Banana
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A banana is a herbaceous cultagenic plant of the genus musa. Bananas are a tropical fruit from the kingdom Plantae, the division Magnoliophyta, the class Liliopsida, and the order zingiberales
Before 1960 most bananas were of the cultivar 'Gros Michel'. However they were very vulnerable to disease and have been replaced by the cultivar 'Cavendish' which is considerably more resistant to disease but more vulnerable to bruising creating the need for very elaborate shipping methods.