Banana Banana A banana is an edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus "Musa". In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains", distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind, which may be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant. Almost all modern edible seedless (parthenocarp) bananas come from two wild
Banana beer Banana beer Banana beer is an alcoholic beverage made from fermentation of mashed bananas. Sorghum, millet or maize flour are added as a source of wild yeast. In Kenya, banana beer is known as "urwaga", in RD Congo as Kasiksi, in Uganda as "mubisi", in Rwanda and Burundi as "urwagwa". Banana beer is sometimes consumed during rituals and ceremonies. A similar product called "mwenge" is made in Uganda with only bananas and sorghum. It can also be found under the names "kasiksi", "nokrars", "rwabitoke", "urwedensiya", "urwarimu" and "milinda kaki". Banana beer is made from ripe (but not over-ripe) East African