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316.WHERE DID BANANAS ORIGINATE?

The banana is one of the oldest known fruits in history. The earliest men of whom there is any record already knew and enjoyed this fruit!

 

It is believed that the banana first grew in southern Asia and that through many centuries it spread through the East and to the West. The Mohammedans called the banana tree a paradise tree, and the Hindus believed the banana tree was sacred to their goddess Kali.