Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership celebrates banking its 24,200th species, a Yunnan banana seed - a pink wild banana from China which is an important staple for wild Asian elephants (Musa itinerans). Royal Botanical Gardens Kew is celebrating collecting, banking and conserving 10% of the world's wild plant species. Kew's Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst Place, East Sussex. Curation Team Assistant Supervisor Sarah Gattiker shows teh vessel containing the seed, outside the door that leads to one of the vaults which are kept at minus 20 degrees centigrade. Protective clothing must always be worn in this area. October 15, 2009. Photo: Edmond Terakopian