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What wild bananas looked like before human domestication.
The process transformed a fruit completely full of seeds into a parthenocarpic seedless fruit that develops in the absence of pollination.
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I think bananas are like potatoes in terms of the varieties. We consume a little fraction of that diversity and that’s a loss of opportunities. Each variety has unique flavors and characteristics (nutrition), suitable for different culinary uses.