Banana
fruit that grows from various large, herbaceaous flowering plants belonging to the genus Musa . Botanically speaking the fruit is a berry and it varies in [...] elongated and curved. Its flesh is soft, rich in starch and its skin (usually easy to peel) can be green or yellow, or red, purple or brown when ripe. Bananas grow [...] balbisiana . Bananas used for cooking are also called plantains, contrast to dessert bananas.