I bought a banana tree in August of 2021 and never thought it would actually fruit. I was walking by it the other night and saw something purple/maroon out of the corner of my eye. Popped my head between some leaves and was greeted by some baby bananas!
Bro you should e-mail your botany 101 instructor and complain, because you didn’t get the education you paid for.
And you want to post qualifications as dick measuring? Bro I’ve also got a BSc in Botany (and not an adjacent or tangential field. an actual “Botany” degree from one of the very very few schools that still offer one). An MSc in Plant Science, and beyond that a PhD in a related field.
I taught undergraduate botany. Both the lecture and the lab section. I’ve worked in labs specifically looking at the early evolution of woody plants.
You’ll die on this hill: There isn’t a technical definition of the word “tree”.