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  2. Banana - Wikipedia

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    The banana plant is the largest herbaceous flowering plant. [2] All the above-ground parts of a banana plant grow from a structure called a corm. [3] Plants are normally tall and fairly sturdy with a treelike appearance, but what appears to be a trunk is actually a pseudostem composed of multiple leaf-stalks ().

  3. Musa (genus) - Wikipedia

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    Banana plants are among the largest extant herbaceous plants, some reaching up to 9 m (30 ft) in height or 18 m (59 ft) in the case of Musa ingens.The large herb is composed of a modified underground stem (), a false trunk or pseudostem formed by the basal parts of tightly rolled leaves, a network of roots, and a large flower spike.

  4. Musa × paradisiaca - Wikipedia

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    Musa × paradisiaca is a species as well as a cultivar, originating as the hybrid between Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, cultivated and domesticated by human very early.. Most cultivated bananas and plantains are polyploid cultivars either of this hybrid or of M. acuminata alo

  5. Banana (name) - Wikipedia

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    Banana is a name or alias of the following notable people: Given name. Banana (video gamer), alias of the Chinese professional Dota player Wang Jiao; Banana Joe, alias of the American radio personality Joe Montione (born 1954) Banana Yaya (born 1991), Cameroonian footballer; Banana Yoshimoto, pen name of the Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto ...

  6. Musa acuminata - Wikipedia

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    Known as saging matsing and saging chonggo (both meaning 'monkey banana'), [17] saging na ligao ('wild banana'), and agutay in Filipino. Found in the Philippines. It is a significant maternal ancestor of many modern dessert bananas (AA and AAA groups). It is an attractive subspecies with blue-violet inflorescence and very pale green unripe fruits.

  7. The Story Behind the Banana Split - AOL

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    According to sources such as vueweekly.com, banana splits came to life in 1904. Created by David Evans Strickler, a young 23-year-old apprentice at a pharmacy in Pennsylvania, these dishes served ...

  8. The Internet Is 'Going Bananas' Over the Real Meaning of '4011'

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    Banana (4011) is the one I type most. Followed by lemons (4053), limes (4048), sweet potato (4816), and English cucumber (4593). 4077 is popular right now, because corn. 4225, avocado.

  9. List of banana cultivars - Wikipedia

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    Names are highly confused, even within a single country. Many common names do not refer to a single cultivar or clone; for example 'Lady's Finger' or 'Lady Finger' has been used as the name for members of different genome groups, including AA and AAB. Many other names are synonyms of cultivars grown in the same or different countries. [8]