Banana (Cavendish)
21.9 cm (8.622 in)
Fruit length
The Cavendish banana, the one in nearly every shop. About 22 cm long.
Published
How big is that?
21.9 cm is 2.6 times a credit card and 74% of an A4 sheet.
Banana is the 15th largest of the 31 Kitchen Table objects, and the 64th smallest of the 172 objects across all five SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Bowling ball (Ten-pin) (Classic), 21.83 cm across and Football (Size 5) (Classic), 21.96 cm across.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Banana in orange beside the Kitchen Table objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Banana |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch oven (5 qt cast iron)A heavy cast-iron pot with a lid, measured on a Lodge 5-quart. | 18.14 cm tall | 83% of the size |
| Moka pot (6-cup)The eight-sided stovetop coffee maker, measured on a Bialetti Moka Express. | 21.5 cm tall | about the same |
| Banana (Cavendish) | 21.9 cm long | – |
| ChopsticksA pair of bamboo chopsticks, measured on IKEA TREBENT. | 24 cm long | 1.1× bigger |
| Dinner plate (10½ in)A full-size dinner plate seen from above, measured on a Fiesta rim plate. | 26.67 cm across | 1.2× bigger |
In other units
| Millimetres | 219 |
|---|---|
| Centimetres | 21.9 |
| Metres | 0.219 |
| Inches | 8.622 |
| Feet | 0.7185 |
How it's measured
Fruit length. Mean of the study sample, Grande Naine (Castricini et al. 2019).
Sources
- alice.cnptia.embrapa.br: Embrapa (Castricini et al. 2019): 21,90 cm de comprimento e 39,98 mm de diâmetro.
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Could you have guessed it by eye?
Banana is one of the objects in Kitchen Table, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.