Misty R. Thigpen

What are the effects of bananas?

Banana (scientific name: Musa nana Lour.) is a plant of the Musa family Musa, and refers to its fruit. It is widely cultivated and eaten in tropical regions. Bananas are fragrant and nutritious, and can be harvested all year round. They are also highly valued in temperate regions. The plant is a large herb, emanating from the rhizome, forming a false stem with a height of 3 to 6 meters (10 to 20 feet) from the lower part of the leaf sheath; the leaves are oblong to elliptical, and some are 3 to 3.5 meters (10 ~11.5 feet), 65 cm (26 inches) wide, with 10 to 20 clusters of stem tops. The spikes are drooping, drawn out from the top of the false stem, and the flowers are many, light yellow; the infructescence is curved, and the results are 10-20 clusters, about 50-150. After the plant bears fruit, it dies, and the suckers from the rhizome continue to reproduce, and each plant can live for many years.