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Edible banana
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Gingers, heliconias & bananas

Edible banana

Musa acuminata Colla

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishEdible banana
DutchBabybanaan
SpanishPlátano malayo
Chinese小果野蕉
Scientific nameMusa acuminata Colla

About this species

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 derived from this species, although some are hybrids with Musa balbisiana. First cultivated by humans around 8000 BCE, it is one of the early examples of domesticated plants.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderZingiberales
FamilyMusaceae
GenusMusa

In Suriname

3Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2014First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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