banana trees
Tall herbaceous perennials
Banana trees aren't technically trees—they're giant herbaceous plants that can reach thirty feet tall.
The "trunk" is actually tightly wrapped leaf stalks, not wood.
Native to Southeast Asia, they produce the familiar yellow fruit and are cultivated throughout tropical regions.
The plural form appears because bananas grow in bunches from a single plant that dies back after fruiting, with new shoots replacing it: The banana trees in our backyard produce year-round.
- plantainStarchy banana for cooking
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- tropical climateWarm, rainy year-round conditions
- frondsDivided leaf blades
- bunchGrouped collection of items
fruit · fruit stand · grove · palm · leaves · yellow · ripening · stalk · humid · jungle · harvest · green · shade · cultivation · fibrous · rainforest · exotic · orchard
- tropicsequator, tropical climate, tropical, tropical zone, tropical rainforest
- island wildlifemarine iguana, Darwin's finches, Galapagos tortoise, giant tortoise, giant tortoises
- orchard cropsapples, cherries, peaches, pears, plums
- Asian Plantsbamboo, lotus, orchid, sakura, cherry blossom
banana treesoak trees
Quercus genus members
hardwood trees · conifers · Douglas fir · redwoods · mahogany trees
banana treeshardwoods
Dense deciduous lumber types
teak · mahogany · Douglas fir · oak · pine