What are banana seeds?

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asked Mar 22, 2022 in Other-Food Drink by Killm3now (660 points)
What are banana seeds?

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answered Mar 22, 2022 by Ultimateredu (2,360 points)
Banana seeds are the seeds of the banana which contains the embryonic plant that will develop into a seedling.

Banana seeds are contained inside the flesh, the edible part of the fruit.

But because the Cavendish subgroup is a hybrid plant, its minuscule seeds are not fertile.

Bananas do have seeds although they are usually not noticeable.

However if you slice a banana you should see the tiny seeds in the banana that appear in the middle of the banana but they are basically little specks.

Most varieties of bananas contain anywhere from one to six seeds inside of them.

However, there's one variety of bananas that contains more than a thousand seeds and it's believed to be the largest seed ever found (by comparison) by humans!

The banana you peel and eat is, in fact, a fruit because it contains the seeds of the plant.

Although since bananas have been commercially grown, the plants are sterile, and the seeds have gradually been reduced to little specs.

To get the seeds from the banana use a sharp knife to make a shallow incision into the peel of the banana.

Try not to actually cut into the flesh, just break the peel for easy opening.

Spread your newly opened slit and remove all the flesh and seeds contained inside.

You cannot grow a banana tree from a commercially cultivated banana fruit.

The banana seed contains the embryonic plant that will develop into a seedling.

The formation of the seed is part of the process of sexual reproduction, which involves the fertilization of an ovule (located inside the portion of the female flower called the gynoecium) by pollen produced by male flowers.

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