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Why are banana trees cut down immediately after harvesting?
People unfamiliar with gardening may not know that, after harvesting the fruit, the entire banana plant is cut down; why is this?
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Animal world
Bats often hang upside down in the 'banana tree' position, so how do they go to the toilet?
Bats are a strange creature with a very 'heavy' way of sleeping. They swing on branches or cave walls with an extremely odd position of their heads down to the ground, l…
Biology
Banana trees become a renewable source of bioplastics
Biodegradable 'plastic' bags made from a banana plant may sound a bit ... bananas, but some Australian researchers have found a way to do that and make it a public solut…
Biology
Planting bananas without ... soil
The Wageningen University team in the Netherlands this week will harvest the first banana grown without soil.
1001 mystery
Marvel at the horned banana tree in Gia Lai
A porcelain banana tree that appeared near 8 in Gia Lai suddenly grew many layers of horns wrapped around it. Inside, young bananas are still growing normally. According…
Biology
Stunned with extremely rare giant banana varieties
Images of a giant banana species in Papua New Guinea caused a strong community, banana seed Musa ingens, banana leaves Musa ingens
Biology
Strange banana trees show more than 100 flowers
In recent days, many curious people rushed to Mr. Tran Quoc Cuong's house (in Kinh Cu hamlet, Hung Dien B commune, Tan Hung district, Long An province) to see strange ba…
Biology
Exotic 'breeding' like figs, bananas produce green flowers in Da Lat
Mr. Bui Van Sang owns 10 very special strange peaches. These peach trees produce fruits in bunches on the branches. There are beams of up to 19 fruits and fruits shaped…