Musaceae
Abacá
Musa textilis
- Family
- Musaceae
- Genus
- Musa
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Common names
By language (48)
- Arabic
- موز نسيجي, أباكا, الياف المانيلا
- Armenian
- Աբակա
- arz
- موز نسيجى
- Azerbaijani
- Abaka
- Bangla
- অ্যাবাকা, এবাকা
- Basque
- Abaka
- bik
- Abaka
- Bulgarian
- Абака
- Catalan
- Abacà, Cànem de Manila
- Chinese
- 馬尼拉麻蕉, 马尼拉麻蕉, 蕉麻, 馬尼拉麻
- Croatian
- Filipinska konoplja
- Czech
- Banánovník textilní, Abaka, Manilské konopí
- Danish
- Tekstil-Banan, Abaca, Abacá
- Dutch
- Abaca, Manillahennep, Vezelbanaan
- English
- Abacá, Abaca
- Esperanto
- Tekstilmuzo
- Estonian
- Kanepbanaan, Kiubanaan, Kiudbanaan
- Filipino
- Abaka, Halamang abaka
- Finnish
- Manilla, Manilahamppu, Abaca
- French
- Abaca
- frr
- Abacá
- Galician
- Abacá
- Georgian
- Სართავი ბანანი
- German
- Abacá, Abaca, Abaka, Abakafaser, Abakahanf, Bandala, Manila, Manilahanf
- hsb
- Nićata banana
- Indonesian
- Pisang abaka, Pisang abaca, Pisang benang, Pisang manila
- Irish
- Abacá
- Italian
- Abaca, Abacà, Abakà, Canapa di Cebu, Canapa di Davao
- Japanese
- マニラアサ, セブ麻, ダバオ麻, マニラ封筒, マニラ紙, マニラ麻
- Kannada
- ಮರಬಾಳೆ
- Korean
- 마닐라삼
- Lithuanian
- Pluoštinis bananas
- Malayalam
- അബാക്കാ, Abacá
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Abacá
- pam
- Abaka
- Persian
- آباچا
- Polish
- Banan manilski
- Portuguese
- Abacá, Alvacá, Bananeira de corda, Bananeira de flor, Bananeira-de-corda, Bananeira-de-flor, Bandala, Cânhamo de Manila
- Romanian
- Abaca
- Russian
- Абака, Банан текстильный, Манильская конопля, Текстильный банан
- Slovenian
- Vlaknati bananovec, Vlaknati konopljevec, Abaka
- Spanish
- Abaca, Abacal, Abacalero, Abacá, Canamo de Manila, Cañamo de Manila, Cánamo de Manila, Cáñamo de Manila
- Sundanese
- Cau abaka
- Swedish
- Abaca, Manillahampa
- Tatar
- Җепселле банан
- Turkish
- Abaka, Manila keneviri
- Ukrainian
- Абака, Текстильний банан
- Urdu
- عباکا
Synonyms
- Musa abaca Perr.
- Musa amboinensis Miq.
- Musa mindanaensis Miq.
- Musa textilis var. amboinensis (Miq.) Baker
- Musa tikap Warb.
- Musa troglodytarum var. textoria Blanco
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: MarvinBikolano, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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 
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.