Wild banana was likely first cultivated 7,000 years ... Wild carrots were likely cultivated around the 10th century. They were purple or white, very thin, with a very distinct, powerful flavor.

Bring a touch of the tropics into your home with the banana shrub, a sub-tropical magnolia ... sometimes tinged with purple, ...

Banana blossom, also known as a banana heart, grows at the end of a banana cluster. It is fleshy with purple skin in the shape of a tear. It is popular in south-east Asian and Indian cooking.