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Bunches of ripe yellow and unripe green bananas stacked together outside a greengrocer shop in Honduras. Plate of spicy mofongo made with mashed plantains, garlic, and chicharron, topped with chunks of meat and served with broth, garnished with fresh herbs. Banana leaves Wild banana Banana plants Banana inflorescence Rows of banana plants on a plantation in Guadeloupe, with bunches of bananas covered in protective blue plastic bags. Cluster of ripe yellow Gros Michel bananas with dark tips on a branch. Large cluster of unripe green bananas, Musa acuminata Gros Michel, growing on a banana plant surrounded by broad green leaves. banana
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Banana: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Oct 31, 2026
Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Biotechnological interventions in banana: current knowledge and future prospects. Sep 18, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Biotechnological interventions in banana: current knowledge and future prospects. Jul 21, 2026
Article revised and updated. Apr 06, 2026
Add new Web site: PBS News - 8 things you didn't know about bananas. Dec 29, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - Review on Factors of Harvested Banana Fruits Safety and Quality and Its Effects (PDF). Nov 24, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science - Physicochemical Characterization and Shelf-Life Extension of Banana ( Musa sp.) via Tapioca starch ( Manihot esculenta)/Premna serratifolia Leaves Extract Coating ... Jul 25, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science - Physicochemical Characterization and Shelf-Life Extension of Banana ( Musa sp.) via Tapioca starch ( Manihot esculenta)/Premna serratifolia Leaves Extract Coating ... Jul 25, 2025
Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Peel it Back: Let’s Look at the Health Benefits of Bananas. Jun 09, 2025
Add new Web site: Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry - Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Banana. Nov 18, 2024
Add new Web site: National Horticulture Board - Banana Varieties (PDF). May 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Plant Village - Banana. Jan 05, 2024
Add new Web site: WebMD - The Health Benefits of Bananas. Nov 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - The Nutrition Source - Bananas. Aug 16, 2023
Add new Web site: Verywell Fit - Banana Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits. Jun 19, 2023
Add new Web site: Healthline - Bananas 101: Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits. Mar 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Texas A&M University - Fruit & Nut Resources - Banana. Jan 05, 2023
Add new Web site: The World's Healthiest Foods - Banana. Nov 02, 2022
Corrected display issue. Oct 29, 2020
Article revised and updated. Jul 12, 2019
Media added. Jan 28, 2019
Add new Web site: University of Hawai�i at Manoa - Knowledge Master - Banana. Feb 02, 2017
Add new Web site: LiveScience - Bananas: Health Benefits, Risks and Nutrition Facts. Feb 02, 2017
Added information on the Tropical Race 4 strain of Panama disease. Jul 17, 2015
Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids - Banana Facts for Kids. Jun 09, 2014
Add new Web site: Royal Horticultural Society - Banana. Jun 09, 2014
Revised to reflect changes in nomenclature. Mar 13, 2014
Add new Web site: California Rare Fruit Growers - Banana. May 05, 2013
Add new Web site: Botany.com - Banana. May 05, 2013
Add new Web site: Texas A&M Agrilife Extension - Banana. May 05, 2013
Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Banana Tree. May 05, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Banana. Jan 23, 2013
Add new Web site: Centers for Disease Control - Vegetable of the Month: Banana. Apr 30, 2012
in the discussion of the most widely consumed type, changed "Gros Michel" to "Cavendish." Dec 03, 2010
Added image of banana plantation. Aug 25, 2010
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Banana. Jan 29, 2009
Added new Web site: Purdue University - Horticulture and Landscape Architecture - Banana. Dec 10, 2007
Added new Web site: Floridata - Banana. Dec 10, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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