Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Where are the seeds of Bananas?

Bananas, I've never fully understood them. They are flowering plants aren't they, so where are their flowers?



Some people way the seeds are inside the bananas, is the banana like the ovary of the flower?



How does the banana tree attract pollinators, it has something separate which looks like a flower? Who are the main pollinators of banana trees?



What are the parts of banana trees flowers?



Thanks for helping, I'm just curious about banana plants^^

Where are the seeds of Bananas?
The typical bananas we get are 'seedless'. The undeveloped seeds are those black speck in the fruit. This plant is never raised from seeds it is propagated from a rhizome. It has been selected for its ability to produce fruit by parthenocarpy or fruit grown without pollination.

Yes the banana is the grown flower ovary as are all fruit. In the banana's case it is classed as a berry because the seeds are embedded in the flesh.

In the wild the banana (Musa accuminata) still reproduces with seed bearing fruit. The flowers hang in a large group (an inflorescence) in two sexes. The female flowers are born near to the base and the male near the tip.

http://www.bananas.org/f15/banana-flower...

Pollinators include bats and birds.

http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/collection...

http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanyt...

Banana Tree Hybrid history

http://www.tytyga.com/publication/The+Hi...
Reply:im not an expert but I THINK the seeds are in the actual fruit of the banana and the 'peel' is the flower.im probably wrong..
Reply:The typical bananas we get are 'seedless'.

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