Banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus '' Musa''. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing the ...

is the common name for flowering plants of the genus ''Musa'' and for the fruit they produce. Banana or bananas may also refer to:

In nature

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Ensete ventricosum ''Ensete ventricosum'', commonly known as enset or ensete, Ethiopian banana, Abyssinian banana, pseudo-banana, false banana and wild banana, is a species of flowering plant in the banana family Musaceae. The domesticated form of the plant is ...

'' (Ethiopian banana, false banana, enset), an important foodcrop in Ethiopia * ''

Nymphoides aquatica ''Nymphoides aquatica'' is an aquatic plant in the Menyanthaceae, native to the southeastern United States from Texas to Maryland. It is known variously as the banana plant, banana lily, and the big floatingheart. It is most commonly called the ...

'' (banana plant), an aquatic species known for its unusual root structure * ''

Strelitzia nicolai ''Strelitzia nicolai'', commonly known as the wild banana or giant white bird of paradise, is a species of banana-like plants with erect woody stems reaching a height of , and the clumps formed can spread as far as . The -long leaves are grey-gr ...

'' (wild banana), a banana-like plant with an erect woody stem *

Banana spider Banana spider may refer to: * ''Cupiennius'', a South and Central American genus of spiders * ''Phoneutria'', also known as Brazilian wandering spiders, a related South and Central American genus of extremely venomous spiders * Golden silk orb-weav ...

Places

* Banana, Cape Verde, a settlement on Santiago Island *

Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo Banana is a small seaport in the Kongo Central province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Atlantic coast. The port is situated in Banana Creek, an inlet about 1 km wide on the north bank of the Congo River's mouth, separated from ...

, a small seaport in Kongo Central Province *

Banana, Florida Banana is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, Florida, located one mile (1.6 km) south of Melrose Melrose may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Melrose, Scottish Borders, a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland ** Melrose Ab ...

, an unincorporated community *

Banana, Kiribati Banana is a village in Kiribati, located in the northeast of the island of Kiritimati, within the archipelago of Line Islands. It is located close to Cassidy International Airport. Name In 1962, when over 4,000 American servicemen were on th ...

, a settlement on Kiritimati Island * Banana Island (disambiguation) * Banana Lake, Florida *

Banana River The Banana River is a lagoon that lies between the outer barrier islands and Merritt Island in Brevard County, Florida in the United States. It is part of the Indian River Lagoon system, and connects at its south end to the Indian River; it ...

, Florida *

Shire of Banana The Shire of Banana is a Local government in Australia, local government area located in the Capricorn region of Queensland, Australia, inland from the regional city of Gladstone, Queensland, Gladstone. The shire was named after the first townsh ...

, a local government area in Queensland, Australia **

Banana, Queensland Banana is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Banana had a population of 348 people. Geography Banana is located at the intersection of the Dawso ...

, Australia, a small town in the Shire of Banana

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Bananas'' (film), a 1971 comedy film directed by and starring Woody Allen * ''

Bananas!* ''Bananas!*'' is a 2009 Swedish documentary directed by Fredrik Gertten about a conflict between the Dole Food Company and banana plantation workers in Nicaragua over alleged cases of sterility caused by the pesticide DBCP. The film was critic ...

'', a 2009 Swedish documentary directed by Fredrik Gertten * ''Banana'', a 2010 short film from the ''

Despicable Me ''Despicable Me'' is an American media franchise created by Sergio Pablos, Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. It centers on a supervillain turned secret agent named Gru, his adoptive daughters, Margo, Edith, and Agnes, and his yellow-colored Minions ...

'' franchise * ''Banana'' (film), a 2015 comedy-drama film directed by Andrea Jublin * ''The Bananas'' (TV series), a 1969 Canadian children's television series * ''Banana'' (TV series), a 2015 British anthology series by Russell T. Davies

Music

Banana (band) Banana ( sr-cyr, Банана) was a Yugoslav pop rock band formed in Belgrade in 1985. They were a prominent act of the 1980s Yugoslav rock scene. Band history 1985-1988 Banana was formed in 1985. Initially the band went through numerous lineup ...

, a former Yugoslav pop rock band * ''Bananas'' (Deep Purple album), a 2003 album * ''Bananas'' (Malcolm Middleton album), a 2018 album * ''

The Velvet Underground & Nico ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Velvet Underground and the German singer Nico. Released by Verve Records in March 1967, the album underperformed in sales and polarized critics upon releas ...

'', a 1967 rock album sometimes referred to as the "Banana Album" * "Banana" (Anitta song) (with Becky G), a track from the 2019 album ''Kisses'' by Anitta * "Banana" (Conkarah song), a 2019 song by Conkarah featuring Shaggy * "

Bananas (Who You Gonna Call?) "Bananas (Who You Gonna Call?)" is the first single from Queen Latifah's fourth studio album, '' Order in the Court'' (1998). The track features New Jersey rapper Apache, a member of Latifah's Flavor Unit. The song samples the Fugees "Fu-Gee-La" ...

", a 1998 single by Queen Latifah * "Bananas", a track from the 2008 album '' Inherit'' by Free Kitten * "

Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican folk song. The song has mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known calypso music. It is a call and response work song, from the point of view ...

", a traditional Jamaican folk song. * "Banana", a skit from the 2005 album ''

Arular ''Arular'' is the debut studio album by British recording artist M.I.A. It was released on 22 March 2005 in the United States, and one month later in the United Kingdom, with a slightly different track listing. In 2004, the album's release was ...

'' by M.I.A. *"Banana Man", a song by the band Tally Hall, from their 2005 album ''

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum is an arcade and museum previously located in Farmington Hills, Michigan. It features a large collection of vintage arcade games and other coin-operated entertainment machines, most of which are functional an ...

Other arts and entertainment

WWBN WWBN (101.5 FM, "Banana 101.5") is a radio station broadcasting mainstream rock to Flint and The Thumb areas of Michigan. Syndicated shows on Banana include the morning comedy program ''The Free Beer and Hot Wings Show'' and the nightly music ...

("Banana 101.5"), a rock music radio station in Michigan * ''Bananas'' (literary magazine), a British literary magazine from 1975 until 1979 * ''Banana'' (magazine), an Asian-American themed magazine * ''Banana'' (1986 video game), a video game released on the Family Computer in 1986 in Japan. * ''Banana'' (2024 video game), a clicker game released through Steam in 2024 * Bananas Comedy Club, two venues for stand-up comedy in the northeastern United States

People

* Banana (gamer), Chinese competitive ''Dota 2'' player * Banana (name), a list of people with the given name, surname, pen name or stage name *

Banana (slur) ''Banana'', ''coconut'', and ''Twinkie'' are pejorative terms for Asian Americans who are perceived to have been assimilated and acculturated into mainstream American culture. In Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, ''coconut'' is s ...

, an Asian person living in a Western country who has lost touch with their Asian cultural identity * Robert "Bananas" Foster, a member of the American electronic band

Freezepop Freezepop is an American electronic band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, formed in 1999 by Liz Enthusiasm, Sean T. Drinkwater, and The Duke of Pannekoeken (an alias for Kasson Crooker). Since December 2009, the current lineup inclu ...

Other uses

Banana equivalent dose Banana equivalent dose (BED) is an informal unit of measurement of ionizing radiation exposure, intended as a general educational example to compare a dose of radioactivity to the dose one is exposed to by eating one average-sized banana. Bananas ...

, an informal measurement of ionizing radiation exposure *

Savannah Bananas The Savannah Bananas are an exhibition barnstorming baseball team based in Savannah, Georgia. They play a variation of baseball known as Banana Ball, which emphasizes showmanship, fan participation, and quick-paced games. The players engage in ...

, an amateur baseball team in the Coastal Plain League * Banana', a dialect of the

Bamayo language Malayic Dayak (''Dayak Kemelayuan'') is a dialect chain of Malayic spoken in West Kalimantan (North Kayong, Ketapang, Kapuas Hulu, Melawi) and the western part of Central Kalimantan (Lamandau, Sukamara, West Kotawaringin, Seruyan, East Kotawarin ...

of Borneo, Indonesia * Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything, an acronym used to describe the attitude of people opposed to land development