Banana Plant Anatomy Quiz

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What type of leaves does a mature banana plant produce?

  • Cigar leaves
  • Rhizome leaves
  • Foliage leaves (correct)
  • Scale leaves

What characterizes the root system of a banana plant?

  • Roots originate from the surface of the central cylinder (correct)
  • Root growth is dependent on leaf type
  • Roots grow deep into the soil
  • Roots develop primarily from the leaves

Which type of sucker has narrow leaves and a large rhizome?

  • Flower sucker
  • Maiden sucker
  • Water sucker
  • Sword sucker (correct)

How are the stamens arranged in the androecium of a banana flower?

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What is the structure formed by tightly packed overlapping leaf sheaths in a banana plant?

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Flashcards

Pseudostem

A false stem made up of tightly packed leaf sheaths that gives the banana plant its upright structure.

Sucker

A lateral shoot that grows from the rhizome and forms a new banana plant.

Rhizome

The underground stem of the banana plant that produces roots and suckers.

Banana Flower

The flower of the banana plant is unisexual and monoecious.

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Banana Fruit

The fruit of the banana plant, developing in clusters called 'hands', each with multiple individual bananas called 'fingers'.

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Study Notes

Banana (Musa spp.)

  • Family: Musaceae
  • Habit: Perennial, monocot, herbaceous succulent plant

Corm

  • A thickened underground stem
  • Stores food for the plant

Leaves

  • Alternate or spiral leaf arrangement
  • Oval or oblong shape
  • Scale leaves: first rudimentary leaves from a growing sucker
  • Foliage leaves: mature leaves
  • Cigar leaves: recently emerged leaves still rolled as a cylinder
  • Precursory appendage: extension at the leaf tip
  • Long petiole: attaches leaf to the pseudostem
  • Midrib: central vein in the leaf
  • Leaf blade: broad, flat portion of the leaf
  • Leaf sheath: protective covering around the stem
  • Pseudostem: false stem, formed by tightly packed overlapping leaf sheaths

Roots

  • From the rhizome, called corm
  • Primary roots originating from the central cylinder
  • Root system does not penetrate deeply into the soil

Pseudostem

  • Looks like a trunk
  • Formed by tightly packed overlapping leaf sheaths
  • The aerial true stem (floral stem) emerges from the rhizome at the top of the plant when the height of the banana plant reaches maximum
  • The plant develops suckers

Suckers

  • Lateral shoots
  • Develop from the rhizome and emerge near the parent plant
  • Maiden sucker: a full-grown sucker bearing foliage leaves
  • Two types:
    • Sword suckers: narrow leaves, large rhizomes
    • Water suckers: broad leaves, small rhizomes

Flowers

  • Unisexual
  • Monoecious: flowers arranged in racemes
  • Subtended by coloured bracts or spathes: flowers below coloured bracts/spathes
    • Male flowers: within upper bracts
    • Female flowers: within lower bracts
  • 6 tepals arranged in 2 whorls
    • 1 inner tepal free and boat-shaped
    • Other 5 united to form tube-like body
  • Androecium: 6 stamens, only 5 fertile

Gynoecium

  • Inferior ovary
  • A cross-section of the ovary shows a 3-lobed structure

Other important points:

  • Different types of banana suckers and how to identify them
  • Parts of the banana plant (diagram)
  • Stages of banana growth
  • Various parts and functions of the plant
  • Names for different stages and sections of the plant
  • Importance of correct plant identification for propagation purposes

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