Papayas and bananas grow close to the local people's homes.

In the 10-acre garden, bananas grew alongside tropical pomelo trees.

They ran until reaching Ladario, the closest white settlement, where they found bananas growing and stole some for the tribe.

Cassava, maize and bananas also grow in the clearing.

I wonder if, even after the bananas grow back, they will ever be cheap again....

Outside the city the lush hills where bananas grow have ruptured, sending boulders crashing down into villages.

The road uncoiled, down into sunny warmth where bananas and oranges grew in a valley still green in November.

But let me remind you that limes, lemons, oranges, bananas, tobacco and sugar did not grow here until the Spanish first planted them.

For example, if bananas go extinct or grow under bad seasonal conditions in a country such as Ecuador, the economy will suffer along with the whole community.

Mangos, bananas and tomatoes grew in other fields.