Banana appeal
The world’s most popular tropical fruit actually doesn’t come from a fruit tree at all. That’s right, bananas don’t grow on trees! The lush, leafy plants that produce bananas are actually perennial herbs.
From the crown of a rhizome or corm beneath the ground, layers of leaves emerge, growing in an upright trunk-like form (or pseudostem). As new leaves emerge from the crown, they push up the centre of the existing leaves, adding height to the “tree”.
Some scientists believe bananas originated up to 10,000 years
