{"id":467,"date":"2024-04-18T10:52:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T14:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/?page_id=467"},"modified":"2024-08-20T13:18:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T17:18:09","slug":"banana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/resources\/plantid\/fruits-and-nuts\/banana\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant Identification Learning Module:<br>Fruits &amp; Nuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Banana (<em>Musa spp.<\/em>)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Bananas are long, finger-like, and slightly curved, with a smooth, yellow skin and soft, creamy-white pulp. There are no seeds in edible types. The fruit are arranged in clusters, called hands, of 6-25 or more bananas. Leaves are very large, blunt, wide and long, arranged in a spiral, and sometimes tattered along the edges. The flower bud is reddish-purple, large and pointed. Bananas mature fruit only in warm locations of Florida, but are grown as ornamentals throughout Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/image-1.png\" alt=\"Banana Tree\" class=\"wp-image-469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/image-1.png 300w, https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/image-1-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/image-2.png\" alt=\"Banana Cluster\" class=\"wp-image-471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/image-2.png 300w, https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/image-2-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/image-3.png\" alt=\"Bananas\" class=\"wp-image-473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/image-3.png 400w, 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