When traveling, apart from the scenery, the local specialties are the most worth looking forward to. After all, when it comes to "eating, drinking and having fun", eating comes first. The specialties and delicacies of each place are different, and many specialties are only found locally and do not grow in other places at all, so these specialties are even more attractive. Musa Ingens is the largest banana in the world. One banana weighs 3 to 4 pounds and can reach 30 centimeters in length.

Banana is the most common fruit, and there is another fruit on the market that is very similar to banana called plantain. However, plantains are generally short and thick, not as delicious as bananas, and not as big as bananas. But there is a kind of banana in the world called Musa Ingens. People call it the giant banana. It can be said to be the largest non-woody plant in the world. Even the fruits it produces are larger than ordinary bananas and can reach the size of women. Forearm thickness.

Musa Ingens is a unique plant in Papua New Guinea. It can grow up to 25 meters, which is five times the size of ordinary banana trees and plantain trees. It takes four adults to hug its roots. When people walk in the woods formed by Musa Ingens, all they can see is the broad leaves, as if they have arrived in the kingdom of giants. However, Musa Ingens can only grow in Papua New Guinea because there is basically no sea breeze and the tropical plateau is suitable for its growth.

The fruits produced by such a big banana tree will naturally not be small. The fruit of Musa Ingens can basically reach 30 centimeters, requiring two palms to hold it, and its weight can reach 3 or 4 kilograms. The largest one can even weigh 6 kilograms, requiring four local adults to hold it. Finished eating. But Musa Ingens is not just for eating, the locals have also developed many other functions.

Its fruit can not only be used as fruit, but also made into special dishes by local people. As for additional products such as dried plantains, it goes without saying. The inside of the fruit can be eaten, and the outer skin can also be used as a raw material for making spices. After being processed by the locals, it is also a very practical item. The banana leaves of Musa Ingens are used by local people to build houses, and the trunks are used to make wine and make paper and cloth. It can be said that Musa Ingens is valuable from head to toe.

Therefore, Musa Ingens is also known as plant gold locally, and is also a local special attraction, attracting many tourists to visit just to see how big its fruits are.