Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anyone who’s peeled a banana has certainly encountered this unpleasantness. But what do we even know about these things? If the ...

Bananas are, arguably, the perfect fruit. They're an excellent source of potassium, they're sweet without being overbearing, and they have a uniquely soft texture that's unmatched by any other fruit.

They don't taste particularly pleasant, but they have an important function when it comes to the growth of the fruit EVER had to pause before tucking into a ripe banana to peel off those pesky stringy ...

Almost everyone has done it. You peel a banana, take a bite, and then notice those thin, white, stringy fibres clinging ...

This makes it a little harder to hate them so much. Leathery strings of death. If the term “phloem” sounds familiar to you, it’s probably because you were taught about phloem and xylem when you ...

Anyone who’s peeled a banana has certainly encountered this unpleasantness. But what do we even know about these things? If the term “phloem” sounds familiar to you, it’s probably because you were ...

Unsurprisingly, white stringy bits isn’t their technical name – they’re actually called phloem bundles. Phloem has a very important function when it comes to the growth of plants. Harking back to ...