What is a banana?

Thanks! Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. They are native to the tropical region of Southeast Asia, and are likely to have been first domesticated in Papua New Guinea. Today, they are cultivated throughout the tropics.

Answered by Johnny B. - 284 days ago at 7:37am on May 04 2011

Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. They are native to the tropical region of Southeast Asia, and are likely to have been first domesticated in Papua New Guinea. A banana (the yellow thing you peel and eat) is undoubtedly a fruit.Though since commercially grown banana plants are sterile, the seeds are MORE?

Answered by Toshia S. - 628 days ago at 6:21pm on May 25 2010

Banana - Any of a genus of treelike tropical plants of the banana family, with long, broad leaves and large clusters of edible fruit; the long, curved fruit of these plants which usually has a soft, sweet, whitish pulp and a thick yellowish skin.

Answered by Jessica B. - 832 days ago at 12:58am on Nov 03 2009

Bananas and plantains are today grown in every humid tropical region and constitutes the 4th largest fruit crop of the world. The plant needs 10 - 15 months of frost-free conditions to produce a flower stalk.

Answered by Melissa T. - 889 days ago at 7:55pm on Sep 06 2009

Banana is the common name for a type of fruit & also the herbaceous plants of the genus Musa which produce the commonly eaten fruit. They're native to tropical region of SE Asia. Bananas are likely to have been first domesticated in Papua New Guinea.

Answered by Danny E. - 961 days ago at 6:02pm on Jun 26 2009