In Tonga a boy named Andy had enormous clump of bananas. They need lots of rain, warm temperature and sunshine to grow. They grow from small suckers from the main plant.
They got no woody trunks but they grow i n clumps, they grow quickly. In two weeks new leaves sprout and they are bright green shiny long leaves.
It has a bell shaped flower bud. It has waxy leaves called bracts and they have a purple and pink flowers. In a few weeks they turn into tiny bananas hands.
The brats are called fingers. The branch will stretch and turn upwards. The bananas will turn dark green in to light green, and start to ripen. When they are ripening they are ready to pick. Do you know why? Because of ants, they will eat it and bats and rats fight for it too.
Take it off of the tree and put it in a cool shady place to hang. The green banana taste furry and starchy, over ripe banana taste mushy and the golden one taste delicious.
By Maira 
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