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Do banana trees produce seeds?   Are they in the banana fruit?

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Stan,

Bananas do not produce seeds in their fruit. Bananas reproduce asexually. The offspring is identical to the parent, they spread by means of rhizomes (underground stems). A rhizome will send up a false stem where leaves emerge. Bananas produce a stalk which contains numerous flowers which will become the fruit.
Bananas are often considered trees, actually they are a large herb.  

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