The banana industry is an important part of the global industrial agrobusiness.
About 15% of the global banana production goes to export and international trade for consumption in Western countries. They are grown on banana plantations primarily in the Americas.
A banana plantation in St. Lucia
Cavendish bananas are the fruits of one of a number of banana cultivars belonging to the Cavendish subgroup of the AAA banana cultivar group. The same term is also used to describe the plants on which the bananas grow.
A bunch of Cavendish bananas
Unripe cavendish bananas
The 'Super Dwarf Cavendish' cultivar
Cavendish bananas