Dwayne wrote:
That is correct. I have cut down about 4 myself while living in
Puerto Rico. The "trunks" were more like a stringy cabbage head
only
longer and stronger. It took about 3 times with a machete to cut
them down. I should have said banana plants, not trees.
[...]

My father recalled harvesting some bananas in New Guinea during the
War by simply driving a Jeep at the "trunk".

--
Mike.