Quang Binh: Banana bunch with 132 hands

Posted on January 16, 2009. Filed under: Vietnam Vacations | Tags: |

vietnam-vacations-quangbinh-img-02A family in Van La village in Luong Ninh commune, Quang Ninh district of the central province of Quang Binh has a special banana plant which has a bunch with 132 hands of bananas.

According to the owner, Ms Le Thi Mai, this plant was planted in September 2006. In April 2007, it began to blossom.

When the plant produced its 20th hand, Ms Mai began to pay special attention to the tree and began to count the number of hands. As of July 23, 2007, it had 132 hands. The length of the bunch is 2.2m and the family has to prop the bunch of bananas up with a stake.

The bunch has 132 hands but it could produce even more.

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