Giant banana as big as half an arm grows in Asingan, Pangasinan

A giant banana as big as half an arm grew in Asingan, Pangasinan after a family planted a seedling they received.

In an interview with JP Soriano on "24 Oras Weekend," Winnie Tarangco, who owns the tree, said she and her family were shocked after they saw the giant banana.

"Siyempre nagulat po kami. Ikaw ba naman makakita ng kasing laki ng apo ko na halos magfa-five months pa lang eh kasing laki niya?" she said. "Kaya sabi ko, ang laki at ang haba naman ng saging na 'to."

["Of course we were shocked. Anyone who sees a banana as big as my grandchild who is turning five months old will be shocked. That's why I said this banana is so big and long."]

Winnie said it took them one whole week before they were able to finish the whole banana.

Winnie said the taste of the giant banana was different compared to the regular-sized ones that grow in their area.

"Matamis po siya... Hindi po siya pangkaraniwan na saging na 'di ba may puso 'yung saging natin na tumutubo po sa atin? Siya wala," she said.

["The giant banana is sweet. It is not the usual banana with the banana flower you see in the country."]

According to the municipal agriculturist in Asingan, the banana is a type of giant plantain which rarely grows but when it does it produces a big fruit.

—Jannielyn Bigtas/MGP, GMA News