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On the trail of puzzling bananas with Gabriel Sachter-Smith.

'Isla' is one of the most sought-after bananas in Peru. Yet, little is known about it.

Biodiversity returns to the banana fields of Guadeloupe and Martinique as growers adopt agroecological approaches.

A collecting mission to Bougainville consolidates the reputation of the New Guinea region as an exceptional hotspot of banana diversity.

East Africa has a long tradition of brewing beer with bananas that were most likely domesticated for that purpose.

The rainforests of Northeast India support a high diversity of wild bananas.

The oases along Oman's Wadi Tiwi provide evidence of the impact of ancient trade on banana cultivation.

The small Micronesian island of Pohnpei is best known for its orange-fleshed bananas rich in precursors of vitamin A.

Hill Bananas owe their name, and distinct flavour, to the Palani Hills of Tamil Nadu in the southernmost part of the Indian peninsula.

Enset is a member of the same botanical family as the banana, but unlike its cousin it is not grown for its fruit but for its rhizome and pseudostem.