A banana is an elongated, edible fruit that grows on a large, treelike herb and is botanically classified as a berry. [1, 2]
Key Facts About Bananas
- Plant type: Bananas grow on large herbaceous plants that can reach over 20 feet tall, not actual trees.
- Nutrition: One medium ripe banana has about 105 to 110 calories, 3 grams of fiber, and is rich in potassium, vitamin B6, and carbohydrates.
- Ripening: Unripe green bananas are high in resistant starch; as they ripen, the starch turns into natural sugars, and the peel changes from green to yellow with brown spots.
- Global production: India is the world’s largest producer of bananas, accounting for roughly 26% of global production. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
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