Did you ever wonder where bananas come from? Banana trees! And banana flowers! Here is a flower showing just the beginning spikes of bananas, the small, brilliant green spikes emerging from the deep maroon flower. It will take at least 6 months for them to mature into about 80 pounds of bananas. Then the mother tree is cut down, and a sprout at the base of the mother tree begins to grow. The bananas themselves will not completely mature and turn yellow until they are cut from the tree, and then -- all at once! Banana heaven!
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