode-673014, Kerala, India
Banana is an important fruit grown and consumed in tropics and sub tropic regions. It is the edible fruit usually seedless which can be grown in any climatic condition. It is rich in carbohydrates, fat, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water. A comparative study between 10 different Musa sp. in Kerala was conducted to study the various morphological characteristics. Each of the banana plant differ from each other on the basics of its height, length, colour, pseudostem, leaf, flower bud and fruit. The nutritional components such as moisture, crude protein, crude fibre, ether extract and total ash of pseudostem and leaf of selected varieties of Musa were analysed. For this pseudostem and leaf of 4 different varieties were selected and tested. The test was based on the AOAC method. The result shows that the crude fibre content of pseudostem and leaf is high with certain nutritive value.
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Prem Jose Vazhacharickal, Ninu Maria James, N. K. Sajeshkumar, Jiby John Mathew, P. E. Sreejith and Sabu, M. 2024. Morphological Characterization and Nutritional Analysis (Leaf and Pseudostem) of Selected Banana Varieties in Kerala: An Overview.Int.J.Curr.Res.Aca.Rev. 12(11): 1-37doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcrar.2024.1211.001
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