Description
A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains", distinguishing them from dessert bananas
One serving, or one medium ripe banana, provides about:
- 110 calories
- 0 gram fat
- 1 gram protein
- 28 grams carbohydrate
- 15 grams sugar (naturally occurring)
- 3 grams fiber,
- 450 mg potassium
