Category: Fruits

While banana trees are often referred to as palm trees, the truth is they are not part of the same family and they are not technically considered the same. However, they do belong to the same Super Order Lilianae. According to experts, a banana tree is closer to a huge herb than a tree. Are […]

Bananas are both a fruit and not a fruit. While the banana plant is colloquially called a banana tree, it’s actually an herb distantly related to ginger, since the plant has a succulent tree stem, instead of a wood one. The yellow thing you peel and eat is, in fact, a fruit because it contains […]

The banana plant is called a ‘banana tree’ in popular use, but it’s technically regarded as a herbaceous plant (or ‘herb’), not a tree, because the stem does not contain true woody tissue. Why banana plant is not a tree? While the banana plant is colloquially called a banana tree, it’s actually an herb distantly […]

A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. Banana (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots (unranked): Commelinids Order: Zingiberales Is banana a tree or a plant? Bananas are both a fruit and not a fruit. While the banana plant is […]

There were references to bananas from 600 BC when Buddhist scriptures, know as the Pali Canon, noted Indian traders travelling through the Malaysian region had tasted the fruit and brought plants back with them. Where was banana first discovered? Their origin is placed in Southeast Asia, in the jungles of Malaysis. Indonesia or the Philippines. […]

Although overripe bananas may not really look very appetising–the fruit turns soggy while the banana peel may turn black or brown–they are very good for our health. Are black bananas healthy? Do not wait, Life Hack warns, for the banana to become completely black, as this is evidence of reduced nutritional benefits. If the bananas […]

But then a fungus known as Fusarium wilt, or Panama disease, rapidly infected entire plantations, and caused a global collapse in the banana trade. The industry quickly found a replacement, a banana resistant to Panama disease, called the Cavendish. What happened to original bananas? For decades the most-exported and therefore most important banana in the […]

When a fruit comes into contact with ethylene gas, the acids in the fruit start to break down, it becomes softer, and the green chlorophyll pigments are broken up and replaced—in the case of bananas, with a yellow hue. Why does a banana appear to be yellow? That’s because colors are not emitted from objects; […]

Spanish explorers. Bananas were brought to the Americas by Spanish explorers in the 1500s. The first banana shoot is thought to be planted in the islands of the Caribbean in 1516. Bananas did not make their way to the US until the 1800s when sailors brought banana shoots home from the Caribbean. Who brought bananas […]

Bananas are believed by some to be the world’s oldest fruit. Certainly they are mentioned in Ancient Chinese, Hindu, Greek and Roman texts, and the earliest record in Sanskrit dates back to 5000 B.C. can be consumed. Which is the oldest fruit? Figs – the world’s oldest fruits Fig trees have been grown since ancient […]

The first bananas There were references to bananas from 600 BC when Buddhist scriptures, know as the Pali Canon, noted Indian traders travelling through the Malaysian region had tasted the fruit and brought plants back with them. Which country first found banana? Bananas were originally found in South East Asia, mainly in India. They were […]

Bananas were originally found in South East Asia, mainly in India. They were brought west by Arab conquerors in 327 B.C. and moved from Asia Minor to Africa and finally carried to the New World by the first explorers and missionaries to the Caribbean. Were bananas in the New or Old World? Foods That Originated […]

Bret Michaels Revealed As Masked Singer Banana, 10 Years After Near-Death Experience. Michaels marked the anniversary of his brain hemorrhage with a performance of “Knocking on Heaven’s Door.” To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Photo by Greg Gayne / FOX. Who is the banana from masked singer? Katharine McPhee and […]