Fruits

The banana plant is a hybrid, originating from the mismatched pairing of two South Asian wild plant species: Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. Between these… Read More »What Is A Banana A Hybrid Of?

I know, I know — it sounds completely ridiculous and weird, but peeling a banana from the bottom up is the most efficient way to… Read More »Why Should You Peel A Banana From The Bottom?

Humans reproduced bananas from the suckers “vegetatively,” that is, by separating the offshoot from the mother pseudostem, and then replanting the suckers as a separate… Read More »How Did Humans Breed Bananas?

The yellow sweet banana is a mutant strain of the cooking banana, discovered in 1836 by Jamaican Jean Francois Poujot, who found one of the… Read More »What Color Were Bananas Originally?

“[The skin] contains high amounts of vitamin B6 and B12, as well as magnesium and potassium. It also contains some fiber and protein,” San Diego-based… Read More »What Is The Most Nutritious Part Of A Banana?

vandame/Shutterstock The INSIDER Summary: The little strings inside bananas are called phloem bundles. They have an important purpose: they distribute nutrients throughout the fruit. They… Read More »Is It Ok To Eat Banana Strings?

Those big black seeds were the original seed of the banana. They’re the seed that the tree would spread. Wild varieties of bananas normally have… Read More »What Is The Black Bit In A Banana?

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… Read More »When Did They Start Importing Bananas?

If the black part is just a bruise, then yes it’s perfectly safe to eat. If there is a lot of black right in the… Read More »Is It Ok To Eat The Black Part Of A Banana?