Talk:Banana powder

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A fact from Banana powder appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 December 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that banana powder was utilized by scientists in the 1980s for its antiulcer compounds that both helped prevent ulcers and helped in healing areas where ulcers had previously occurred?

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Banana "figs"[edit]

I removed the link to the Banana Fig (Ficus pleurocarpa), a species of fig endemic to northern Queensland, that is an edible "bush tucker" fruit but which does not appear to have ever been grown commercially.

The reference cited refers to 'Banana "figs"', with the italics suggesting that this is a banana product, probably dried. The early date of 1916, when Banana boat or refrigerator ship technology may not yet have been extensively developed or adopted, particularly at the time during World War I, for transport of fresh bananas. So at this time, bananas are very likely to have been exported as a dried product.

This source gives a definition of the term, "banana figs: Bananas that have been split longitudinally and sun-dried without treating with sulphur dioxide. The product is dark in colour and sticky". encyclopedia.com Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 03:26, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see. Is there an article or a place to link to for this type of preparation of bananas? Silver seren^C 03:30, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I guess it needs fitting into Banana#History or Banana#Storage and transport. That article also lacks a link to here, but does mention banana flour (redirects to banana), which might be a synonym? Bigger digger (talk) 15:39, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]