The history of bananas

Bananas were originally found in South East Asia in the jungles of Malaysia, Indonesia and The Philippines and also a large portion found in India. There is also proof that the first bananas originated from New Guinea in 5000 BC. The first bananas were exported from China to Palestine and then the Arabs exported them to America.


Bananas were only brought to Europe during the Renaissance in 1502. The first evidence of the introduction of bananas to Europe is from when the portugesue colonist started to harvest the banana plant in the Caribbean and Central America and then brought them home to Europe.


The first sales of banana really kicked off in 1899 when the united fruit company, an American food company started exporting bananas to Central America in particular Guatemala.


Bananas have dated back a long time and since then the production of bananas has rapidly increased. Bananas is now the most popular fruit across the world and there are now over 1000 different types of bananas to be found across the planet.

Credits:


http://www.zipmec.com/en/banana-history-production-trade-guide-fruit.html


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