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No. Banana plants (They are not called trees) do not grow from seeds. It is because they lost their ability to produce seeds a very very long time ago (It is not known if they ever produced seeds). So they are grown by a vegetative mode of propagation. It is something more like replacing the older plants. Banana plants grow from rhizomes or bulbs. In this way, the original plant is replaced (Banana is a perennial plant which replaces itself).
Bananas are grown from suckers produced from the parent plant. The sucker grows up within 2 years (depending on variety) and produces a banana bunch then dies off. If the parent plant is diseased, the sucker will be diseased also, which is why many banana farmers grow banana plants obtained through tissue culture.
Wild bananas can but the sort we eat do not produce seeds and must be grown from cuttings.
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What is the Saint Lucia nickname for bananas?
Plantain
What is the nickname for bananas in Saint Lucia?
Plantain
Are plantain bananas Ecuador food?
Yes
Do bananas have a seeds?
No, bananas grow on giant herbs that send up little clones through their roots.
Is a banana a vegetable?
No. Bananas are definitely in the fruit family.noBanana is not a vegetable its a fruit.
How are bananas grown by man if they have no seeds?
Wild ones grow from seeds. Cultivated ones grow from cuttings or from the suckers pulled off existing plants.
Is plantain tree a gymnosperm?
Bananas and plantains are shrubs, not trees
Is plantain seedless?
Yes and no. The plantain and cultivated banana are sterile, their seeds do not develop. You can see where the seeds would be, they are the black dots in the middle of the banana.
What are small yellow bananas called?
Small yellow bananas are called plantains.
How do bananas grow if they do not have seeds?
The produce shoots from the root. Two shoots are generally allowed at any one time
What seeds make a banana tree?
Bananas don't technically grow on trees. They grow on herbs that are connected to the tree.
Do you need seeds to grow a banana tree?
No, not necessarily, bananas can also be grown from their rootstocks.
