Banana

Bananas are indigenous to the tropical portions of India, Southeast Asia and northern Australia, and were brought to South America by the Portuguese in the… Read More »Are Bananas Native To South America?

In Latin America, the main producers for export of this crop are Ecuador, followed by Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama. Do bananas come… Read More »Where Do Bananas Come From In Latin America?

The first bananas we know of were cultivated in Papua New Guinea, stocky and filled with seeds. By contrast, today’s bananas are smooth on the… Read More »How Did Bananas Originally Look?

Bananas grown in north Africa were eaten in ancient Rome. Early in the 16th century they were first planted in tropical America. When did bananas… Read More »Were There Bananas In Ancient Rome?

If you eat a banana that is not ripe enough, it can be very unpleasant. They are slimy and not as sweet as a ripe… Read More »Why Are Some Bananas Not Sweet?

The Cavendish banana variety accounts for 99 per cent of the world’s export market. The banana might be the most artificial fruit in the world.… Read More »Do We Eat Cloned Bananas?

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… Read More »Are Bananas A Real Fruit?

Powerful potassium: A medium banana gives you 422 milligrams, which is 9% of what you need every day. This mineral is a big player in… Read More »What Happens If We Eat One Banana Daily?

A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa.… Read More »What Are Real Bananas?

Musa acuminata. Musa acuminata, wild ancestor of the domestic banana plants. Where are bananas original originally from? Bananas are thought to have been first domesticated… Read More »What Is The Ancestor Of Bananas?