Why do bananas grow up?

Once in Science Daily Online we talk about the plants with huge leaves, this time we want to clear the curious question of why bananas grow upwards?

A tree that caused fascination

The Arabs and the Greeks baptized it as an extraordinary fruit tree and in the year 327 BC, Alexander the Great and his army found it in India.The truth is that banana is a giant herb from the same lilac family, but have you ever wondered why bananas grow up? Continue reading this article and we will tell you all the secrets of this wonderful fruit.

The origins

According to the story, the wise people who inhabited India rested in their shadow and fed with its fruit.That is why they named it the fruit of the wise .But how do I get to other continents? The answer is that people who engaged in trade in Arabia moved the roots of the banana or banana to the east coast of Africa.Alli was discovered by the Portuguese that took her to the Canary Islands where they owned their settlements.

The banano is one of the larger plants that exist without a wooden stalk, given that approximately 93% is made up of water, it is very fragile even though the banana clusters have sufficient strength as to develop upwards, unlike the rest of the fruits that grow downwards.This is due to a simple reason for survival.

So why does it grow upwards? ?

At the tip of each banana or banana grows a flower that is present throughout the development but is eliminated in the commercial collection ial.As it is looking up, this flower is better exposed to the birds and insects that eat its nectar.This is how they favor pollination and the fertilization of the plant .

Why do bananas grow up?

Currently you can find more than one hundred varieties of bananas or bananas, the most common is known as dwarf banana and is exported from the Caribbean to the United States and Europe.The leaves contain fibers that are very helpful and with many utilities mainly in the Caribbean countries.It has a high nutritional value , since it is a fruit rich in phosphorus, potassium, carbohydrates and vitamins A and C.

Images: Minchioletta , Theen Moy

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