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Originally Posted by Gabe15
If its random mutation you are waiting for, then it really doesn't matter what banana you grow, edible or wild, because there is always a chance that the suckers can deviate from the mother thru somatic mutation, this is part of the reason why there are so many different edible bananas even though they are not able to sexually reproduce effectively. I think the odds of finding a somatic mutant have been calculated to be about 1 in ten million (just going from memory, I don't have the book with me right now where I remember reading that). Over thousands of years with millions of farmers around the world, many selections have been made and now you can but them at nurseries. There is always the chance that you will find a mutant among your plants, I've seen them, but its not something to count on.
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Nope, it maybe doesn't look like that, but the undeveloped seeds are quite larg, mcuh larger than unprocessed poppy seeds.
This is a wild banana of Turkey, there has never been any breeding what-so-ever, the plant just lives by itself.
It also donates quite a lot of pollen, because one of my friends in there can't really grow any seeded variety, as this is very invasive, it pollinates everyting from some reason.
Btw. The fruit from DC or SDC I have ever eaten or the food from the stores had much smaller and much less seeds, that this one. Please look at this link and tell me what you think. This was I think the plant taken from Turkey by a man from Germany (especially the seeds size picture, the last one):
Bilder 2009
Any clues as what you would call this? I'm pretty sure it really has no name but Musa paradisiaca.