On What Do Bananas Grow?

Banana grows on the largest herbaceous flowering plants in the world, hence it doesn't grow on trees. Actually, banana trees are plants because when you'll look closely at the trunk, you can see they do not contain any woody tissues. The plant does not have a 'trunk' but 'pseudostems,' made up of tightly packed leaves.

Do bananas only grow on trees?

A: The banana is actually grown on a plant and not on a tree. It is perhaps the largest plant in existence without a woody stem.

Do bananas come from a tree or plant?

Banana plants look like trees but are actually giant herbs related to lilies and orchids. The plant grows from a root clump (rhizome), similar to a tulip bulb. There are over 500 types of bananas! People cultivate mostly cooking bananas and plantains (the starchy cousins of the sweet banana).

Sophia Al-Mansoor

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