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Banana
Some banana trees are as tall as a single-storeyed house while
others are only as tall as a person. The leaves are sometimes
one-and-a-half metres long and over half a metre broad, with a
thick rib running through the centre.
The new leaves have a fresh green colour but as they grow
older, they become darker and get torn at the edges. The trunk
of the banana has no bark. It is actually a thick stem made of the
stems of the leaves that are tightly wound around each other.
The flowers of the banana tree grow inside a reddish cone.
Hundreds of tiny white flowers can be found inside each cone.
As many as a hundred bananas can grow together in a bunch.
When the bananas are almost ripe, the bunch is cut down and
left to ripen.
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