banana plant
Fruiting tropical herb
A banana plant is the large herbaceous plant that produces bananas, though it's technically not a tree despite its tree-like appearance.
The trunk is actually a pseudostem made of tightly packed leaf sheaths.
Native to tropical regions, banana plants grow rapidly and die back after fruiting, with new shoots emerging from the base: The banana plant in our greenhouse finally produced fruit.
- plantainStarchy banana for cooking
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- tropical climateWarm, rainy year-round conditions
- fruitEdible plant ovary
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
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- big-leaf plantselephant ear, monstera, taro, colocasia, fiddle leaf fig
- rainforestrainforest, jungle, tropical, tropics, canopy
- bananasplantain, plantains, bunch, bunches, fingers
- tropical plantshibiscus, bougainvillea, frangipani, mahogany, palm trees
- Palmspalm tree, date palm, coconut palm, royal palm, fan palm
- African plantsacacia, acacias, baobab, protea, rooibos