<P> The 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 , in contrast to 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 . Almost all modern edible parthenocarpic ( seedless ) bananas come from two wild species -- Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana . The scientific names of most cultivated bananas are Musa acuminata , Musa balbisiana , and Musa × paradisiaca for the hybrid Musa acuminata × M. balbisiana , depending on their genomic constitution . The old scientific name Musa sapientum is no longer used . </P>
<P> The 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 , in contrast to 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 . Almost all modern edible parthenocarpic ( seedless ) bananas come from two wild species -- Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana . The scientific names of most cultivated bananas are Musa acuminata , Musa balbisiana , and Musa × paradisiaca for the hybrid Musa acuminata × M. balbisiana , depending on their genomic constitution . The old scientific name Musa sapientum is no longer used . </P>
is a bannana a fruit or a herb
is a bannana a fruit or a herb
fruit
fruit