what type of fruit is a banana

Botanically speaking, bananas are both berries and fruits. Bananas develop from a flower containing one single ovary, have a soft skin, a fleshy middle, and contain one or more seeds, which fulfill the requirements of botanical berries. Berries are a type of fleshy fruit, and bananas are classified as berries because they have seeds and pulp that develop from the ovary of a flower. However, bananas are not typically thought of as berries because they do not have the word "berry" in their name, and they are not usually roundish in shape like most berries. In summary, bananas are both berries and fruits, but they are not typically thought of as berries in the culinary sense.