Bring a tropical flair to your home with these easy-growing plants Reviewed by Barbara Gillette The edible banana is one of more than 80 species of flowering plants in the Musa genus. Bananas are ...

Modern bananas are a hybrid of two banana species: Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana ... Wild eggplants had spines — today's eggplant connects to its flower. They were a variety of colors ...