Musa acuminata
Species of banana native to Southeast Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For cultivated bananas, see Banana.
Musa acuminata is a species of banana native to Southern Asia, its range comprising the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Many of the modern edible dessert bananas are from this species, although some are hybrids with Musa balbisiana.[5] First cultivated by humans around 10 kya (8000 BCE),[6][7] it is one of the early examples of domesticated plants.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Zingiberales |
Family: | Musaceae |
Genus: | Musa |
Section: | Musa sect. Musa |
Species: | M. acuminata |
Binomial name | |
Musa acuminata | |
Subspecies | |
See § Subspecies | |
Original native ranges of the ancestors of modern edible bananas. M. acuminata is shown in green and M. balbisiana in orange.[3] | |
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