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Musa nana Lour. Musa × sapientum var. suaveolens (Blanco) Malag. Musa acuminata is a species of banana native to Southern Asia, its range comprising the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Many of the modern edible dessert bananas are from this species, although some are hybrids with Musa balbisiana. [5]
A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry [1] – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with ...
Musa balbisiana. Original native ranges of the ancestors of modern edible bananas: M. acuminata is shown in green and M. balbisiana in orange. [3] M. liukiuensis (Matsum.) Makino ex Kuroiwa. M. × paradisiaca var. granulosa G.Forst. Musa balbisiana, also known simply as plantain, is a wild-type species of banana.
Cooking bananas are a major food staple in West and Central Africa, the Caribbean islands, Central America, and northern South America. [6] Members of the genus Musa are indigenous to the tropical regions of Southeast Asia and Oceania. [7] Bananas fruit all year round, making them a reliable all-season staple food. [8]
Musaceae is a family of flowering plants composed of three genera with about 91 known species, [3] placed in the order Zingiberales. The family is native to the tropics of Africa and Asia. The plants have a large herbaceous growth habit with leaves with overlapping basal sheaths that form a pseudostem making some members appear to be woody trees.
Taro plants can be seen growing in the background below the banana leaves. Native Hawaiian cuisine refers to the traditional Hawaiian foods that predate contact with Europeans and immigration from East and Southeast Asia. The cuisine consisted of a mix of indigenous plants and animals as well as plants and animals introduced by Polynesian ...
Banana plants are among the largest extant herbaceous plants, some reaching up to 9 m (30 ft) in height or 18 m (59 ft) in the case of Musa ingens.The large herb is composed of a modified underground stem (rhizome), a false trunk or pseudostem formed by the basal parts of tightly rolled leaves, a network of roots, and a large flower spike.
Musa troglodytàrum textòria Blanco [1] Abacá (Spanish) (/ ɑːbəˈkɑː / ah-bə-KAH; Filipino: Abaka [ɐbɐˈka]), Musa textilis, is a species of banana endemic to the Philippines. The plant grows to 13–22 feet (4.0–6.7 m), and averages about 12 feet (3.7 m). The plant, also known as Manila hemp, has great economic importance, being ...