The plant looks consistent with a dwarf gros michel and gros michel do not have seeds. In many countries the word for banana plant/sucker/pup/offshoot translates into English as 'seed'.
I think the article I read said it took over 40 years and 4 million dollars to successfully find a banana that would grow in a greenhouse.
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Originally Posted by Richard
From what I've read this is an ornamental banana grown from seed. It's true that the peel is edible but the fruit is full of rock-hard seeds.
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