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Where and how are bananas produced?

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Bananas are predominantly produced in Asia, Latin America and Africa. The largest producers for domestic consumption are India and China. Banana cultivar diversity comprises dessert types, like the Cavendish banana, and cooking types, like plantains. Some cultivars can have dual use.


How are bananas produced?

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.

How do bananas produce fruit?

Bananas should flower in spring to early summer, and banana tree fruit should set in early summer. The fruit grows in clusters, called hands, along a single stalk. A stalk full of hands is called a bunch. It takes between 3 and 6 months for the banana tree fruit to mature.

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