Plankton
Musa paradisiaca
Also known as Banana, Kadali, Plantain
About Plankton
Musa × paradisiaca is a species as well as a cultivar, originating as the hybrid between Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, cultivated and domesticated by humans very early. Most cultivated bananas and plantains are polyploid cultivars either of this hybrid or of M. acuminata alone. Linnaeus originally used the name M. paradisiaca only for plantains or cooking bananas, but the modern usage includes hybrid cultivars used both for cooking and as dessert bananas. Linnaeus's name for dessert bananas, Musa sapientum, is thus a synonym of Musa × paradisiaca.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Musa paradisiaca
- Genus
- Musa
- Family
- MUSACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Cultivated throughout
- Distribution
- Cultivated in Tropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Bengali
- কাঁচ কলা
Musaceae
Banana family
Plankton belongs to the Musaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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