Tony Moody
NSW Agriculture.

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Asian and Exotic Vegetables
BANANA LEAVES

Musa spp.

Young leaves of the Cavendish banana and sold in rolled bundles. Used in Chinese cooking as wrapping for yum cha etc, in small sections torn from the large banana leaf.

Pacific Island usage is preferred from the leaf of the plantain.

Growing conditions: Warm temperate—Queensland and northern New South Wales.

There are quarantine restrictions on the movement of banana plant material including leaves, into, within and out of the NSW banana quarantine area. Permits are required.

 

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Document 178, submitted 07 August 2001
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© NSW Agriculture, 2001

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