Pisang Awak Banana

• Womenscorner Desk
• November 4, 2020

Pisang Awak is an Musa paradisiaca sapientum cultivar belonging to the AABB banana cultivar group. This cultivar is grown worldwide. it's known to supply seed with the supply of fertile pollen. 'Pisang Awak' (known locally as kayinja) is grown in Uganda for creating banana beer.

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In Cambodia, 'Pisang Awak' (known locally as chek nam va) is favored over varieties for its multiple uses while other varieties are valued for the fruit. The banana blossoms (at the stage of male flower production) and pseudostem, although astringent, are eaten as a vegetable. The leaves used as a wrap for cooking food like amok and ansom chek during which the fragrance of the banana leaves is transferred to the food being cooked.

Origin- Widely distributed