Banana



Her name is Musa acuminata. She is yellow. She is a fruit. Humans and other apes and monkeys like to eat her a lot.

The banana is mentioned for the first time in history in Buddhist texts in 600 BC



A banana is a tree-like plant (though strictly a herb) of the genus Musa in the family Musaceae, closely related to plantains. The term banana is also applied to the elongated fruit (technically a false berry), which grows (in edible species and varieties) in hanging clusters, several to many fruits to a tier (called a hand), many tiers to a bunch. The total of hanging clusters is called a 'stem' in the commercial world. The banana was originally cultivated by pre-historic peoples in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific.



By the way, no, banana peels or other parts of it are NOT hallucinogenic. You dont need to try smoking them. Its an urban legend.

We recommend you to enjoy a Homemade Banana Smoothie now.

Will smoking banana peels make you high?

The whole thing was a hoax first publicized in the Berkeley Barb in March 1967. The wire services, and after them the whole country, fell for it hook, line, and roach clip. "Smokeouts" were held at Berkeley. The following Easter Sunday, the New York Times reported, "beatniks and students chanted 'banana-banana' at a 'be-in' in Central Park" and paraded around carrying a two-foot wooden banana. The Food and Drug Administration announced it was investigating "the possible hallucinogenic effects of banana peels."


 * http://www.straightdope.com/columns/020426.html


 * Pictures of the banana tree (Musa acuminata)


 * Category:Banana on wikimedia commons


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