Pisang Raja plants grow super-quick ... are not typically eaten raw. Unlike other types of bananas, plantains are almost always cooked before being eaten. Maybe it's because they are larger ...

Unlike the germ plasm preserved in test tubes in Belgium, the plants in CARBAP’s collection are tree-size specimens. On six acres at the edge of Njombé, more than 400 varieties of bananas grow ...

or one of the other types in the variety trial, the university said. The hands-on workshop will focus specifically on banana plant propagation. Individual banana plants only produce fruit once.