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Glucanase and two other proteins specific to bananas were found in dental calculus from the early Iron Age (12th century BCE) Philistines in Tel Erani in the southern Levant. [66] Although bananas are commonly thought to contain exceptional potassium content, [31] [126] their actual potassium content is not high per typical food serving, having only 8% of the US recommended Daily Value for potassium (considered a low level of the DV, see nutrition table), and their potassium-content ranking among fruits, vegetables, legumes, and many other foods is relatively moderate. [127] [128] Foods with higher potassium content than raw dessert bananas (326mg per 100g) include ground flaxseed (793mg per 100g), dry-roasted almonds (684mg per 100g), peanut butter (654mg per 100g), raw baby spinach (582mg per 100g), white button mushrooms (393mg per 100g), and whole grain oats (350mg per 100g). Raw yellow plantains contain 487mg potassium per 100g. Dehydrated dessert bananas (banana powder) contain 1490mg potassium per 100g. [127] Allergen Thomas, J.E.; Iskra-Caruana, M-L.; Jones, D.R. (1994). " Musa Disease Fact Sheet N° 4. Banana Bunchy Top Disease" (PDF). INIBAP. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 2, 2018 . Retrieved October 2, 2018. The genus Musa was created by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. [36] The name may be derived from Antonius Musa, physician to the Emperor Augustus, or Linnaeus may have adapted the Arabic word for banana, mauz. [37] According to Roger Blench, the ultimate origin of musa is in the Trans–New Guinea languages, whence they were borrowed into the Austronesian languages and across Asia, via the Dravidian languages of India, into Arabic as a Wanderwort. [38] Stover & Simmonds (1987, p.183). "The Horn and French group of plantain cultivars (AAB) are preferred for cooking purposes over ABB cooking bananas... As a result the AAB plantains fetch a higher price than the ABB cooking bananas."Mwangi, M.; Bandyopadhyay, R.; Ragama, P. & Tushemereirwe, R.K. (2007). "Assessment of banana planting practices and cultivar tolerance in relation to management of soilborne Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum". Crop Protection. 26 (8): 1203–1208. doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2006.10.017. Kalyebara, M.R.; Ragama, P.E.; Kagezi, G.H.; Kubiriba, J.; Bagamba, F.; Nankinga, K.C.; Tushemereirwe, W. Economic importance of the banana bacterial wilt in Uganda. Afr. Crop Sci. J. 2006, 14, 93–103. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef]