Banana

Musa sapientium. Large plant of natural family Musacea, a native probably of India; cultivated from prehistoric times in tropical countries for its edible fruit. Bancroft, GEORGE, LL.D., D.C.L., 1800-1891. U.S. minister to England 1846-49, and to Berlin 1867-74. His History of the United States appeared in 12 vols., 1834-82, in a revised edition, 6 vols., 1885, and is a monument of research.