Bananas are a type of fruit that comes in different shapes, sizes and colours, although the most common one that comes to mind is the long, slightly curved type with a yellow skin (which goes to black as it gets overripe) - the Cavendish being the one commonly sold. Bananas have been cultivated for at least 7,000 years and maybe even for 10,000, which would make them one of the oldest cultivated fruit trees. Bananas first originated in south-east Asia; they are believed to have been properly spread from there (there appears to be some diffusion earlier) by the spread of Islam.
Although there isn't an agreed difference between bananas and plantains, in Europe and the US, bananas usually refers to a soft, sweet fruit and plantains to a firmer one that is used for cooking. The interior, soft fruit of the banana is eaten, and the rind is discarded.
In pictures of bananas on a tree, they are often shown growing the wrong way up - they grow in the reverse manner to what would be expected. Bananas are one of the most radioactive fruits, although not to dangerous levels.
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