A banana which is plucked when it is not ripen and it ripes after few days .My question is Is the banana a living thing during this stage (after plucking still it ripens)?
2007-03-16 05:23:49 · 4 answers · asked by rbharath21 1 in Environment
Yes it is a living thing. the chemical processes inside are still going on. The seeds inside could grow.
2007-03-16 05:33:53 · answer #1 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ripening is a normal process that occurs in many fruits, it involves softening of cell walls and increase of sugar content.
Most fuit evolved to be eaten by various animals which would spread the seeds, so for that reason fruits ripen when the seeds inside are fully developed.
Bananas and many other fruits ripen either when they are still attached to the plant or if they are removed. The reason being is that most of the cells in the fruit are still alive, and it is just proceeding in the normal ripening process.
Bananas are generally shipped unripe because the unripe banana is much more durable when shipping, whereas the ripe banana is more subject to damage or rot.
A plantain is not an unripe banana but a close relative of bananas that is generally used in cooking.
2007-03-16 12:42:16 · answer #2 · answered by Dr Fred 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some fruit ripens (or, at least, becomes sweeter and more palatable) after it has been picked. However, it is no longer a living thing, because it is no longer connected to the tree.
2007-03-16 12:35:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is plucked to be eaten and is not on the branch to live and grow any longer.
2007-03-16 13:21:41 · answer #4 · answered by sunflare63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋