Virtual Museum of Canada
Jardin botanique de Montréal 
Centre for Forest Research

Is it a tree? Yes! No! … Maybe?!? Advanced

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Oops! Although it is shaped like a tree (it has a tree-like silhouette), the banana does not fit the classic definition because its trunk is composed of layers of leaf sheaths, not real wood.

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The banana (Musa sp.)

banana (Musa sp.)

© Jardin botanique de Montréal (Gilles Murray)