Description

A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. bananas are used for cooking may be called "plantains", differentiating them from other dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but it is mostly elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind, which may be greenish, yellowish, red, purple, or brown when ripe. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant. Almost all modern edible seedless (parthenocarp) bananas come from two wild species – Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. The scientific names of most cultivated bananas are Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana, and Musa paradisiaca for the hybrid Musa acuminata and M. balbisiana, which depends on their genomic constitution. Bananas Contain Many Important Nutrients and they are among the world’s most popular fruits.The most common type is the Cavendish, which is a type of dessert banana. Green when unripe, it yellows as it matures. Bananas contain a fair amount of fiber, as well as several antioxidants.

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