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General Information
NameFrench plantain
Scientific NameMusa X paradisiaca
DescriptionMusa × paradisiaca is the accepted name for the hybrid between Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. Most cultivated bananas and plantains are triploid cultivars either of this hybrid or of M.  acuminata. Linnaeus originally used the name M.  paradisiaca only for plantains or cooking bananas, but the modern usage includes hybrid cultivars used both for cooking and as dessert bananas.
Primary IDFOOD00436
Picture444
Classification
GroupFruits
Sub-GroupTropical fruits
Taxonomy
SuperkingdomEukaryota
KingdomViridiplantae
PhylumStreptophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderZingiberales
FamilyMusaceae
GenusMusa
Speciesparadisiaca
VarietyNot Available
ITIS ID42391
Wikipedia IDMusa × paradisiaca
Composition
Compounds
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Macronutrients
MacronutrientContent Range AverageReference
Ash0.60000 - 1200.00000 mg/100 g172.352 mg/100 gDTU, USDA
Carbohydrate29600.000 - 31900.000 mg/100 g30750.000 mg/100 gDTU
Fat400.000 - 400.000 mg/100 g400.000 mg/100 gDTU
Fiber (dietary)0.000 - 2300.000 mg/100 g1150.000 mg/100 gDTU
Proteins1300.000 - 1300.000 mg/100 g1300.000 mg/100 gDTU
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References
Content Reference— Duke, James. 'Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. United States Department of Agriculture.' Agricultural Research Service, Accessed April 27 (2004).
— Saxholt, E., et al. 'Danish food composition databank, revision 7.' Department of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (2008).
— U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page.
— Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181.