By Vicheka Lay
“Golden Banana” is now Cambodia ’s fruit ensign. Cambodianpeople call this fruit “chicken-egg banana”, due to its soft taste andchicken-egg like complexion. Golden banana has its scientific name,Musa aromatica. Cambodian people call this fruit “chicken-egg banana(Chek Pong Mann), because they compare this fruit to the color, littlesize, and soft taste of the chicken egg. Golden banana is one of thefavorite fruits and desert of Cambodian people.
It isalso used as everyday fruit or dessert and even making fruit jam. Mostimportant of all, ripe golden banana is always seen in the weddingceremony and Sabbath day. Green banana is, on the other hand, used asvegetable mostly for roundtable drink. Golden banana is widely used inalmost every festivity, due to its low price and excellent taste.Because of its habitual touch with Cambodian commoners, golden bananais now officially considered as one of Cambodian fruit identities.
Golden banana is mostly planted along the Mekong delta, especially onthe island area. And it is good source of money for some families.Golden banana has its long history in Cambodia, though India was thefirst source of Cambodia’s today’s golden banana. This history is seenthrough Cambodian traditional stories.
Golden bananais very useful. Its trunk is used as fruit for people and food foranimals of many kinds, especially cow, pig, buffalo. Golden banana’sleaf can be converted into packing materials.
Whatstated above is too little to insightfully understand “golden banana”and more information is still widely needed. But what is the mostimportant for this scope of paper is to know that “golden banana” isnow Cambodian Fruit Ensign. Answer to why golden banana is picked asCambodia ’s fruit ensign will be explaining latter. I wish Cambodiawill reveal more about related stories, facts, history, and logicsabout golden banana in Cambodian context. This minor revelation is toshow better knowledge to the Cambodians and foreigners alike, who arewondering around Cambodia ’s happening and bygone issues.
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