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1 Description
2 Etymology
3 Taxonomy
4 Bananas and plantains
5 Historical cultivation
5.1 Early cultivation
5.2 Plantation cultivation in the Caribbean, Central and South America
5.3 Peasant cultivation for export in the Caribbean
5.4 East Africa
6 Modern cultivation
6.1 Cavendish
6.2 Ripening
6.3 Storage and transport
6.4 Production and export
7 Pests, diseases, and natural disasters
7.1 Panama disease
7.1.1 Tropical race 4
7.2 Black sigatoka
7.2.1 In East Africa
7.3 Banana bunchy top virus
7.4 Banana bacterial wilt
8 Nutrition
9 Culture
9.1 Food and cooking
9.1.1 Fruit
9.1.2 Flower
9.1.3 Leaves
9.1.4 Trunk
9.2 Fiber
9.2.1 Textiles
9.2.2 Paper
9.3 Cultural roles
9.3.1 Arts
9.3.2 Religion and popular beliefs
9.3.3 Unicode
9.4 Other uses
10 Notes
11 References
12 Bibliography
13 Further reading
14 External links