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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.
A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry [1] – produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa.In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing them from dessert bananas.
The following is a list of banana cultivars and the groups into which they are classified. Almost all modern cultivated varieties ( cultivars ) of edible bananas and plantains are hybrids and polyploids of two wild, seeded banana species, Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana .
Gros Michel is a triploid cultivar of the wild banana Musa acuminata, belonging to the AAA group. [5] Its official designation is Musa acuminata (AAA Group) 'Gros Michel'. Synonyms include: Musa acuminata L. cv. 'Gros Michel' Musa × paradisiaca L. cv. 'Gros Michel' Gros Michel is known as Guineo Gigante, Banano, and Plátano Roatán in Spanish.
Musa banksii is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), native to New Guinea and Australia (), and most likely introduced to Samoa. [2] It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863 from plants collected in Queensland, Australia. [3]
The 1753 name Musa paradisiaca L. for plantains and Musa sapientum L. for dessert bananas are now known to refer to hybrids, rather than natural species. It is known today that most cultivated seedless bananas are hybrids or polyploids of two wild banana species - Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana.
Musa × paradisiaca is a species as well as a cultivar, originating as the hybrid between Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, cultivated and domesticated by human very early.. Most cultivated bananas and plantains are polyploid cultivars either of this hybrid or of M. acuminata alo
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 ]