Landraces

1 Synonyms: Batheesa, Hazaria, Ayirangai Culinary banana, suitable for preparing ‘Bajji’. Used as dessert in North East India. Belongs to Monthan subgroup. Distributed in South and North East India. High yielding cultivar with bunch weight of 25-27 Kg. Susceptible to Fusarium wilt, race 2.	2 Synonyms: Batheesa, Hazaria, Ayirangai Culinary banana, suitable for preparing ‘Bajji’. Used as dessert in North East India. Belongs to Monthan subgroup. Distributed in South and North East India. High yielding cultivar with bunch weight of 25-27 Kg. Susceptible to Fusarium wilt, race	3 Synonyms: Batheesa, Hazaria, Ayirangai Culinary banana, suitable for preparing ‘Bajji’. Used as dessert in North East India. Belongs to Monthan subgroup. Distributed in South and North East India. High yielding cultivar with bunch weight of 25-27 Kg. Susceptible to Fusarium wilt, race	4 Dessert banana. A natural tetraploid banana resistant to leaf spot disease, female fertile, used in banana breeding programme. Flower bud is used as vegetable and used in the preparation of pickles.
5 Dessert banana. Fruit is very sweet with good aroma.	6 Dessert banana. Maintained in backyard for its quality fruits and freeness from major biotic and abiotic stresses. Immune to Fusarium wilt (race 1) and leaf spot diseases.	7 Dessert banana. Maintained in backyard for its quality fruits and freeness from major biotic and abiotic stresses. Immune to Fusarium wilt (race 1) and leaf spot diseases.	8 Dessert banana. Maintained in backyard for its quality fruits and freeness from major biotic and abiotic stresses. Immune to Fusarium wilt (race 1) and leaf spot diseases.
9 Dessert banana. Used in Siddha medicine as laxative, highly valued for its therapeutic uses. Immune to Fusarium wilt (race 1 and 2) and leaf spot diseases.	10 Dessert banana. Used in Siddha medicine. Nutritional banana with good carotenoid content. Immune to leaf spot disease.	11 Dessert banana. Used in Siddha medicine. Nutritional banana with good carotenoid content. Immune to leaf spot disease.	12 Dessert banana. Exclusively used for the preparation of infant food. Maintained as a backyard crop in households of rural Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Immune to leaf spot disease.
13 Synonym: Sanna Chenkadali. Dessert banana with red colored peel. Fruits are rich in carotenoids and considered to have therapeutic values. Used in breeding program to induce tolerance to leaf spot disease. Resistant to fruit shattering.	14 Dessert banana. Resistant to Fusarium wilt disease (Race 1). Fruits are resistant to shattering when ripe. Utilized in banana breeding program both as male and female parent.	15 Dessert banana. Resistant to Fusarium wilt disease (Race 1). Fruits are resistant to shattering when ripe. Utilized in banana breeding program both as male and female parent.	16 Dessert banana. Resistant to Fusarium wilt disease (Race 1). Fruits are resistant to shattering when ripe. Utilized in banana breeding program both as male and female parent.
17 Dessert banana. Resistant to Fusarium wilt disease (Race 1). Fruits are resistant to shattering when ripe. Utilized in banana breeding program both as male and female parent.	18 Dessert banana. Long fruits resistant to shattering. Unripe fruits suitable for making banana flour. Tolerant to leaf spot disease.	19 Dessert banana. Long fruits resistant to shattering. Unripe fruits suitable for making banana flour. Tolerant to leaf spot disease.	20 Dessert banana. Resistant to fruit shattering. Suitable for making banana wine, juice and fig.
21 Features • A selection from somaclonal variant of tissue cultured Manoranjitham resistant to Fusarium wilt. • Crop duration is 13-14 months. • Tall cultivar (4.9-5.2 m) with dark green pseudostem. • Compact, slightly angular bunch (18-22 kg) with 12-14 hands and 17-20 fingers / hand. • Fruits are dark green at maturity and yellowish green at ripening with creamy, juicy and sweet pulp having intense fragrance similar to that of Manoranjitham flowers. • Owing to their unique flavor, fruits fetch a high price and are suitable for preparing ice cream.	22 Features • A selection from somaclonal variant of tissue cultured Manoranjitham resistant to Fusarium wilt. • Crop duration is 13-14 months. • Tall cultivar (4.9-5.2 m) with dark green pseudostem. • Compact, slightly angular bunch (18-22 kg) with 12-14 hands and 17-20 fingers / hand. • Fruits are dark green at maturity and yellowish green at ripening with creamy, juicy and sweet pulp having intense fragrance similar to that of Manoranjitham flowers. • Owing to their unique flavor, fruits fetch a high price and are suitable for preparing ice cream.	23 Dessert banana belonging to ‘Kunnan’ subgroup. Distributed in Southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Used for the preparation of infant food.