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Originally Posted by druss
Bananas that dont carry the genes for parthenocarpy wont fruit without pollination and if theres fruit it will have seed even if unviable.
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I believe triploid cultivars can produce fruit from pollination without producing seed, or at least the seed will be underformed (in the case of bananas, tiny black specks in the flesh you won't even notice).
8 things you didn't know about bananas
"The yellow thing you peel and eat is, in fact, a fruit because it contains the seeds of the plant. Although since bananas have been commercially grown, the plants are sterile, and the seeds have gradually been reduced to little specs.
And to clarify more banana terminology: bananas grow in what are known as 'hands', so-called because of their appearance, which make up the larger stalk, known as a 'bunch'."
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/...-about-bananas
"There are close to 1,000 species of banana today. Most of them are inedible - they carry hard pea-sized seeds, and have only a small amount of bad-tasting flesh. The botanists think that about 10,000 years ago, probably in South-East Asia, a random mutation produced a sterile banana with no seeds and lots of flesh that could be eaten uncooked. The internal dark lines and spots inside today's banana are the vestigial remnant of these seeds."
Banana fruit and tree › Dr Karl's Great Moments In Science (ABC Science)