Ripe yellow spotted bananas next to green bananas in a fruit bowl to encourage ripening

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Bananas give off ethene (also known as ethylene) gas, a natural plant hormone which regulates a plant’s growth and makes it ripen by converting the starch it stores into sugar. Bananas produce a larger amount than other fruit, and as a result they can help ripen other fruits.

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Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: Swindon, UK
Photo credit: © Plyusht / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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