Contains 3 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Musa L.
BANANA
Classification
ZINGIBERALES
Musa
Citation
MUSA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1043. 1753.
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TYPE: Musa paradisiaca Linnaeus Lectotypified by Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 525, 580. 1763.
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Musa acuminata DWARF BANANA Not Native FACW (NWPL)
Musa ornata FLOWERING BANANA Not Native
Musa x paradisiaca COMMON BANANA Not Native UPL (NWPL)
Identification Key
1.  Plant suckering freely; pseudostems 1-3 m tall, rarely >10 cm wide at base; inflorescence erect
2
1.  Pseudostems (2)2.5-8 m tall, (6)10-30 cm wide at base; inflorescence pendulous
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2.  Peduncle green; inflorescence bracts bright pink; ovary glabrous; fruit glabrous, 2.5-4 times longer than wide, green, yellow, pink, to red,
2.  Peduncle red; inflorescence bracts red to pinkish purple; ovary pubescent; fruit pubescent, 1.5-2 times longer than wide, red
3.  Petiole margin prominent, widening from 5 mm distally to 15 mm basally, spreading, not clasping pseudostem; peduncule pubescent or puberulent; fertile inflorescence bracts broadly ovate to suborbicular, externally pale yellow, yellowish green, to dull yellowish purple, internally pale yellow to yellowish green, often rolled or reflexed at the tip, often (1)2-4 open simultaneously; fruit 5-7 cm long
3.  Petiole margin various; peduncle glabrous or pubescent; fertile inflorescence bracts lanceolate to broadly ovate, externally brownish purple, red, dull purple, to yellow, internally bright red, pink, dull purple, to yellow and fading uniformly or to yellow towards base, reflexing or not, 1-4 open simultaneously; fruit usually 7-15 cm long
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4.  Hybrid of or intermediate between M. acuminata and M. balbisiana
4.  Not intermediate
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5.  Suckering moderately; pseudostem 3-8 m tall, (6)10-25 cm wide at base, mostly heavily marked with dark blotches; petiolar canal margin erect or spreading with serial wings basally, not clasping pseudostem; peduncle usually pubescent; fertile bracts externally red, dull purple, to yellow, internally pink, dull purple, to yellow and fading to yellow towards base, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, eventually reflexing and rolling back, widest point of bract usually in the proximal 3/10 or less of its length, apex acute, usually only 1 open at a time; bract scar prominent or tuberculate; pedicel to 1 cm long; male flower creamy white, the free tepal variably corrugated below apex; stigma orange to bright yellow; ovules in 2 regular rows per locule; fruit 8-13 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, subcylindric, pulp often edible; seeds dull black, often somewhat angular or flattened, 5-7 mm by 2-4 mm, minutely tuberculate to nearly smooth
5.  Suckering freely; pseudostem 6-7 m tall, (7)10-30 cm wide at base, greenish with dark blotches in upper part; petiolar canal margin inclosed, not winged basally, clasping pseudostem; peduncle glabrous; bracts externally brownish purple, internally bright red and uniform upon fading, broadly ovate, not reflexing, widest point of bract usually beyond the proximal 3/10 of its length, apex obtuse, often (1)2-4 open simultaneously; bract scar scarcely prominent; pedicel 1-2 cm long; staminate flower variably flushed with pink, the free tepal rarely corrugated; stigma cream, pale yellow to pale pink; ovules in 4 irregular rows per locule; fruit 7-15 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, angulate; seeds black, 5-6 mm by 4-5 mm, irregularly globose, minutely verrucose
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Ensete Ensete Horaninov, Prodr. Monogr. Scitam. 8, 40, t. 4. 1862. TYPE: Ensete edule Horaninov (Musa ensete J. F. Gmelin)