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Freshly cut bananas

a hand of bananas
 
Photo: Abigail Hadeed/Oxfam

After nine months, the bananas are harvested using a sharp knife. Bananas are still green when they are picked.

They grow in clusters, which are known as 'hands'. A hand consists of 10 to 20 bananas, also called fingers.

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