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.