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That's because they're not really trees, and the above ground portion of the plant is more accurately a pseudostem. The actual "stuff" is underground as a corm.

• fakedang 6y ago
  Exactly. We learnt in school that banana stems are actually underground, but man are they hardy.
  • valarauko 6y ago
    Is there no way to utilize the pseudostem besides burning? Got a sudden hankering for some banana flower pakodas :)