Musaceae

Edible banana

Musa acuminata Colla

Family: Musaceae
Genus: Musa

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Edible banana (Musa acuminata) — FlowerPhoto: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)

Chinese: 小果野芭蕉, 小果野芭蕉（阿加蕉）, 小果野蕉, 小果野蕉（香蕉）, 尖蕉, 木桂根雷, 芭蕉花, 野芭蕉
Dutch: Rijstbanaan
English: Edible banana
Malay: Pisang alas, Pisang karok, Pisang kelat, Pisang surong
Spanish: Banana malaya, M. acuminata, Platano malayo
Swedish: Cavendishbanan, Musa 'Dwarf. Cavendish

Synonyms

Musa simiarum Kurz

Flowers

In flower: all year (from 147 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jorgemach7, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Michiel de Haan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: DEEPAN RAJA .M, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Lozano Gómez Pedro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Александровы АГ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.