Bamboo is used in the tropics to build houses, rafts, and bridges. Bamboo is also used to make mats, hats, fish traps, chopsticks, and musical instruments. The banana plant is grown all over the tropics for its fruit. Half of the world's banana crop is grown in Africa. Central and South America export bananas to other parts of the world.
Bananas grow in bunches.
Plantain is a type of banana that is larger and coarser. It isn't as sweet. Brazil Nuts are grown in the rain forest. They are gathered by native workers and sent around the world. Many products are grown in the rain forest.