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1. What is the scientific name of a banana tree?
2. How many species of bananas are there?
3. What type of fruit is a banana?
4. Is a banana tree gymnosperm or angiosperm?
5. How many bananas grow on a tree?
6. What are the parts of a banana plant?
7. What is the seed for a banana tree?
8. How many types of banana in Kerala?
9. Is banana a true fruit?
10. What are banana flowers?

What is the scientific name of a banana tree?

Musa acuminata (wild banana)

How many species of bananas are there?

There are way more varieties than you probably think.

Grown in more than 150 countries, it is widely believed there are more than 1,000 types of bananas in the world, which are subdivided into 50 groups. The most common is the Cavendish, the one most frequently produced for export markets.

What type of fruit is a banana?

Bananas Are Botanically Berries

As surprising as this may sound, botanically speaking, bananas are considered berries. The category a fruit falls under is determined by the part of the plant that develops into the fruit.

Is a banana tree gymnosperm or angiosperm?

Banana plants are angiosperms (flowering plants) and are further characterized as monocotyledons, more commonly called monocots.

How many bananas grow on a tree?

As the bud unfolds, it reveals double rows of tiny flowers. Each of these flowers will become an individual banana, or a “finger.” Each row of bananas is call a “hand” and is made up of 14 to 20 fingers. Each stem grows 9 to 12 hands, which means that a single banana plant can produce up to 240 bananas.

What are the parts of a banana plant?

The 'true' stem is made up of three parts: the underground rhizome, the aerial stem to which are attached the leaves, and the peduncle to which is attached the inflorescence. 1 The stem starts on the rhizome's apical meristem, grows inside the pseudostem, and ends in the male bud.

What is the seed for a banana tree?

Banana seeds are contained inside the flesh — the edible part of the fruit. But because the cavendish subgroup is a hybrid plant, its minuscule seeds are not fertile. So, that's why our bananas don't have seeds. Farmers propagate banana plants through vegetative reproduction rather than seeds.

How many types of banana in Kerala?

Kerala goes bananas: A festival with more than 150 varieties of the fruit.

Is banana a true fruit?

Since banana develops only from the ovary it is a true fruit and since it develops without fertilisation it is parthenocarpic.

What are banana flowers?

Banana blossom, also known as a “banana heart”, is a fleshy, purple-skinned flower, shaped like a tear, which grows at the end of a banana fruit cluster. Traditionally used in south-east Asian and Indian cooking, it can also be eaten raw and its chunky, flaky texture makes it an ideal substitute for fish.