Leaf of a Banana Tree

A banana plant is a herbaceous flowering plant with an apparent trunk that bends without breaking. Most of them are around 5 m (16 ft) tall. Leaves are spirally arranged and may grow 2.7 meters (8.9 ft) long and 60 cm (2.0 ft) wide^. They are easily torn by the wind, resulting in the familiar frond look. Bananas are naturally slightly radioactive. Individual banana fruits (commonly known as a banana or "finger") average 125 grams (0.276 lb), of which approximately 75% is water and 25% dry matter. A banana plant probably has about 6-8 plants.

Alongside the main stem, it has other stems called suckers. These stems grow into banana plants. The banana plant produces its fruit and dies. Another sucker replaces it.

The banana plant has large leaves closely rolled up one over the other. Together they look like a trunk, 

but they form an apparent trunk.
The banana plant yields fruits. These fruits are long in shape, with yellow or green skin. The spike produces many bananas. The bananas on one spike are called a bunch. On this bunch, the bananas are clustered in several hands. The flesh of a banana is light in color, sweet and soft. In the middle of the fruit you can see little black specks; these are the seeds, but they will not germinate.

Photosynthesis is the process that plants use to change the energy from sunlight into energy for food. Banana's leaves change light energy from the sun into food energy. Photosynthesis happens in all green parts of the banana. Leaves are usually the greenest parts. So bananas do this mostly in their leaves.