Banana Leaf: Several Benefits


 Banana trees grow almost everywhere in our country. People usually plant the banana trees in their orchards. Never have I seen anyone have banana trees either in the front or back yards of their houses. This is probably because of uninteresting look of the trees with huge fan-like leaves, and their trunks having flaky coverings. Or people probably hate an image of a corpse being bathed on the cut banana trunks. What shocked me was that when one of friends told me that if I wanted to buy a house, I had to make sure that there were no banana

trees around. He said that ghost was fond of hanging on banana trees.


However, despite the negative image of banana trunks as they are used as a corpse’s body support when it is bathed, banana leaves have lots of benefits for Indonesian people. Most people use banana leaves as food wrappers. Special cooked rice is wrapped with a piece of banana leaf. Some wet cakes are also leaf-wrapped before selling. You will find lots of foods wrapped with this leaf in the traditional

markets. Some fish is also wrapped with banana leaf and grilled but not directly over a charcoal fire to avoid wrapping being burned. My husband loves eating grilled cooked rice wrapped in banana leaf.
Banana leaves to be used as wrapping are high in demand. People who run a business of selling leaf wrappings certainly make a lot of profit. It seems to me that banana leaf wrapping will never die out. I may consider having this kind of business later.


Back to the banana tree trunk, it contains liquid like water but it is a little sticky. I was told by my mother that the liquid is good for removing your hair dandruff after regular use. If we have an orchard of banana trees, it will be a good idea to use the liquid as hair shampoo. There are still other parts of banana trees to benefit from I am sure.
 

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Article Written By mandini alya

I am a mother of 2 children. I love writing in English, which explains why I have decided to write as many articles as I can.

Last updated on 27-07-2016 1K 0

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