The banana doesn't grow on a tree. It grows on a flowering plant that blossoms, produces a seedless fruit, and then dies.
New banana plants grow from the base of the main stem. Most of the popular bananas for cooking or eating don't have seeds and come from the same plant.
From a genetic standpoint, we have been eating the exact same banana for decades, according to Emily Monosson, author of Blight Fungi and the Coming Pandemic.
