Lakatan banana
{{Short description|Banana cultivar}}
{{Redirect|Lacatan|the banana cultivar also called "Lacatan" in the Latin America and the West Indies|Masak Hijau banana}}
{{Infobox cultivar
| name = Musa acuminata 'Lakatan'
| image = Musa paradisiaca Blanco1.88-cropped.jpg
| image_caption = Lakatan illustration in the 1880 book Flora de Filipinas by Francisco Manuel Blanco
| species =Musa acuminata
| cultivar = 'Lakatan'
| group = AA Group
| origin = Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand
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Lakatan bananas, also spelled Lacatan, are diploid banana cultivars from the Philippines. It is one of the most common banana cultivars in the Philippines, along with the Latundan and Saba bananas.{{cite web |url= http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/ae216e/ae216e07.htm|title= Analysis of induced mutants of Philippine bananas with molecular markers|author= Hautea, D.M., G.C. Molina, C.H. Balatero, N.B. Coronado, E.B. Perez, M.T.H. Alvarez, A.O. Canama, R.H. Akuba, R.B. Quilloy, R.B. Frankie, C.S. Caspillo| date= 2002-07-19|publisher= Institute of Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines Los Baños, FAO Corporate Document Repository|access-date=12 January 2011}}
Lakatan bananas should not be confused with the Cavendish banana Masak Hijau, which is also known as "Lacatan" in Latin America and the West Indies.
Taxonomy and nomenclature
The Lakatan banana is a diploid (AA) cultivar.{{cite web |url= http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Musa.html|title= Sorting Musa names|author= Michel H. Porcher| author2 = Prof. Snow Barlow| date= 2002-07-19|publisher= The University of Melbourne|access-date=11 January 2011}} According to Promusa, it is a triploid (AAA) {{Cite web|url=http://www.promusa.org/Lakatan|title=Lakatan}}
Its official designation is Musa acuminata (AA Group) 'Lakatan'.
Synonyms include:
- Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. lacatan Blanco
- Musa acuminata Colla (Cavendish Group) cv. 'Lacatan'
The Cavendish cultivar Masak Hijau is also called "Lacatan" in Latin America and the West Indies, and is known as "Bungulan" in the Philippines. To avoid confusion, the Philippine Lakatan is usually spelled with a 'k' in botanical literature, while Masak Hijau is usually spelled with a 'c' (Lacatan){{cite book|last=Valmayor, R.V., Espino, R.R.C. and Pascua, O.C.|title=The Wild and Cultivated Bananas of the Philippines.|date=2002|publisher=PARRFI|location=Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines|pages=242}} or called "Jamaican Lacatan". Other common names for the cultivar in Southeast Asia include "Pisang Berangan" in Malaysia; "Pisang Barangan Kuning" and "Pisang Barangan Merah" in Indonesia; "Kluai Hom Maew" and "Kluai Nga Phaya" in Thailand.{{cite book | last1=Molina | first1=A.B. | last2=Roa | first2=V.N. | title=Advancing Banana and Plantain R and D in Asia and the Pacific | publisher=International Plant Genetic Resources Institute | year=2000 | isbn=978-971-91751-3-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lV4k4j85r2AC&pg=PA3 | access-date=2021-12-08 | page=3}}
Description
Lakatan typically grows to a height of five to nine feet. The fruits can be harvested 8 to 12 months after planting. Lakatan is susceptible to the Banana Bunchy Top virus.
Lakatan fruits are longer and thicker-skinned than the Latundan bananas and turn a characteristic yellow-orange when ripe.{{cite web |url= http://oldweb.da.gov.ph/images/PDFFiles/FarmingTips/HighValueCrops/banana.pdf|title=BANANA| date= 2010|publisher= Philippine Department of Agriculture |access-date=20 September 2017}}
Uses
Lakatan is the most popular dessert banana in the Philippines. It is more expensive than the more common Latundan and Cavendish bananas. Latundan and Lakatan bananas are both preferred by Filipinos over Cavendish.
They have higher β-Carotene content than other banana cultivars.{{cite web |url= http://www.islandfood.org/publications/bulletin.pdf|title= Carotenoid-rich bananas: A potential food source for alleviating vitamin A deficiency|author1=Lois Englberger |author2=Ian Darnton-Hill |author3=Terry Coyne |author4=Maureen H. Fitzgerald |author5=Geoffrey C. Marks | year=2003 |work=Food and Nutrition Bulletin, vol. 24, no. 4 |publisher= The United Nations University|access-date=13 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726193508/http://www.islandfood.org/publications/bulletin.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2011}}
Diseases
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References
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External links
- [http://www.promusa.org/tiki-index.php?page=Lakatan A description of Lakatan on Musapedia]
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