@Deceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-21 month agoTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1483arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1479arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.org@Deceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-21 month agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-text
Banana trees are made up of giant leaves, not a trunk. So they’re more like a giant onion instead of a tree.
minus-square@9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish28•1 month agoI kinda feel like heat would be wasted energy that could be used to grow
minus-square@asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish15•1 month agoI feel like bananas would be cold as hell if they were growing that fast.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 month agoAbsorbing heat from hapless critters that happen to brush a banana leaf to g r o w
minus-squaredpfluglinkfedilink4•1 month agoFun fact! The farmers rely on this effect to supply supplemental meat in the growing season.
I kinda feel like heat would be wasted energy that could be used to grow
I feel like bananas would be cold as hell if they were growing that fast.
Absorbing heat from hapless critters that happen to brush a banana leaf to g r o w
Fun fact! The farmers rely on this effect to supply supplemental meat in the growing season.