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| Image number: | 2241 |
| Feature : | Banana palm |
| Grouping : | food crops, legumes and fruits |
| Discipline : | agriculture |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Rutongo |
| Country : | Rwanda |
| Region - tribe : | Kigali-Byumba |
| Physiographic region : | Interlacustrine belt |
| Notice : | Bananas are a consistent part of the usual meal ingredients in Eastern Congo and the region of the big lakes. Bananas grow in crops on a vertical stem and their ends tend to grow upwards to seek the light. So they become bent. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2241. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |