Bananas are the fruit of Musa acuminata. Acuminata means long-pointed or tapering, not referring to the fruit, but to the flowers giving birth to the fruit.
The original banana has been cultivated and used since ancient times, even pre-dating the cultivation of rice. While the banana thrived in Africa, its origins are said to be of East Asia and Oceania.
Bananas can help cure or prevent hangovers. The main causes of hangovers are dehydration and depletion of potassium, both direct results of alcohol consumption.
Bananas are an excellent source of potassium with over 450 mg. per one banana serving, as well as being high in magnesium, which can help relax those pounding blood vessels causing that nasty hangover headache.
he nomenclature system for cultivated bananas classifies them according to the relative contribution of their ancestral wild species, when these are known. This large category is often further divided into smaller groups of closely related cultivars. The system was developed by Norman Simmonds and Kenneth Shepherd in 19551. This system eliminates almost all the difficulties and inconsistencies of a taxonomy based on Musa paradisiaca and Musa sapientum. However, due to difficulties in assigning bananas to their corresponding groups and subgroups, there are inconsistencies in the way the system is applied. Adding to the confusion is the continued use of Latin binomials to classify cultivated bananas.