Banana crop crowing near Cairns Queensland Australia dsc 0233
Harvest pick pack process sort hard work global economy activities work developing nation humans processing subtropical developing country body developing nations action working handle mechanical process farm developed export herb fruit tropical food fruit staple nourishing healthy organic grow wet labour human being hand plant fruit cultivate agriculture small farms cultivation horticulture horticultural agronomy arable fertile Harvest pick pack process sort cool hot hand bunch production line conveyer belt blue collar worker picker packer process processor heavy tropical north Queensland Australia tourist backpacker itinerant worker green organic hard work global economy activities work developing nation humans processing subtropical developing country body developing nations action working handle mechanical process farm developed export herb fruit tropical nourishing healthy organic grow wet spray drench wash clean prepare close up abstract concept pattern bent name for several species of the genus Musa and for the fruits these produce The banana plant one of the largest herbaceous plants is said to be native to tropical Asia but is now cultivated throughout the tropics Used to a minor degree for its leaf fiber the banana is of the same genus as the extremely valuable fiber plant Manila hemp or abaca and is also related to the bird of paradise flower Along with the banana these are economically the most important plants of the banana family the Musaceae a group of large monocotyledonous tropical herbs The banana is of palmlike aspect and has very large leaves the overlapping bases of which form the so called false trunk As the plant reaches maturity its true stem rises from the ground and pushes through the center of the false trunk to emerge from the top of the plant there becoming pendent and bearing the male and female flowers The female flowers develop into bananas the clusters of upturned fruits being called hands and each banana a finger The plants are cut
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