How to identify Wild Banana
Identify Wild Banana by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Wild ancestor of cultivated bananas.
- Confirm fruit type: Berry.
- In India, compare location records such as Mizoram, West Bengal, Kerala, Gujarat and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Musaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Wild Banana.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Musa acuminata
- Genus
- Musa
- Family
- Musaceae
- Found in India
- Mizoram, West Bengal, Kerala, Gujarat, Telangana, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“The rather slender fruits are berries, the size of each depends on the number of seeds they contain.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Wild Banana itself; the rest are typical of the Musaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Telugu
- అరటి
About Wild Banana
Wild Banana (Musa acuminata) belongs to the Musaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Mizoram, West Bengal, Kerala and 13 other states.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten.
Musaceae
Banana family
Wild Banana belongs to the Musaceae family.
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