Charles Gifford wrote:
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> "Arri London" > wrote in message
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> > ASmith1946 wrote:
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> > > >
> > > >But I always thought the little specks in commercial bananas were
> seeds,
> > > >although sterile?
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> > >
> > > Heck if I know-- I didn't write a book about bananas
> > >
> > > Andy Smith
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> > LOL! No neither did I.
> > But I suppose the container (for seeds) concept still stands, even if
> > the container is empty.
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> The banana is an herb. I thought that the bit we eat is an ovary.
>
> Charlie

Don't know of the banana is an herb; a herbaceous plant isn't
necessarily an herb. Just not woody.
Here is info from the experts:
http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/banana.html