banana

A banana is an edible fruit usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind, which may be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe
A banana is an edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains", distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind, which may be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant.
Musa species are native to tropical Indomalaya and Australia, and are likely to have been first domesticated in Papua New Guinea. They are grown in 135 countries, primarily for their fruit, and to a lesser extent to make fiber, banana wine, and banana beer and as ornamental plants.

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  3. Caribbean girl

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  4. niemela23

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  5. C

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  6. Diane Lane

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  7. C

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  8. C

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  9. welsh dragon

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  10. Diane Lane

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  11. S

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  12. Caribbean girl

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  13. DIna00

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  14. DIna00

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  15. elles-belles

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  16. sorrowscall

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  17. Abolarin

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  18. Ellyn

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  19. E

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  20. O

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