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Banana Seeds? Commercial Bananas Are Seedless Hybrids

Black specks in bananas are aborted ovules, not viable seeds. Commercial bananas (Musa hybrids) fruit parthenocarpically (without pollination). They're propagated by basal offsets, not seed. Growing fruiting bananas in Atlanta requires 18 months of frost-free weather—impractical.

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