" I was dreaming... I came here, the sky was blue... the beach was white & the wine was chilled."                                                                                                                                             "reach an island where you can just be... "                                                                                                                                           " Ten more dives.. and I will just reach there"                                                                                                                                           " Sun Island is to Maldives what Texas is to the United States" Adrian Neviille

Banana (Faikeyo gas)

Banana tree or musa paradisiacal sapientum comes from musaceae family. Just about everyone knows what a banana looks like, but not all know what the tree looks like and how to tell when the fruit is ready to be picked. If you take a walk around Sun Island you will see a lot of banana trees. Infact 5 varieties of banana are grown in Sun Island. Bananas have clasping long leaf stalks with a single elongated terminal. Sexes are separate, females forming first. The flowers themselves are 5-parted and grow in 2 rows of 8 to 15, surrounded by a large dull maroon-colored bract. The female flowers ripen to become a bunch of bananas. Down from the bunch are the male flowers, which are not functional and abort early. Since the male does not pollinate the flowers, and fruit develop without pollination, no seeds are developed. Each banana plant flowers only once at 1½ years when the growing point stops making leaves, though new plants, or slips, grow up from the root. When the maroon, male flower drops, the bananas are ready to be picked. It is possible though, to leave the bananas to ripen on the vine. Enjoy the garden fresh yellow bananas from our buffets. They are really tasty!



Related Links:
> Exploring The Magical Island
> Fauna of Sun Island
< Exotic Flora of Sun Island
- Annona glabra ( Kalhuhuthu Meyvaa)
- Banana (Faiykeyo gas)
- Bilimbi (Bilamagu)
- Bougainvillea (Dhaahiliyyaamaa)
- Breadfruit (Bambukeyo)
- Cape Gooseberry (Muraaki)
- Coconut (Dhivehi Ruh)
- Curry Leaves (Hikandhi Faiy)
- Custard Apple (Dhivehi Atha)
- Flamboyant Tree (Reethigas)
- Frangipani (Gulchampa)
- Ginger Thomas (Bokarumaa)
- Guava (Feyru)
- Guettarda speciosa (Uni)
- Helianthus debilis ( Lanka Mirihi)
- Henna (Heena Fai)
- Hibiscus (Saima)
- Jamaica cherry (Jeymu)
- Jamaican Mountain Sage (Lantana Camara)
- Jasmine ( Huvandhu Maa)
- Lemon Grass
- Lime (Lumbo)
- Madagascan Periwinkle (Malikuruvaa)
- Mango (Anbu)
- Noni Fruit (Ahivah)
- Papaya (Falho)
- Passion Fruit (Jumhooreemevaa)
- Poinciana pulcherrima L. (Fathanguma)
- Queen of the night ( Husnuheena )
- Rampe
- Sapodilla (Sabudheli)
- Scaevola sericea ( Magoo)
- Scewpine (Maa/Boa Kashikeyo)
- Sea Hibiscus (Dhigga)
- Tamarind (Helenbeli)
- Taro (Olhu Ala)


 

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