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RAINFOREZT
05-30-2012, 04:30 AM
Chundillakkannan is a very good quality desert banana to eat. One of the best tasting bananas I ever had. It is a very rare banana. It’s very hard to find even its native place Kerala, India. If you give good manure, fertilizer, water, and weather it’s guaranteed to fruit every year. This plant fruited in about 7 months. During the winter months December to March it doesn’t grown much. May be that’s why it’s did not get really big. Most of the time all the flowers develops in to fruits. That means it does not have any male flowers. It’s like a horn banana. But some times it's produced a few male flowers at the end.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49069&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49069&ppuser=8409)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49068&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49068&ppuser=8409)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49067&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49067&ppuser=8409)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49065&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49065&ppuser=8409)

Last year my friend plant one small pup in March and harvested 100+ fruit bunch in 9 months.
http://www.bananas.org/f2/chundillakkannan-budless-banana-14406.html

One negative thought I can think about this banana is that once it started to ripe the fruits will fall off from the bunch.

Previous threads..
http://www.bananas.org/f2/chundillakkannan-13739.html
http://www.bananas.org/f12/inflorescence-less-13440.html
I promise i won't start a new thread about this banana. I will update everythin here.

Thanks

Kostas
05-30-2012, 04:38 AM
Awesome!!! :woohoonaner: Wish you have a good harvest soon!!!

DoctorSteve
05-30-2012, 11:09 AM
Great another banana that I want. I need to stop reading stuff on this forum, ha!

Bananaman88
05-30-2012, 02:43 PM
Can't understand why it's called "the budless banana" when it clearly has a bud. If it didn't have an inflorescense (flower stalk), there would be no flowers or fruit.

DoctorSteve
05-30-2012, 03:39 PM
Check the previous threads about it. They show pictures of it and its seems that the bud just disappears after a certain point.

curriedrice
05-31-2012, 01:06 AM
Rainforezt - are you in India? If you are in the USA, where did you get the pup? Thanks in advance.

caliboy1994
05-31-2012, 02:04 AM
If it can do well here in Southern California, it might be something I'd want to get. How does it do in winter compared to other cold hardy varieties?

RAINFOREZT
05-31-2012, 05:07 AM
Awesome!!! :woohoonaner: Wish you have a good harvest soon!!!
I am hoping,,but..
Here in florida the storm season is in the air.

Great another banana that I want. I need to stop reading stuff on this forum, ha!
I know ..I am running out of space and thinking about buying some land.

Can't understand why it's called "the budless banana" when it clearly has a bud. If it didn't have an inflorescense (flower stalk), there would be no flowers or fruit.
That bud is full of female flowers. I will show you in few days..the bud will be gone. or see it here..http://www.bananas.org/f2/chundillak...ana-14406.html

Rainforezt - are you in India? If you are in the USA, where did you get the pup? Thanks in advance.
I am in Fl ..I got the pup from a friend of mine.

If it can do well here in Southern California, it might be something I'd want to get. How does it do in winter compared to other cold hardy varieties?

I do not know about the cold hardiness. During 2010-11 winter we had below 32F in few morinings. It burned all leaves and came back after winter and fruited.

RAINFOREZT
06-01-2012, 12:23 PM
Here is some photos from this mornining

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49138&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49138&ppuser=8409)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49137&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49137&ppuser=8409)

I think the bud will be done in few days. It's looks like its gona have some male flowers.

Illia
06-02-2012, 12:27 AM
Very nice, looking forward to final result photos. Love the sounds of this one! This is now on my "want/wish/need" list.

caliboy1994
06-02-2012, 12:29 AM
What's the p-stem height? How well does this one stand up to wind?

RAINFOREZT
06-12-2012, 10:43 PM
What's the p-stem height? How well does this one stand up to wind?

This one fruted about 8.5 or 9 feet high. I think I seen some of them fruited at 11-12 feet. Onece it fruited it's gona need support. It's not a sturdy plant like mysure.

RAINFOREZT
06-12-2012, 11:55 PM
This is one biggest fruit bunch I got from my garden.. http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49299&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49299&ppuser=8409)
....135 good size fingers. If I count all of them it will be more than150

some small fingers..lets see how big it will get.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49300&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49300&ppuser=8409)

seems like its going to finish ...ready to take off..

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49298&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49298&ppuser=8409)
Now its flying..

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49297&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49297&ppuser=8409)
some good sized fingers at the end.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49303&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49303&ppuser=8409)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49302&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49302&ppuser=8409)

Iunepeace
06-13-2012, 06:20 AM
That's really incredible Rainforezt! I hope it survives our hurricane season (things can get a little testy) and you get to taste those bananas in all their ripened glory. Top-notch stuff! :D

Illia
06-13-2012, 01:28 PM
Very nice! I sure hope to get/grow some if not this year, next year. My greenhouse is officially out of room for bananas (I stuffed it, lol) but we're building another one against the house next spring. Pretty sure this next one won't ever freeze unless we get a freakish winter.

Bananaman88
06-13-2012, 02:13 PM
Very interesting how it flowers right down to the tip of the bud...now the name budless banana makes sense! Hopefully you'll get lots of pups and this one can be shared around the board and become more common. Congrats!

RAINFOREZT
06-14-2012, 05:09 AM
Very interesting how it flowers right down to the tip of the bud...now the name budless banana makes sense! Hopefully you'll get lots of pups and this one can be shared around the board and become more common. Congrats!

I am trying to do that ...PM me If any one Interested to buy pups. Very limited # of pups available now...You can also reserve your name for future.

Kostas
06-14-2012, 10:00 AM
Excellent photos!!!! Thank you very very much for sharing Rainforezt!!! :)

RAINFOREZT
07-12-2012, 01:52 PM
Here is a pic from today

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49688&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49688)

RAINFOREZT
09-06-2012, 12:56 PM
I think its ready for harvest:woohoonaner:



http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50422&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50422&ppuser=8409)

Iunepeace
09-10-2012, 10:56 AM
Looks incredible! Enjoy :D

RAINFOREZT
10-27-2012, 04:41 AM
I found this banana on the MGIS is an international database for bananas.



Welcome to MGIS (http://www.crop-diversity.org/banana/#Accession-01IND26216)-DETAILS
Welcome to MGIS (http://www.crop-diversity.org/banana/#Accession-01IND26216)

It’s the same banana Kudappanillakunnan is an other name with same meaning.

I am done with the fruits a few weeks ago. This is a delayed update.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51096&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51096&ppuser=8409)

Cut the tip off and..

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51097&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51097&ppuser=8409)

..Cooked and made spicy banana stir-fry.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51095&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51095&ppuser=8409)

Harvested bananas hand by hand..

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51094&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51094&ppuser=8409)


Allowed me to enjoy them for a longer period of time.


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51101&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51101&ppuser=8409)

Texture and color of the fruits. But can’t explain the taste.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51098&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51098&ppuser=8409)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51099&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51099&ppuser=8409)


Fruits been shared with many people. Some fruits went to Orlando. And few fingers even went to California.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51102&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51102&ppuser=8409)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51100&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51100&ppuser=8409)

Below pups of chundillakkannan and tall red (chenkadali strain)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51103&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51103&ppuser=8409)


One chundillakkannan pup along with the Red went for an auction on World mission Sunday at church.

Earlier another pup flew over the Atlantic ocean.

bananimal
10-27-2012, 04:35 PM
Do you have experience with Chini Champa? They originate from Kalimpong, Bengal and I'm eagerly awaiting fruit next year.

caliboy1994
10-27-2012, 06:44 PM
Well apparently it's an AB variety, that could be good news in terms of cold hardiness.

bananimal
10-27-2012, 07:19 PM
Thanks Andreas. The Fla old timers have declared we have started, in S Fla, the next 12 years span of warm winters. So I'm not afraid ------------------ yeah, right!

venturabananas
10-27-2012, 11:07 PM
Thanks to Rainforezt, I was lucky enough to try Chundillakannan. It is a very nice banana, worth growing for sure.

The texture is wonderful, firm at first, yet very smooth when chewed. My wife described it as custard-like. It has a little bit of acidity but not a lot. Similar to Manzano in that regard, but with less apple flavor. If you've grown up eating Cavendish, I think you would feel that it tastes like the banana you're used to eating, except with better texture and a more complex flavor. As you can tell, the fruit itself it is an attractive, light cream color. The fruit is about the same size as Manzano and has a similarly very thin peel and peels easily. For optimal flavor, I found they needed to be quite ripe -- about the same stage as you'd eat a Manzano -- no green and fair amount of brown/black on the peel.

In the photo below, from left to right: Njalipoovan, Cavendish (for reference), and Chundillakannan.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51118&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51118&ppuser=7760)

venturabananas
10-27-2012, 11:15 PM
Do you have experience with Chini Champa? They originate from Kalimpong, Bengal and I'm eagerly awaiting fruit next year.

I think this is another one of those confusing cases in bananadom. I find Chini Champa (or spellings very close to that) listed as being from three very different subgroups: Ney Poovan, Mysore, and Pome. If it is actually a Ney Poovan, then the Njalipoovan that Rainforezt is growing is probably very similar or identical, since it is a Ney Poovan variety.