A real live banana tree! This is what I found while on my run this morning... a banana tree nestled within a section of housing. For some reason, I never thought too much about coming across one of these. After doing a little research I've discovered these plants are very common and grow wild along the highways of the islands. The banana is not much of a staple in the Hawaiian diet because they take too long to grow, produce only a small amount per plant and are usually infested with insects. In early times here in the Hawaiian islands, women were forbidden to eat most varieties of bananas. Huh.... I wonder what's up with that?
Kailua, Hawaii
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