Do Bananas Grow on Trees?
Yes… but not for long. There are many different varieties of bananas and some of these have become extinct in the last half century. At the rate of extinction there is a possibility that there will be no bananas by the end of the century. Dole, Chiquita and Del Monte (who control up to 90% of the international banana trade) have used toxic pesticides and eugenics programs in order to keep the species alive. They also allow many thousands of acres of rainforest to be destroyed to enlarge their banana plantations. All-in-all, bananas will probably be replaced by a genetically modified plantain in the next hundred years or so. Hope this helps.
Technically no – it’s a large plant … but they’re often mistaken for trees. http://www.chiquita.com/chiquita/discover/cbgrow.
Banana is the common name used for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa, and is also the name given to the fruit of these plants. They are native to the tropical region of Southeast Asia, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia. Today, they are cultivated throughout the Tropics. Banana plants are of the family Musaceae. They are cultivated primarily for their fruit, and to a lesser extent for the production of fibre and as ornamental plants. Because of their size and structure, banana plants are often mistaken for trees. The main or upright growth is called a pseudostem, which for some species can obtain a height of up to 2–8 m, with leaves of up to 3.5 m in length. Each pseudostem produces a single bunch of bananas, before dying and being replaced by a new pseudostem. The banana fruit grow in hanging clusters, with up to 20 fruit to a tier (called a hand), and 3-20 tiers to a bunch. The total of the hanging clusters is known as a bunch, or commercially as a “banana stem”, and can weigh fr
