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Banana

A banana is an elongated, edible fruit that is botanically a berry produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft…

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Part(s) of plant
Fruit
Source plant(s)
Musa
Uses
Food

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Description

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History

Modern cultivation

Breeding

Ecology

Pests

Diseases

Conservation of genetic diversity

Nutrition

Uses

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Banana

Nodes380
Edges379
Triples486
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005263
Components1

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Banana

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related to Informal classification · 33
Banana → Africa, Americas, Cavendish, Colombia, East Africa, East African Highland, English, Europe, Fe'i, Further, In, Indonesia, Karat, Latin America, Linnaeus, Malaysia, Many, Members, Most Fe'i, Musa
related to Arab Agricultural Revolution · 32
Banana → Agriculture, Al-Andalus, An, Arab, Arab Agricultural Revolution, Awwam's, Bananas, Book, By, Christian Kingdom, Cyprus, During, Egypt, Episkopi, Filāḥa, From, Gabriele Capodilista, Granada, Ibn, Islam
related to Paper and textiles · 31
Banana → Abacá, AD, Archaeological, Aside, Bagobo, Banton, Banton Burial Cloth, BC, Boston Museum, By, Canada, English, Examples, Fiber, Filipinos, Fine Arts, However, Ipot Cave, Manila, Musa
related to Ancient spread · 30
Banana → AD, Africa, Asian, Austronesian, Bananas, BC, East Africa, East African, From Island Southeast Asia, From New Guinea, Halmahera, However, Indochina, Island Southeast Asia, Madagasacar, Madagascar, Malagasy, Musa, New Guinea, Oceania
related to Plantation cultivation · 30
Banana → Africa, Andrew Preston, As, Atlantic Islands, Boston Fruit Company, Brazil, Central America, Chiquita, Civil War, Cold War, Development, Dole, Europe, Guatemala, Honduras, In, Jamaica, Keith, Lorenzo Dow Baker, Minor
related to Taxonomy · 26
Banana → Antonius Musa, Arabic, Asia, Austronesian, Carl Linnaeus, Dravidian, Emperor Augustus, English, India, July, Linnaeus, Musa, Musaceae, New Guinea, Plants, Portuguese, Some, Spanish, The, The APG III
related to Banana bunchy top virus · 18
Banana → Africa, Asia, Babuvirus, Cavendish, Ensete, Infected, Leaves, Musa, Musaceae, Nanonviridae, No, Oceania, Pentalonia, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, The, There
related to Ecology · 17
Banana → African, As, Brazil, China, Climate, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Nicaragua, One, Overall, Panama, Shifting, Some
related to Early modern spread · 16
Banana → Antonio Pigafetta, Bananas, Central America, European, Guam, In, Lacking, Magellan, Manila, North, Philippines, Portuguese, South America, Southeast Asian, Spanish, West Africa
related to Banana bacterial wilt · 15
Banana → Burundi, Central, Congo, Democratic Republic, East Africa, Ensete, Ethiopia, First, Kenya, Rwanda, Since, Tanzania, The, Uganda, Xanthomonas

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bananas musa fruit cultivars africa species disease production leaves used plant may philippines plantains cavendish plants cultivated also cultivation southeast

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BananaPart(s) of plantFruit1.00infobox
BananaSource plant(s)Musa1.00infobox
BananaUsesFood1.00infobox
Bananais aelongated0.90text
North Americainstance ofThis facilitates taxonomic study of species and subspecies relationships.Informal classificationIn regions0.80text
Europeinstance ofThis facilitates taxonomic study of species and subspecies relationships.Informal classificationIn regions0.80text
Musa fruits offered for sale can be divided into small sweetinstance ofThis facilitates taxonomic study of species and subspecies relationships.Informal classificationIn regions0.80text
North Americainstance ofInformal classificationIn regions0.80text
Europeinstance ofInformal classificationIn regions0.80text
Musa fruits offered for sale can be divided into small sweetinstance ofInformal classificationIn regions0.80text
Hondurasinstance ofwhich gave rise to the term banana republic for states0.80text
Guatemalainstance ofwhich gave rise to the term banana republic for states0.80text

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