Deceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 hours agoTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1333arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1331arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 hours agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
Banana trees are made up of giant leaves, not a trunk. So they’re more like a giant onion instead of a tree.
minus-squareasdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·18 hours agoI feel like bananas would be cold as hell if they were growing that fast.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 hours agoAbsorbing heat from hapless critters that happen to brush a banana leaf to g r o w
minus-squaredpflug@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 hours agoFun fact! The farmers rely on this effect to supply supplemental meat in the growing season.
I feel like bananas would be cold as hell if they were growing that fast.
Absorbing heat from hapless critters that happen to brush a banana leaf to g r o w
Fun fact! The farmers rely on this effect to supply supplemental meat in the growing season.