Bananas do not grow from a seed but from a bulb or rhizome, and it takes 9 to 12 months from sowing a banana bulb to harvesting the fruit. The banana flower appears in the sixth or seventh month. Unlike other fruit like apples which have a growing season, bananas are available all year round.
Where and how are bananas produced?
World Production of Fresh Bananas The top five banana-producing countries of India, the Philippines, China, Ecuador, and Brazil accounted for 61 percent of global banana production in 2009, up from 56 percent in 2000. In addition, there were noticeable production increases in India and the Philippines (Figure 1).
How do bananas reproduce naturally?
In nature, bananas reproduce through sexual reproduction. Sexual reproduction in flowering plants is similar to sexual reproduction in animals. Sperm cells are produced inside pollen grains. Pollen lands on the stigma, the female part of a flower.
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