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Banana plants are herbs, not trees. So you’ve been sitting under a giant herb.

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Banana “plants” are giant herbs because their “trunk” is a pseudostem made of tightly packed leaves, not wood. Many varieties can reach 2–9 meters tall, then die back after fruiting while new shoots keep the plant going.

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