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About Musa acuminata (Banana tree fruit)

Musa acuminata - Banana tree fruit - Banana, fruit of the genus Musa, one of the most important fruit crops of the world. The banana is grown in the tropics. Bananas are most commonly eaten fresh, though they may be fried or mashed and chilled in pies or puddings. The banana plant is a gigantic herb that springs from an underground stem, or rhizome, to form a false trunk 3–6 metres (10–20 feet) high. The individual fruits, or bananas, are grouped in clusters, or hands, of 10 to 20. After a plant has fruited, it is cut down to the ground, because each trunk produces only one bunch of fruit. Family : Musaceae