Photographs

Every image on this site is credited below. Files were resized for the web; none were upscaled, and no other changes were made. All eight photographs are public domain, CC0 or CC BY, and may be used in paid printables.

Sciencia58 · CC0
Two Cavendish bananas mid-ripening, photographed on 20 October 2025: the peels are mostly yellow, with patches of green still visible. This is not a complete seven-stage chart, just a pair of fruit in the middle of the colour change.
Sciencia58, 20 October 2025. CC0. Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).
Peggy Greb, USDA · Public Domain (USDA)
Horticulturist Brian Irish (foreground) and technician Roberto Bravo harvest and weigh banana bunches from a USDA germplasm collection, photographed by Peggy Greb on 16 August 2007. Green bunches hang on the plants and from a field scale.
Peggy Greb, United States Department of Agriculture, 16 August 2007. Public domain. Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).
Justus Blümer · CC BY 2.0
A hand of ripe yellow bananas photographed against a white background by Justus Blümer on 15 August 2011.
Justus Blümer, 15 August 2011. CC BY 2.0. Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).
Renee Comet, National Cancer Institute · Public Domain (NIH / NCI)
A single ripe banana, photographed with part of the peel pulled back, by Renee Comet for the National Cancer Institute in 1994.
Renee Comet, National Cancer Institute, 1994. Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).
Mark Schellhase (Mschel) · Public Domain
A bunch of ripe bananas, photographed by Mark Schellhase on 31 July 2007 and released into the public domain.
Mark Schellhase, 31 July 2007. Public domain. Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).
Forest and Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0 US
Male flowers and a curling bract of Musa acuminata, cultivar Rose, photographed by Forest and Kim Starr at Waihe‘e, Maui, on 14 February 2013.
Forest and Kim Starr, 14 February 2013, Waihe‘e, Maui. CC BY 3.0 US. Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).
Forest and Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0 US
A young Musa acuminata plant, with maroon mottling on the new leaves, photographed by Forest and Kim Starr at Hawea Place, Olinda, Maui, on 19 July 2014. This is a young herb, not a woody tree trunk.
Forest and Kim Starr, 19 July 2014, Olinda, Maui. CC BY 3.0 US. Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).
Paul The Writer · CC0
A hanging bunch of still-green bananas on a mature plant in a garden, photographed on 24 June 2026. The large heart-shaped leaves in the foreground are cocoyam, as the photographer’s caption notes, not banana leaves.
Paul The Writer, 24 June 2026. CC0. Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).