Banana trees* are cloned, rather than seeded. The old banana that artificial banana flavouring is based on, the Gros Michel, cannot grow in most of the world due to fungus in the soil. The modern Cavendish banana is susceptible to the same problem, if some bacteria or fungus shows up that can infect it, there goes our bananas
What’s that? I have a banana with me rn, is it possible that it might be my last?
Banana trees* are cloned, rather than seeded. The old banana that artificial banana flavouring is based on, the Gros Michel, cannot grow in most of the world due to fungus in the soil. The modern Cavendish banana is susceptible to the same problem, if some bacteria or fungus shows up that can infect it, there goes our bananas
*Banana plants technically aren’t trees