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Banana Strings


10/29/2004

name        Carol
status       other
age          old

Question -   What do you call the stringie part of the banana that is
under the peel and clings to the ripe banana?  They can be peeled away
from the fruit.
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Probably the fibrovascular bundles:
http://www.haroldbakker.com/vj/banana/morphology.php
Also possibly helpful:
http://www.iita.org/info/trn_mat/irg66/irg667.html

Anthony Brach Ph.D.
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