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Description. Musa basjoo is a herbaceous perennial with trunk-like pseudostems [a] growing to around 2–2.5 m (6.6–8.2 ft), with a crown of mid-green leaves growing up to 2 m (6.6 ft) long and 70 cm (28 in) wide when mature. The species produces male and female flowers on the same inflorescence which may extend for over 1 m (3.3 ft).
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 (), a false trunk or pseudostem formed by the basal parts of tightly rolled leaves, a network of roots, and a large flower spike.
Musa lasiocarpa Franch. (basionym) Musella splendida R.V.Valmayor & L.D.Danh. Musella lasiocarpa (syn. Musa lasiocarpa), commonly known as Chinese dwarf banana, golden lotus banana or Chinese yellow banana, is the sole species in the genus Musella. [3] It is thus a close relative of bananas, and also a member of the family Musaceae.
Dwarf Cavendish banana. The Dwarf Cavendish banana is a widely grown and commercially important Cavendish cultivar. The name "Dwarf Cavendish" is in reference to the height of the pseudostem, not the fruit. [1] Young plants have maroon or purple blotches on their leaves but quickly lose them as they mature.
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 ...
Musa sikkimensis (also called the Darjeeling banana) is a species of flowering plant found primarily in the northeast of the Indian Subcontinent, in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal. The genus Musa is a part of the banana family, Musaceae, placed within the greater order of Zingiberales, along with many other well-known related species (such ...
Grand Nain variety of banana in a farm at Chinawal village in India. Taxonomically speaking, the Grand Nain is a monocot and belongs to the genus Musa.Species designations are difficult when considering bananas because nearly all banana cultivars are descendants or hybrids of the Musa acuminata or Musa balbisiana, wild species that have been propagated for agricultural use.
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 ...
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