Name of plant: Banana
Where is this plant found:
- Banana plants grow in hot, tropical places.
What does this plant look like?
- The banana plant grows between 2 to 9 metres tall.
- Banana plants look like trees. It is not a tree because it has no woody trunk.
- Banana fruit grows in large bunches.
- Banana plants have large bright green leaves.
- Before the banana fruit grows large purple-coloured flowers appear. These later turn into fruit.
- Banana fruit changes from green to yellow.
Interesting facts about the Banana Plant
- Bananas are one of the world’s most popular foods to eat.
- People have been eating bananas for thousands of years.
- There are hundreds of different types of bananas.
- Each bunch (or cluster) of fruit that grow on banana plant holds about 20 bananas.
Images found on the Internet:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banana.plant.kewgardens.arp.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saba_bananahttp://www.australianbananas.com.au/banana-facts/banana-plantshttp://bodyplayground.com.au/on-bananas-2/http://bodyplayground.com.au/on-bananas-2/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banana.plant.kewgardens.arp.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saba_bananahttp://www.australianbananas.com.au/banana-facts/banana-plantshttp://bodyplayground.com.au/on-bananas-2/http://bodyplayground.com.au/on-bananas-2/