Banana plant

Banana plants may be found in the tropical jungles upstream, near the Nile's source. Domesticated banana plants have extremely little genetic variation, making them highly sensitive to pests and diseases. The size, color, and hardness of the fruit vary, but it is normally elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered by a rind that might be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when mature. The fruits develop in clusters at the plant's crown.

The term "banana" is also used to describe the plants that produce the fruit. This includes additional Musa species such as the red banana (Musa coccinea), the pink banana (Musa velutina), and the Fe'i bananas. It can also refer to Ensete members such as the snow banana (Ensete glaucum) and the commercially valuable fake banana (Ensete ventricosum). Both genera are members of the Musaceae family of bananas.