The yellow-skinned Cavendish banana that is so popular in Western countries is just one of hundreds of varieties. Bananas are a staple food throughout much of the tropics, with the flowers and stems as well as the fruit being eaten in some regions. In terms of financial value, bananas are the fourth most important food crop in the world, after rice, wheat and maize. What's more, the plants have many other uses besides eating. Here, Holmes reveals the surprising history of people's favorite fruit.
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