Giant fruits often captivate the online community, especially when their weight or size is several times larger than usual. Such fruits are often described as “mutant” or “super-sized.”
Among the many giant fruits recorded, there is a banana that weighs a whopping 6 kg and requires four people to finish. At first glance, one might assume that the photos are photoshopped. However, this is not just a mutant banana, but an entire species of bananas that grow to such enormous sizes.
The bananas are jokingly referred to as “mutants” due to their enormous size.
This banana species is called Musa Ingens, and it can only be grown in the tropical highlands of Papua New Guinea, a country located near the equator in the southeastern part of Asia. Despite efforts to cultivate this banana species elsewhere, the fruits do not grow to such large sizes as the Pacific island nation has the perfect conditions for the Musa Ingens to thrive.
Not only do the fruits of this banana species impress with their “super-sized” proportions, but the tree itself is also quite remarkable. Standing at a height of 20-25 meters, equivalent to a six-story building, the Musa Ingens boasts a massive trunk with a diameter too large for an adult to encircle with their arms.
The towering Musa Ingens banana trees.
When grown in Papua New Guinea, the Musa Ingens produces fruits weighing around 1.5-2 kg. However, under optimal conditions, these bananas can grow even larger. A record-breaking Musa Ingens banana weighed 6 kg and required four people to finish eating it.
Aside from its impressive size, the color and taste of this banana species are not vastly different from regular bananas. However, they contain more seeds and are not as easy to eat as the bananas we typically consume daily. Nevertheless, their rarity and uniqueness have sparked interest among people worldwide, who are eager to try these “super-sized” bananas.
The bananas weigh between 1.5-2 kg, with some reaching a staggering 6 kg.
Despite being dubbed “mutant” bananas due to their large size, scientific research has shown that Musa Ingens bananas have a completely natural biological structure. They are not genetically modified or created through any miraculous means. Their size is simply a result of the characteristics of the species and the favorable growing conditions.
Today, Musa Ingens bananas remain a sought-after rarity, with their “hard-to-find” status persisting. They are primarily found in Papua New Guinea, as attempts to cultivate them elsewhere have not yielded fruits of comparable size, and the seeds are also challenging to come by.
(Sources: krishijagran, Trend Tarsier…)
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