How Does a Banana Grow?
How Bananas Grow The lovely sun-colored sweet-tasting bananas you see in modern markets across the Western World did not get there by accident. They started out a combination of two types of banana seeds that were not as appealing as our present variety. A man-made mixture combined with innovation and experience has sculpted this fruit into one of the most popular fruits in the world. Growing these wondrous creations is a complicated and delicate process. It is an equal blend of nature and nurture. The Creation There are well over 300 known types of banana plants in the world. Of these types, only about 6 percent are grown and harvested for world-wide use. The two varieties of bananas people are most familiar with are the sweet-yellow fruit and the plantain. Plantains are more robust and are generally used for cooking. They are a combination of two banana-plant seeds called musa acuminata and musa baalbisiana. Generations of weeding out the undesirable characteristics of the original p
