The banana tree is one of the oldest plants known to man. It was also likely one among the first to be domesticated. However, it is thought that our hunter-gatherer ancestors did not consume the fruit since it was not particularly fleshy and contained numerous inedible seeds before the plant was domesticated. Its buds, on the other hand, were most likely devoured, as were its interior leaf sheaths. Primitive fisherman made nets out of the fibers of its rod. The leaves were also used in a variety of ways. The banana tree, which originated in Southeast Asia, has accompanied human migrations to the Indian peninsula, the Pacific Islands, and Africa. It has tremendously diversified as a result of natural evolution and human intervention. Farmers in Africa grow a type of plantains that are distinct from those grown in the Pacific, as well as a different group of cooking bananas with distinct properties. The banana will take a long time to gain popularity in the West since it does not preserve well and is often destroyed during transportation. It is unlikely that the Egyptians, Greeks, or Romans ingested it, and it would not have emerged in the Near East until the 7th century AD.It will take until the 19th century for it to spread across Europe and North America, thanks to quicker ships and improved conservation techniques. The Musaceae family has just two botanical genera, Musa being by far the most common and diversified. This genus is classified into a number of species (30 to 50, according to specialists), many of which are still found in the wild. The bulk of banana and plantain cultivars, however, are derived from the species M. acuminata and M. balbisiana, or from a hybrid between the two.