Is a banana a fruit or a vegetable?

Answer 1

A banana is a fruit since its seeds are inside of it. Bananas contain the fruit sugar fructose, and are fruit.

Answer 2

A banana is a fruit.

Actually, if you are a botanist, a banana is neither a vegetable nor a fruit. According to the University of Oxford's "Ask the Experts,"

"Both. A banana (the yellow thing you peel and eat) is undoubtedly a fruit (containing the seeds of the plant: see answer regarding tomatoes), though since commercially grown banana plants are sterile, the seeds are reduced to little specks. However, the banana plant, though it is called a 'banana-tree' in popular usage, is technically regarded as a herbaceous plant (or 'herb'), not a tree, because the stem does not contain true woody tissue.

In common company, however, a banana is often considered a fruit!

Answer 3

A banana is a fruit since its seeds are inside of it. Bananas contain the fruit sugar fructose, and are fruit.

Answer 4

Banana plants are actually herbs, but the banana itself is a fruit.

Answer 5

Bananas are fruits...

Answer 6

Bananas are fruit.

Answer 7

A banana is a fruit.

Answer 8

no a banana is not a vegetable it is a fruit