# Bananus = Banana's Anus **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 2, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananus-bananas-anus/106930 "2002-05-02T20:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rookie523](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@rookie523](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rookie523)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananus-bananas-anus/106930/1 "2002-05-02T20:28:00Z")
Why do people say not to eat this part of the banana? is it poisonous? taste bad? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananus-bananas-anus/106930/2 "2002-05-02T21:33:18Z")
If you’re talking about the point at which the banana attaches to the stem, I have never heard anyone say to not eat it. On the other hand, on some bananas, the stem attachment can be rather fibrous and tasteless, so I can see where some people might develop an avoidance of them. Generally, if it is dark and stringy, projecting out from the fruit, I give it to the millipedes (our in-house consumers of les-than-perfect fruit); if it is simply slightly darker than the rest of the banana and does not look fibrous, I eat it. ---
**Author:** ![rookie523](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@rookie523](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rookie523)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananus-bananas-anus/106930/3 "2002-05-03T18:42:09Z")
it’s the part opposite of the stem. the end of the banana… or the bottom of it… it’s like a little black piece looks like a thumbtack… people(at least people i know) say not to eat it. break off the last part of the banana ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananus-bananas-anus/106930/4 "2002-05-03T19:38:21Z")
Well, the black piece for me always stays with the peel. I’ve always eaten the entire banana interior with no ill effects. …effects …effects …effects _WHAM_ ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bananus-bananas-anus/106930/5 "2002-05-04T21:01:36Z")
Once you peel 'em and core 'em, there’s nothing left.