Deceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 days agoTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1482arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1477arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 days agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-text
Banana trees are made up of giant leaves, not a trunk. So they’re more like a giant onion instead of a tree.
minus-squareFeed Your Curiosity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoAren’t they also mostly genetic clones? At least the ones we eat in America are, IIRC.
minus-squareeRaclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoBananas grow from seeds inside the fruit. Since we bred the seeds out, now it’s a clone-only plant.
Aren’t they also mostly genetic clones? At least the ones we eat in America are, IIRC.
Bananas grow from seeds inside the fruit. Since we bred the seeds out, now it’s a clone-only plant.