Musa Acuminata

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Musa acuminata
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For cultivated bananas, see Banana. Musa acuminata | | Scientific classification | Kingdom: | Plantae | Clade: | Angiosperms | Clade: | Monocots | Clade: | Commelinids | Order: | Zingiberales | Family: | Musaceae | Genus: | Musa | Species: | M. acuminata | Binomial name | Musa acuminata
Colla, 1820 | Subspecies | See text | | Original native ranges of the ancestors of modern edible bananas. M. acuminata is shown in green and M. balbisiana in orange.[1] | Synonyms[2] | * Musa cavendishii Lamb. * Musa chinensis Sweet, nom. nud. * Musa corniculata Kurz * Musa nana Lour. * Musa × sapientum var. suaveolens (Blanco) Malag. * Musa rumphiana Kurz * Musa simiarum Kurz * Musa sinensis Sagot ex Baker * And see text |
Musa acuminata is a species of wild banana native to Southeast Asia. It is the progenitor of modern edible bananas, along with Musa balbisiana.[3] First cultivated by humans around 8000 years ago[4][5] it is one of the earliest examples of domesticated plants.
Contents
* 1 Taxonomy and nomenclature * 2 Description * 3 Ecology * 4 Distribution * 5 Domestication * 6 Ornamental * 7 Subspecies * 8 See also * 9 References
Taxonomy and nomenclature
Musa acuminata belongs to section Musa (formerly Eumusa) of the genus Musa. It belongs to the family Musaceae of the order Zingiberales.[2] It is divided into several subspecies (see section below).
Musa acuminata was first described by the Italian botanist Luigi Aloysius Colla in the book Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino (1820).[6][7] Although other authorities have published various names for this species and its hybrids mistaken for different species (notably Musa sapientum by Linnaeus which is now

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