The shape is different: banana trees are distributed in clumps, the height of the plant is about 2-5 meters, the pseudostem is thick green, while the banana tree can only grow up to 4 meters, with rhizomes. Leaves are different: banana tree leaves are about 2 meters long and 60 centimeters wide, while banana tree leaves are 3 meters long and about 30 centimeters wide. The fruits are different: banana fruits are curved and yellow when ripe, and plantain fruits are trigonous.
What are the differences between banana trees and plantain trees1, the appearance is different
Banana trees are plants of the family of plantain, distributed in clusters, with a height of 2-5 meters, the pseudostem color is rich green, the surface with brown spots and white powdery material, while plantain is a plantain perennial, up to only 4 meters, with rhizomes, which can be fruiting several times a year. It can bear fruit several times a year.
2, the leaves are different
The banana tree's leaves are oblong, about 2 meters long, about 60 centimeters wide, the apex is obtuse and round, the base is nearly round, symmetrical on both sides, the color is dark green, the back of the blade has white powder, and plantain tree's leaves are about 3 meters long, 30 centimeters wide, asymmetric on both sides, the color of the leaves is green, shiny, no white powder. glossy, without white powder.
3. The fruits are different
The banana tree's fruit cluster has 8-10 segments of fruits, and each plant can bear more than 200 fruits, and the body of the fruit is curved, and the fruit skin is green when it is immature, and it is yellow when it is ripe, whereas the plantain tree's fruits are three-pronged, and the amount of results is less than that of the banana, and the fruit stalk is shorter, and the fruit pulp has more seeds.