Musaceae
Scarlet banana
Musa coccinea
- Family
- Musaceae
- Genus
- Musa
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- موز قرمزي
- arz
- موز قرمزى
- Chinese
- 红蕉, 指天蕉, 芭蕉红
- English
- Scarlet banana
Synonyms
- Quesnelia lamarckii Baker
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Krisztina Tamas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jean Pierre Brun, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, 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.