Unlike the more common bird-of-paradise, which grows only about six feet tall, white bird towers up to 30 feet and features large paddle-like leaves strongly reminiscent of banana foliage. It’s ...

Tiny banana plant provides plenty of satisfaction The Super Dwarf Cavendish banana is the only variety that can spend its life contentedly in a five-gallon container, making it possible for anyone ...

A deadly fungus, known as Panama disease, is decimating banana plantations around the world and threatens to wipe out the most common species, the Cavendish banana. Scientists in Honduras are ...

The greenhouse in Saskatoon showcases four different banana varieties: Dwarf Cavendish, dwarf Robusta, plantain and kannan. The oldest of these trees, the Dwarf Cavendish, was brought in 40 years ago.

Bananas as we know them could become extinct due to numerous factors like climate change, insect infestations, poor soil quality and plant pathogens. The most popular banana subgroup, the Cavendish… ...

Buy a banana and it will almost certainly be descended from one plant grown at an English stately home. But now we face losing one of the world's best-loved fruits.

The Cavendish banana, consumed more frequently than apples and oranges by Americans, is being threatened by the virulent fungal Panama Disease, also known as Tropical Race 4, which is making its ...

The world's top banana, the Cavendish, is under threat from a seemingly unstoppable fungus that is wiping out crops in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Middle East.