Senescence

Senescence is the natural development stage that follows the eat-ripe stage. Senescent spots (sugar spots) appear on the skin surface during the last stage of ripening. Eventually, the banana peel turns brown. The pulp loses its firm texture and becomes brown and possibly gelatinous. Senescence is enhanced by higher temperatures. The bananas with senescence symptoms may have been stored under suboptimal conditions such as too high temperature or were simply stored for too long.