Banana (disambiguation)

Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce.

Banana or bananas may also refer to:

In nature:

• Nymphoides_aquatica (Banana Plant), Aquatic species known for its unusual root structure
• Strelitzia nicolai (also Wild Banana), banana-like plants with erect woody stems

In locations:

• Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a small seaport in Kongo Central Province
• Banana, Kiribati, a settlement on Kiritimati Island
• Banana, Queensland, a small town located in Central Queensland, Australia
• Bananas Comedy Club, two venues for stand-up comedy in New England

In media:

• Banana (band), a former Yugoslav pop rock band
• Banana (video game), a video game on the Nintendo Entertainment System released only in Japan
• Bananas (album), the 17th studio album by English rock band Deep Purple
• Bananas (film), a 1971 comedy film written by Mickey Rose and Woody Allen
• Bananas (literary magazine), a British literary magazine that ran for 25 issues from 1975 until 1979
• Bananas!*, a 2009 Swedish documentary directed by Fredrik Gertten

In people:

• Canaan Banana (1936–2003), Methodist minister and first president of Zimbabwe
• Milton Banana (1935–1998), bossa nova jazz drummer
• Banana Yoshimoto (born 1964), pen name of Mahoko Yoshimoto, a contemporary Japanese writer

Other:

• BANANA, an acronym for Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything
• Banana, descriptive term for one of the basic human female body shapes
• Banana, a pejorative term related to the Cantonese term jook-sing
• Banana connector, a single-wire electrical connector
• Checkside punt (or banana kick), a kicking style used in Australian Rules and rugby league football

See also

• Banan (disambiguation)
• Banana republic (disambiguation)
• Banania, a chocolate drink
• All pages beginning with "Banana"