banana tree and buds
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| navigate by keyword : aggregation and banana basal bracts composed continues down downward droops end existing extension false female flower flowers ground grows growth height herb herbaceous large largest leaf male many metres modified network peduncle plant plants portion present protected purple rachis reaching ready red represent rhizome roots sheath sheathes some spike stem terminal through towards trunk underground until where |
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| Banana plants represent some of the largest herbaceous plants existing in the present, with some reaching up to 9 metres 30 ft in height. The large herb is composed of a modified underground stem rhizome, a false trunk, a network of roots, and a large flower spike. The false trunk is an aggregation of the basal portion of leaf sheathes; it is not until the plant is ready to flower that a true stem grows up through the sheath and droops back down towards the ground. At the end of this stem grows a peduncle with many female flowers protected by large purple-red bracts. The extension of the stem this part called the rachis continues growth downward where a terminal male flower grows |
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