Banana plants, Musa spp., are herbaceous perennials native to tropical and subtropical rainforests. Increasingly popular, they add structure and panache to both indoor and outdoor gardens.

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While mating, as both slugs possess male and female reproductive organs, they proceed to insert their penises into each other ...

Bananas originated in India over 5000 years ago as 'kadali phalam' and spread globally through Alexander the Great’s ...

A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright, beak-shaped flowers, are threatened with extinction. A new analysis from ...

The genus Heliconia contains 187 species of tropical plants related to bananas. While a handful of Heliconia species are native to western Pacific islands, the majority live in rainforests ...