banana

Banana or 'glauy' is one of the most useful plants of the tropical Thailand. We enjoy the fruits and use the banana flower in various dishes. The leaves are used to wrap up food and made into containers. The inside young stalk can be used as hog feed. The tougher outside is tore into small strip and dried using as string. It is very durable and unbreakable. Banana plant grows almost any type of soil and tolerate short floods. It requires no fertilizer nor pesticide. It replicates by shooting out young plants around the original plant. Some types do have seeds. There are so many different types of bananas in Thailand: - Gluay Nam Wah - Short and Fat - Gluay Hom - Like the traditional US ones - Gluay Kai - Short and thin skin and very strong scent - Gluay Leb Muh Nang - name means "Lady's Fingers" - Skinny and short - Gluay Hug Mook- Big one with Thick Skin - normally grilled - Gluay Tani - It has a lot of seeds and some people believe a lady angel's spirit lives in the tree, so people generally don't eat them.