Michael & Patricia Fogden / White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica) stealing banana from a tree, rainforest, Costa Rica

Anup Shah / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) juveniles watching with curiosity while they feed on a banana tree washed up on the beach, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Anup Shah / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) juvenile male feeding on a banana tree washed up on the beach, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Anup Shah / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) group feeding on a banana tree washed up on the beach, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Anup Shah / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) sub-adult male feeding on a banana tree washed up on the beach, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Shibai Xiao / Bawangling cave gecko (Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis) male standing on fallen banana tree leaf, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Kevin Schafer / Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus) on trunk of Island Oak (Quercus tomentella), Channel Islands National Park, California

Nature Production / Banana, flower and fruit (Musa sp) Kyushu, Japan

Juergen Freund / Banana fruits for sale at public market, Gizo, capital of the Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Burnished-buff tanager (Tangara cayana) perched in banana tree, in an isolated refuge of Atlantic Rainforest, Serra do Baturit, Guaramiranga, Ceara State, northeastern Brazil.

Suzi Eszterhas / Fruit store for feeding to rescued Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda, Africa. Captive, June 2009.

Gary K. Smith / Bunch of bananas

Jose B. Ruiz / Canary Island banana tree {Musa acuminata} Tenerife, Canary Isles

Jabruson / Bananas (Musaceae) fruit for sale at Muhoroni market, Kenya

Tom Gilks / Stall with fruit and vegetables for sale, Bakau market, Gambia, 2007

Pete Oxford / Banana tree with miniature fruit (Musa sp) Lowlands of Western Ecuador

Matthew Maran / Tree Lizard {Calotes calotes} on banana plant, Sinharaja Rainforest , Sri Lanka

Rod Williams / Cook's tree boa {Corallus enhydris cooki} captive, from South America

Philippe Clement / Banana (Musa occinea) in flower, in botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Banana tree (Musacea sp) with fruit and flower, Carara NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Banana Tree (Musacea sp) with fruit and flowers, Carara NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Banana Tree (Musacea sp) with fruit and flower, Carara NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Banana Tree (musa velutina) with flowers and fruit, Costa Rica

Jabruson / Banana tree (Musaceae) plantation and house, Gisenyi, Rwanda, Africa

Jabruson / Banana tree (Musaceae) plantation and house, Gisenyi, Rwanda, Central Africa

Mike Wilkes / Bananas (Musaceae) for sale at roadside stalls, Senegal, West Africa

Pete Oxford / Plantain Bananas for sale, Ecuador

Juergen Freund / Travellers palm tree {Ravenala madagascariensis} not true palm but related to the banana plant. Queensland, Australia

Philippe Clement / Bunch of Blood Bananas {Musa zebrina} Botanical gardens, Belgium.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Wild banana tree flowering (Musacea sp.) Sabah, Malaysia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Wild banana tree flowering (Musacea sp.) Sabah, Malaysia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Banana Tree (Musaceae) flowers & unripe fruit, Sabah, Borneo.

Jabruson / Banana tree (Musaceae) plantation outside Virunga NP. DR of Congo. Aerial

Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari ant nest under root system of banana tree {Dorylus / Anomma sp} Tanzania, East Africa

Jose B. Ruiz / Canary Island bananas {Musa acuminata} growing on Gran Canaria, Canary Isles Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Harvesting Canary Island bananas {Musa acuminata} Gran Canaria, Canary Isles Spain

Onne van der Wal / Bananas for sale in the local market, Seychelles, Indian Ocean.

Onne van der Wal / Local woman buying bananas in a market, Seychelles, Indian Ocean.