Nigel Cattlin / Banana (Musa x paradisiaca) cross section showing tightly packed leaves is pseudostem.

Nigel Cattlin / Lady finger / Sugar banana (Musa acuminata) unripe bunch growing on plant. Bangkok, Thailand.

Nigel Cattlin / Lady finger / Sugar banana (Musa acuminata) unripe bunch growing on plant. Bangkok, Thailand.

Nigel Cattlin / Lady finger / Sugar banana (Musa acuminata) unripe bunch growing amongst leaves. Bangkok, Thailand.

Charlie Summers / East African Highland bananas (Musa acuminata) including the flower that has not yet opened. Kigongoni Lodge, Arusha, Tanzania.

Kerstin Hinze / Hand raised Fat / Edible dormouse (Glis glis) feeding from a spoon with squashed banana and kitten milk formula, Captive, occurs in Europe.

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

Gary K. Smith / Bunch of bananas

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

Staffan Widstrand / Matoke / Plantains (food bananas) transported by bicycle to market, Lake Manyara, Tanzania, East Africa

Jabruson / Roadside stall selling Bananas in various stages of ripeness, Kisii, Western Kenya

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