Tag: Musa balbisiana

Historically, wild bananas were packed with large, hard seeds, making them nearly inedible. This leads many to ask, "what are bananas with seeds called?". The answer lies in their wild ancestry and the botanical species from which modern, seedless varieties were domesticated.

Despite its towering, treelike appearance, a banana plant is technically a giant perennial herb, not a tree. For many, the most surprising fact about this plant is not its status as an herb, but rather the answer to the question: what is the classification of a banana?.