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Don't forget to eat your delicious and nutritious phloem

Jennifer Sandlin
Apr 24, 2025
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I'm here to remind you that when you eat a banana, you should also eat those stringy white parts—which are technically called "phloem bundles"—that people usually remove and throw away. What exactly are phloem bundles, though? The Takeout provides this overview:

In the world of plant biology, phloem refers to vascular tissue that transfers nutrient…

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