Show bananas long known the chinese literature of years ago mentioned bananas in B C alexander the great found bananas growing in the valley of the indus in india later history records the crops further journey westward to east africa then to the holy land and northern egypt in 1482 the portuguese found the fruit growing along the african west coast where the natives gave it the narn name e banana at the time columbus sailed on his voya voyage ge of discovery the banana was growing abundantly in the canary islands |