Plankton
Musa paradisiaca
Also known as Banana, Kadali, Plantain
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Plankton
Identify Plankton by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Cultivated for edible banana/plantain fruit.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Musaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Plankton.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Musa paradisiaca
- Genus
- Musa
- Family
- Musaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Cultivated throughout
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Distribution
- Cultivated in Tropics
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Punjab, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Bengali
- কাঁচ কলা
About Plankton
Plankton (Musa paradisiaca) belongs to the Musaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and 16 other states. It is cultivated throughout. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Musaceae
Banana family
Plankton belongs to the Musaceae family.
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