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whisperskeep
05-10-2012, 08:56 PM
Tried googling this, but with no luck
Can you eat the Musa Basjoo bananas?
It lead me to youtube, and someone saying you can, but most don't do all the seeds...the other urls i got, just talked about growing it.
caliboy1994
05-10-2012, 09:00 PM
Why not give them a try? :08:
whisperskeep
05-10-2012, 09:02 PM
Its a present for my dad, we will ask, and I don't have a lot of info on that
caliboy1994
05-10-2012, 09:16 PM
Most sources say not edible. It's probably because of the seeds and because it doesn't taste too great.
mksmth
05-11-2012, 07:30 AM
I think what is true is that its not very palatable. It is edible in the fact that you wont get sick or die from eating it but you may gag and puke a little.:ha:
mike
sunfish
05-11-2012, 07:41 AM
http://www.bananas.org/f2/musa-basjoo-fruits-edible-2300.html#post16471
alias
05-11-2012, 07:41 AM
They taste like you have put a moldy rag into mouth.
ryanalan
05-11-2012, 09:05 AM
As Crocodile Dundee said; "they tastes like sh&#, but you can eat em".
momoese
05-11-2012, 12:35 PM
I've heard that Balbisiana taste ok.
Gabe15
05-11-2012, 02:50 PM
Aside from them being seeded (with rather large seeds), even if they flower you are unlikely to get any fruit to develop because of lack of pollination.
M. basjoo should not be considered an edible banana, because there are bananas which are grown specifically for the fruit (most bananas we are interested in), and M. basjoo is not one of them.
There are many uses for everything, but in this case just consider M. basjoo a purely ornamental plant.
oakshadows
05-11-2012, 05:00 PM
Also good cattle fodder. That is what will happen to our mature plants.
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