Bananas are very tasty fruits with the distinctive yellow color.
Bananas are some tasty fruits that are consumed by many people all over the world. Let’s find out more about bananas!
- Banana is a fruit that belongs in the family of Musacae.
- It belongs in the family of Musaceae.
- It is also part of the genus Musa.
- But is is classified as… a berry!
- Bananas are native fruits to the tropical places of Indomalaya and Australia.
- But it is considered that they first appeared in Papua New Guine, which is near to Australia.
- Bananas have a long history since they were first mentioned in the 6th century B.C.
- They were also identified in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
- India though grows the most bananas all over the world.
- India is followed by China.
- An Indian man once consumed 81 bananas in only 30 minutes!
- Bananas don’t grow from the land, but they are “produced” by banana trees.
- Banana’s scientific name is musa sapientum.
- Musa sapientum means “fruit of the wise men”.
- Bananas don’t sink in the water, because they can float.
- The most popular bananas are the yellow ones, but there are also bananas in other colors such as the red bananas.
- Red bananas grow in Australia.
- Japanese use the fiber in the banana in order to make fabric and… paper!
- There is a Banana Club Museum, that is located in California.
- It has more that 17.000 bananas!
- Bananas are the 4th most popular agricultural prodyct worldwide.
- More than 100 billion people in the world enjoy bananas.
- In Ugandan language the word matooke means food and banana.
- Bananas are quite famous in the music industry, since this is the fruit that has the most songs written about it than any other fruit.
- Also there is popular animation that is called Minions and in which the minions are… bananas!
- Also, back in the 90s there was a really popular animated TV show named “Bananas with pajamas”.
- Banana makes a great juice when combined with sour cherry.
- Bananas grow up to 25 feet and their leaves can reach up to 9 feet length.
- 75% of a banana is consisted of… water!
- In case you are on a dit, bananas are perfect for you since they are low calory food.
- Bananas are the “happiest” fruits because they are the only fruit that help you produce serotonin.
- The sad news is that if you are allergic to latex then you probably are allergic to bananas, too.
- Bananas are better and more tasty when ripen “young” and green.
- If you put a banana in a refrigerator on the outside it will turn dark brown or black, but this won’t affect the inside.
- This is going to happen of course if you don’t eat it within a few days.
- Human being have 50% same DNA with these fruits!
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