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    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...
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    Musa × paradisiaca is a species as well as a cultivar, originating as the hybrid between Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, cultivated and domesticated...
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    The blood banana (Musa acuminata var. zebrina), is a variety of the wild banana Musa acuminata native to Sumatra, Indonesia. The blood banana is an ornamental...
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    Asia—Musa balbisiana and Musa acuminata. The Blue Java banana is a triploid (ABB) hybrid of the seeded banana Musa balbisiana and Musa acuminata. Its...
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    largely asexual, hybrids (mostly of two species of wild bananas, Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana) led to endless confusion in banana botany. In the 1940s...
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    banana Musa acuminata, belonging to the AAA group. Its official designation is Musa acuminata (AAA Group) 'Gros Michel'. Synonyms include: Musa acuminata L...
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    Cavendish subgroup of the AAA banana cultivar group (triploid cultivars of Musa acuminata). The same term is also used to describe the plants on which the bananas...
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    cultivated bananas come from two wild species – Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, or hybrids of them. Musa species are native to tropical Indomalaya and...
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    It is one of the ancestors of modern cultivated bananas, along with Musa acuminata. It grows lush leaves in clumps with a more upright habit than most...
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    banana Musa acuminata, belonging to the AAA group. Its official designation is Musa acuminata (AAA Group) 'Red Dacca'. Synonyms include: Musa acuminata Colla...
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    are hybrids and polyploids of two wild, seeded banana species, Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. Cultivated bananas are almost always seedless (parthenocarpic)...
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    is Musa (AA Group) 'Lady Finger'. Synonyms include: Musa acuminata Colla (AA Group) 'Lady's Finger' Musa acuminata Colla (AA Group) 'Sucrier' Musa acuminata...
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    Latundan banana (redirect from Musa 'Silk')
    Musa sapientum. It has since been discovered that Musa sapientum is a hybrid cultivar of the wild seeded bananas Musa balbisiana and Musa acuminata and...
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    a unique species or as a subspecies of Musa acuminata. The first one to note an affinity with Musa acuminata was Ernest E. Cheesman in 1948. In 1957...
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    Grand Nain banana (also spelled Grande Naine) is a banana cultivar of Musa acuminata. It is one of the most commonly cultivated bananas and a member of the...
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    designation is Musa acuminata (AA Group) 'Lakatan'. Synonyms include: Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. lacatan Blanco Musa acuminata Colla...
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    Musa acuminata (AA) 'Sinwobogi' (from Papua New Guinea), and wild seeded Musa acuminata (from the Philippines). Its full designation is Musa acuminata ×...
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    plantains) hybrid of the seeded banana Musa balbisiana and Musa acuminata. Its official designation is Musa acuminata × balbisiana (AAB Group) 'African Rhino...
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    Matoke (redirect from Musa brieyi)
    designation is Musa acuminata Colla (AAA-EA). Synonyms include Musa brieyi De Wild. Their paternal parent is the blood banana subspecies (M. acuminata ssp. zebrina)...
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    name is Musa (AAA group) 'Dwarf Cavendish'. Synonyms include: Musa acuminata L. A. Colla Musa nana J. de Loureiro (name accepted at Mobot) Musa nana auct...
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    Monkoy, Cariñosa, or Cuarenta Dias) are diploid cultivars of the banana Musa acuminata originating in the Philippines. They are very small stout bananas which...
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    bananas Musa balbisiana and Musa acuminata. Its official designation is Musa acuminata × balbisiana (ABB Group) 'Saba'. Synonyms include: Musa × paradisiaca...
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  • cultivar of the Cavendish banana subgroup. Its official designation is Musa acuminata (AAA Group) 'Masak Hijau'. Masak Hijau is also erroneously called "Lacatan"...
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    World's Best Desserts". Banana Banana Cultivar Groups Musa Musa acuminata Ortiz, Amil (2016). MUSA TAXONOMIC REFERENCE COLLECTION (PDF). US: Agricultural...
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  • Thumbnail for Cardava banana
    cardava banana a triploid (ABB) hybrid of the seeded bananas Musa balbisiana and Musa acuminata. It was formerly believed to be a triploid M. balbisiana cultivar...
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  • Wild banana may refer to: Musa acuminata, wild ancestor of the domestic banana plants Musa balbisiana, the domestic banana and true plantain plants Wild...
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    name Artichoke Cynara cardunculus / scolymus Banana flower Musa × paradisiaca, Musa acuminata, usa balibisiana, other bananas Blue pea / Asian pigeonwings...
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    Fe'i banana (redirect from Musa uranoscopos)
    common bananas and plantains derived from Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. All members of the genus Musa are tall herbaceous plants, typically around...
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    Republic Banana Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana, or Musa paradisiaca [failed verification] Cyprus Banana Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana, or Musa paradisiaca...
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    1,361 - 2,037 Yes 764 Yes No Warneckei (Dracaena deremensis "Warneckei") Yes 1,630 Yes 760 Yes 573 Yes No Banana (Musa acuminata) No Yes 488 No No No...
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