▲ 826 ▼ Banana scale (lemmy.world) submitted 10 months ago by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@piefed.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children) Bananas don't have seeds. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teft@piefed.social 11 points 10 months ago (1 child) They do. Just not the versions we eat. Those are genetic clones and are propagated seedlessly. If you look closely sometimes you can see undeveloped seeds in bananas. They're the little black dots near the center that you see sometimes. Here is a picture of a land race banana with seeds: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago Oh man, I had eaten bananas with seeds but they were tiny like they are in kiwis. I thought the image would be similar to those but instead the seeds are as big as like lentils. Took me by surprise permalink fedilink source parent
[–] teft@piefed.social 11 points 10 months ago (1 child) They do. Just not the versions we eat. Those are genetic clones and are propagated seedlessly. If you look closely sometimes you can see undeveloped seeds in bananas. They're the little black dots near the center that you see sometimes. Here is a picture of a land race banana with seeds: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago Oh man, I had eaten bananas with seeds but they were tiny like they are in kiwis. I thought the image would be similar to those but instead the seeds are as big as like lentils. Took me by surprise permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago Oh man, I had eaten bananas with seeds but they were tiny like they are in kiwis. I thought the image would be similar to those but instead the seeds are as big as like lentils. Took me by surprise permalink fedilink source parent
