Musaceae
Musa basjoo
- Family
- Musaceae
- Genus
- Musa
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- موز اليابان
- arz
- موز اليابان
- ba
- Япон бананы
- bo
- ཆུ་ཤིང་
- Bulgarian
- Японски банан
- Cantonese
- 芭蕉
- Chinese
- 芭蕉, 大叶芭蕉, 大头芭蕉, 天苴, 板蕉, 牙蕉, 甘蕉, 芭苴
- Estonian
- Jaapani banaan
- German
- Japanische Faserbanane
- hak
- Pâ-chêu
- Japanese
- バショウ, 芭蕉
- Korean
- 파초
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Japansk fiberbanan
- Russian
- Банан японский, Банан Басио, Японский банан
- Swedish
- Basjoohampa
- Ukrainian
- Японський банан
- za
- Gyoij
Flowers
- In flower
- January, March, May to July, October (from 18 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: りなべる, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Sorrel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Gijs Romijn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Illustratedjc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maja Dumat, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jaro Guzinski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Александровы АГ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Сергей Степин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Musa
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- Hairy bananaMusa velutinaMusaceae
- Scarlet bananaMusa coccineaMusaceae
- Musa ornataMusaceae
- Musa ingensMusaceae
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- Musa beccariiMusaceae
- Yunnan bananaMusa itineransMusaceae
Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.