New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- Botanically a berry-produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa, banana is an edible fruit. It is the most popular free fruit in all over the world and its name comes from the Arabic word 'banan' which means finger.

Native to Southeast Asia, now grown in many warm parts of the world, bananas vary in color, size and shape. The most common type is the Cavendish, which is a type of dessert banana. Green when unripe, it yellows as it matures.

Although, some people are of the opinion that bananas are vegetables because they lack seeds, that isn't actually true. Bananas that are commercially grown and distributed around the world are sterile, so their seeds are significantly reduced ...