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| Image number: | 775 |
| Feature : | banana |
| Grouping : | food crops, legumes and fruits |
| Discipline : | agriculture |
| Year : | 1979 |
| Locality : | Virunga |
| Country : | Rwanda |
| Region - tribe : | Virunga |
| Physiographic region : | Rift-Albertine |
| 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 : | Habiyaremye, François, 1979 Image 775. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |