Far Northern fruity cure for whatever ails you

A JAPANESE company is going bananas for a Far Northern banana farmer’s fruity cure for everything from third-degree burns through to pimples.

Mareeba’s Rob Watkins is negotiating a deal with Shinnihon Pharmaceuticals to further develop and market an ointment made from green lady finger banana flour.

Mr Watkins’ company, Natural Evolution, invented the flour, while pioneering an extraction process to mass produce the substance.

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