Origin of South American Bananas
 

I read in somewhere that the ancient cultivars in South America came from Raiatea.....Thaiti....French Polynesia.......

I would like to know information..about what kind of cultivar.......kind of Group......


also I read that South American Bananas camefrom two different sources......Polynesian and Atlantic (maybe African)......

but I have special interest in the Polynesian strain........

Maybe Mapuche Indians from Chile .......that have confirmed Polynesian DNA..........grow some original strain..........

Mapuche Indians originally was widespread untill near south Brazil.......and maybe there´s a link.......between Polynesias Bananas....and Brazilian Bananas......that´s why I want to know more about the cultivars.......

Re: Origin of South American Bananas
 

I found that there there´s some Fe´i...........but its not the case...........there´s no such cultivar that I know in South America.......

I was think in AAA........but not the Cavendish.......

I was think in some kind of Burro Bananas.....

Re: Origin of South American Bananas
 

Orinoco aka burro is called that because it is plentifuly (it that a word) growing along the Orinoco river in South America

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thanks.....

here in Brazil such AAA type is called PRATA...........

maybe Central Ameruica was the "door" that Polynesian Bananas came into Americas........I wil study this. from Orinoco Basin........

TNX

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Here's a photo from Gabe's photo gallery:


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COOL PICTURE........

maybe he knows if there´s some link with Polynesian Bananas......

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are Tahiti bananas AAB.....

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I was studing Polynesian Plum........(Spondia cytherea)...........and there are some Spondia sp.....in Centra America........

maybe Polinesians bring some Spondia togheter with bananas..........

with this Iwould like to search about the origins of Brazilian Bananas......

https://europepmc.org/article/pmc/pmc4547026

Re: Origin of South American Bananas
 

I dunno, I am clueless!

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maybe have some link with this ancient civilization.........maybe the root is Polynesia.......

https://inhabitat.com/newly-discover...-civilization/