MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Musa names

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Introduction

References

Resources

Most confusing common and cultivar names

Collective names applied to banana (including some plural forms, plant names, fruit names, flower names, excluding plantain names)

Some French plantains

Some Horn plantains

Other plantains

 

Please note :

these pages are badly in need of attention. We cannot update them for a while, so do not take the following as "gospel".

 

INTRODUCTION

Paradoxically sorting names within the genus Musa has been a greater challenge because the documentation is available in greater details than for most genera covered so far, thanks mostly to Prof. N.W. Simmonds who has covered much linguistic ground in his books on bananas. Unfortunately, despite the current knowledge in genetics, a lot more work remains to be done, due to much residual ignorance. The taxonomy in particular is crying out for attention. Further search for vernacular names and their classification could then be attempted with greater success. Until then it would mostly be a "pointless" effort according to N.W. Simmonds (an all too familiar feeling in this line of work). In the meantime it is recommended by authorities to conserve cultivar names, inappropriate as they may sometime be, because they are familiar to field workers, and adopt the grouping system in nomenclature as illustrated below (ie groups of the type (AAB Group), not the cultigroups which may lead to extreme confusion). There is some debate as to whether names of the type : Musa (AAB Group) 'Cultivar' are satisfactory and as informative as they should be. Some authors prefer to add some Latin names between Musa & the group name in order to add to the informative nature of the name. Others are totally against the idea and are of the opinion that anyone reading A or B in a group name ought to know that they refer to acuminata & balbisiana. My problem with this approach is that it sets a precedent and encourage the very inappropriate practice of only quoting the generic name and the cultivar name for any cultivated plant. For example Prunus 'Light-Pink'. Given that group names based on ploidy only exist in relation to bananas, ignoring any grouping and any specific epithet is too tempting to be resisted to. The result are meaningless "names". One may as well use numbers ... and indeed this is also a sad trend.

 

Musa ssp.

As far as I can determine the following collective names apply to "banana", not to the "plantain", a specific cooking banana.

ARABIC : Maouz, Maozeh (Lebanese), Mauz, Mazw, Moaz, Mouz, Moz

BENGALI :

BURMESE : Hnget pyaw / Nget pyaw, Nget pyo thee, Nga pyaw thee, Nga pyaw phoo (flower).

CHINESE : Jiao (Tsiu, Chiu), Shang chao fua (? flower).

DANISH : Banan, Bananer, Bananbusk (plant), Banantræ (plant).

DUTCH : Banaan, Bananen, Banaanboom (plant), Banaanplant, Bananeplant.

ENGLISH : Banana, Banana tree, Banana shrub.

FINNISH : Banaanit, Banaanirata, Banaanikasvi (plant).

FRENCH : Banane, Bananes, Bananier (plant), Figue (ingredient, dried fruit - Caribbean-Sea islands).

GERMAN : Banane, Bananen, Bananenpisang, Bananenstaude (plant).

GUJARATI :

HAUSA : Ayaba.

HEBREW :

HINDI : Kelaa, Kelaa kaa phuul (Kelaa ka fool / Kere kafool) (flower).

ITALIAN : Banana, Banane, Banano (plant).

JAPANESE : Banana, Banana no tsubomi (flower).

KANNADA : Balayhanu.

KHMER : Cheek nam'vaa, Chec.

KOREAN : Panana.

LAOTIAN : Mak guy, Kwàyz, Kok khone.

MALAY : Pisang, Getang (Indonesia), Jantung pisang (flower), Djantoong (Indonesia).

NEPALESE : Kadali.

PORTUGUESE : Banana, Bananas, Bananeira (plant).

RUSSIAN : Banan.

SINHALESE : Kehel, Kehel mal.

SPANISH : Banana, Platano, Plátanos, Cambur (plant), Banano (plant), Platanero (plant).

SWAHILI : Ndizi, Maso.

SWEDISH : Bananer.

TAGALOG : Saging (Fruit), Puso (flower), Punong saging (plant).

TAMIL : Vazha, Vazhei.

TELUGU : Artipandu.

THAI : Kluai / Kluay / Klue / Kluey / Gluai / Glooway / Gkloo ay, Dok kluai (flower), Hua blee (flower).

TURKISH : Muz.

URDU : Kelaa (Keyla), Kelaa kaa phuul (flower).

VIETNAMESE :

YORUBA : Ogede.

 

Main sources for the above: EURODICAUTOM, EUTERPE, Solomon C., PROSEA, Simmonds N.W. (Prof.), Logos, found in references and resources.

Sorting species and matching common names

Ensete edule Bruce ex Horan -> Musa ensete J. F. Gmel.

Ensete maurelii

Further information needed

Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman -> Musa ensete J. F. Gmel.

Musa acuminata Colla

SYNONYM(S): Musa chinensis Sweet, Musa corniculata Kurz, Musa rumphiana Kurz, Musa simiarum Kurz.

CHINESE : Xiang jiao, Xiao guo ye jiao, Zhong guo ai jiao , Gao jiao ya jiao, Gao jiao xiang jiao.

DANISH : Raad i bananspidsen, Sygdom i bananspidsen .

DUTCH : Chinese banaan .

ENGLISH : Wild banana type A, Chinese banana, Dwarf banana, Sweet's banana, Wild banana, Banana inflorescence (ingredient), Banana flower (ingredient), "Seedless banana" (misapplied).

FRENCH : Banane sauvage, Banane de Chine, Bananier de Chine.

GERMAN : Chinabanane.

ITALIAN : Banana di Cina.

PORTUGUESE : Banana da China.

SPANISH : Platano de China.

VIETNAMESE : .

Photograph from Carribean Gardens nursery.

Musa acuminata Colla (AA Group)

ENGLISH : Diploid wild banana.

Musa acuminata Colla (AA Group) cv. 'Chingan'

Musa acuminata Colla (AA Group) cv. 'Lacatan'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. lacatan Blanco ?, Musa acuminata Colla (Cavendish Group) cv. 'Lacatan' ?

ENGLISH: Lacatan banana.

FRENCH: Banane lacatan des Philippines.

JAPANESE : Lacatan.

TAGALOG : Lakatan, Lacatan (see "Confusing Names").

Musa acuminata Colla (AA Group) cv. 'Lady's Finger'

SYNONYM(S): Musa acuminata Colla (AA Group) cv. 'Sucrier', Musa acuminata Colla (Sucrier Group) cv. 'Lady's Finger', Musa x paradisiaca L. cv. 'Lady Finger', Musa x paradisiaca L. cultigroup Sucrier cv. 'Doigt de Femme', Musa x paradisiaca L. cultigroup Saccharinus cv. 'Lady's Finger', Musa x paradisiaca L. cultigroup Saccharinus cv. 'Dedo de Dama', Musa acuminata Colla non L. (Sucrier Group) cv. 'Datil', Musa acuminata Colla non L. (Sucrier Group) cv. 'Niño', Musa acuminata Colla non L. (Sucrier Group) cv. 'Bocadillo'

BURMESE : Segale nget pyaw ( Sagale nget pyaw ?).

DANISH: Sukkerbanan, Figenbanan.

DUTCH: Bananenvijg, Bananevijg.

ENGLISH: Lady finger banana, Sugar banana, Finger banana, Fig banana, Date banana, Edible banana type AAB ?

FRENCH: Banane-figue, Banane mignonne, Figue sucrée (West Indies), Banane figue sucrée, Banane doigt de dame, Banane naine, Banana ficaire, Banana "Sucrier".

GERMAN: Zuckerbanane, Kleine Westindische Banane.

HINDI : Surya kadali.

ITALIAN: Banana fico, Banana nana.

MALAY : Pisang mas.

PORTUGUESE: Banana-figo, Banana dedo-de-dama, Banana anã, Banana ouro (Brazil).

SPANISH: Guineo niño, Guineo blanco (Puerto Rico), Cambur Titiaro (Colombia, Venezuela), Bocadillo (Colombia).

THAI : Kluai Khai (Klue kai).

Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group)

ENGLISH : Triploid wild banana.

Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Ambon Putih'

MALAY : Pisang Embun, Pisang Ambon Putih (Indonesia).

TAGALOG : Ambon.

THAI : Kluai hom dok mai.

Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Cuban Red' -> Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Red Dacca'

Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Dacca'

SYNONYM(S): Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Green Dacca', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Green Red', Musa dacca Horan, Musa x paradisiaca L. var. dacca (Horan) Baker ex Schum.

ENGLISH : Dacca banana.

FRENCH : Banane monsieur (Seychelles), Figue rose-blanche (Carribean), Figue créole blanche (Martinique).

HINDI : Venkadali.

MALAY : Pisang mundam.

PORTUGUESE : Caru verde (Brazil).

SINHALESE : Galanamalu.

SPANISH : Morado verde, Colorado blanco, Tafetan verde (Colombia).

Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Dwarf Cavendish'

SYNONYM(S): Musa acuminata Colla (Cavendish Group) cv. 'Dwarf Cavendish', Musa x paradisiaca L. cultigroup Dwarf Cavendish, Musa cavendishii Lambert & Paxton var. nana.

ARABIC : Maouz siny, Moz hindi.

BURMESE : Wet ma lut.

CHINESE: Fen jiao, Ai keuk heung ngar tsiu (Cantonese).

DANISH: Cavendish banan, Frugtbanan.

DUTCH: Dwergbanaan.

ENGLISH: Dwarf cavendish, Dwarf cavendish banana, Cavendish banana, Dwarf banana, Fruit banana.

FINNISH: Kääpiöbanaani.

FRENCH: Banane Cavendish, Banane naine, Petite naine.

GERMAN: Cavendish-Banane, Obstbanane.

HINDI : Basrai, Bhusawal, Jahaji, Kabulee, Pacha wara, Pacha vazhai, Vamanakeli.

ITALIAN: Banana Cavendish.

MALAY : Pisang serendah.

PORTUGUESE: Banana cavendish, Cavendish aña, Caturra (Brazil), Banana da China.

SINHALESE : Binkehel, Nanukehel, Pandi.

SPANISH: Banano enano, Guineo enano (Colombia), Camburi pigmeo (Venezuela), Cachaco, Cuatrofilos, Colicero, Carapé, Popocho.

THAI : Klue hom kom.

VIETNAMESE : Chuoi duu.

Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Dwarf Red'

SYNONYM(S): Musa acuminata Colla ( Cavendish Group) cv. 'Dwarf Red'

ENGLISH : Dwarf red cavendish banana.

Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Giant Cavendish'

SYNONYM(S): Musa acuminata Colla ( Cavendish Group) cv. 'Giant Cavendish', Musa x paradisiaca L. cultigroup Giant Cavendish, Musa cavendishii Lambert & Paxton cv. 'Giant Cavendish'.

DANISH: Cavendish banan, Frugtbanan.

DUTCH: Cavendishbanaan.

ENGLISH: Giant cavendish banana, Cavendish banana, Fruit banana.

FINNISH: Kääpiöbanaani.

FRENCH: Banane cavendish.

GERMAN: Cavendish-Banane, Obstbanane.

ITALIAN: Banana Cavendish.

MALAY : Pisang buai.

PORTUGUESE : Banana Cavendish, Cavendish anã.

VIETNAMESE: Chuoi-già ?

Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Grand Nain'

SYNONYM(S): Musa acuminata Colla ( Cavendish Group) cv. 'Grand Nain'

ENGLISH : Cavendish banana "Grand Nain".

FRENCH: Bananier cavendish "Grand Nain".

Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Gros Michel'

SYNONYM(S): Musa acuminata L. cv. 'Gros Michel' ?, Musa x paradisiaca L. cv. 'Gros Michel' ? 

BURMESE : Thihmwe.

DANISH : Gros Michel banan.

DUTCH : Gros Michel, Fyffes-banaan.

ENGLISH : Gros Michel banana.

FRENCH : Banane "Gros Michel".

GERMAN : Gros Michel - Banane.

ITALIAN : Banana "Gros Michel".

MALAY : Pisang Ambon, Pisang embung (Indonesia ? or wrong spelling ?).

PORTUGUESE: Banana Gros Michel.

SPANISH: Platano "Gros Michel", Guineo gigante, Banano, Platano roatan.

THAI : Kluai hom thong.

Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Masak Hijau'

SYNONYM(S): Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Pisang Masak Hijau', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Monte Cristo', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Giant Fig', Musa acuminata Colla (Cavendish Group) cv. 'Lacatan' ? (see "Confusing Names"), Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. lacatan Blanco ?

ENGLISH : Indonesian cavendish banana, Jamaican Lacatan, Lacatan banana (Jamaica, see "Confusing Names").

FRENCH : Banane cavendish des Philippines, Banane cavendish d'Indonésie.

MALAY : Pisang masak hijau, Pisang embun lumut, Pisang ambon lumut (Indonesia), Pisang ambon loemoet (Indonesia), Pisang berangan , Pisang barangan (Indonesia).

SINHALESE : Sapumal anamalu.

SPANISH : Buñgulan.

TAGALOG : Bungulan, Banglana, Bongolan, Balungun.

THAI : Kluai hom kiau (Klue hom kiau).

Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Poyo' -> Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Robusta'

Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Red Dacca'

SYNONYM(S): Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Red', Musa sapientum L. f. rubra Bail., Musa sapientum L. var. rubra (Firm.) Baker , Musa rubra Wall. ex Kurz., Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. rubra, Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Cuban Red', Musa acuminata Colla (Cavendish Group) cv. 'Cuban Red', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Red Jamaican', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Jamaican Red', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Spanish Red'.

BURMESE : Shwe nget pyaw.

CHINESE : Hong guo jiao.

DANISH : Kubabanan, Aeblebanan, Rød banan.

DUTCH : Rode banaan, Cubabanaan.

ENGLISH : Red dacca (Australia), Red banana, 'Red' banana (USA), Claret banana, Cavendish banana "Cuban Red", Jamaican red banana, Red cavendish banana.

FRENCH : Figue rose (Guadeloupe, Martinique), Figue rouge (Haiti), Figue rouge-vin, Figue violette (Guadeloupe), Bacove violette (French Guiana), Banane rouge, Banane violette, Banane de Cuba.

GERMAN : Weinrote Banane, Kuba Banane.

HINDI : Lal kela, Lal kera, Chenkadali.

ITALIAN : Banana rosa, Banana di Cuba

JAPANESE : Baracoa.

MALAY : Pisang raja udang.

PORTUGUESE: Banana roxa (Brazil), Bananeira roxa, Banana vermelha.

SINHALESE : Rathambala.

SPANISH : Banano color clarete, Tafetan (Colombia), Tafetan morado (Colombia), Guineo morado (Cuba), Colorado (Puerto Rico), Platano colorado.

TAGALOG : Morado.

THAI : Klue nak.

Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Robusta'

SYNONYM(S): Musa acuminata Colla (Cavendish Group) cv. 'Robusta', Musa acuminata Colla (Giant Cavendish Group) cv. 'Poyo'

DANISH : Poyo-banan, Robusta-banan.

DUTCH : Poyobanaan, Robustabanaan.

ENGLISH : Poyo banana, Robusta banana.

FRENCH : Banane "Poyo", Banane Robusta.

GERMAN : Poyo-Banane, Robusta-Banane.

ITALIAN : Banana "Poyo",.

PORTUGUESE: Banana "Poyo", .

PORTUGUESE: Bananeira-prata, Bananeira-dos-sabios, Bananeira-roxa.

SPANISH: Platano "Poyo", Banano Robusta.

Musa acuminata Colla (AAAA Group)

ENGLISH : Tetraploid wild banana.

Musa acuminata Colla (AAAA Group) cv. 'Bodles Altafort'

ENGLISH : Jamaican banana 'Bodles Altafort'.

Musa acuminata Colla (AAAA Group) cv. 'Golden Beauty'

ENGLISH : 'Golden Beauty' banana.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAAB Group) cv. 'Atan'

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group)

SYNONTM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (Plantain Group), Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group, Plantain subgroup)

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Black French'

ENGLISH : Black French plantain.

FRENCH : Banane noire.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Bungaoisan'

FRENCH : Plantain des Philippines "Bungaoisan".

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Celat'

SYNONTM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Cuban', Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Red Jamaica'

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Dwarf French Plantain'

PORTUGUESE : Banana maranhao caturra (Brazil), Maranhao ana.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'French Plantain'

SYNONTM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (French Plantain Group)

ENGLISH : French plantain, African plantain.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Giant'

ENGLISH : Giant plantain, French plantain 'Giant'.

FRENCH : Banana cent livres (West Indies).

HINDI : Myindoli.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Green French'

SYNONTM(S) : Musa x paradisiaca L. cultigroup Plantain cv. 'Green French'

CHINESE : Xiang ya jiao.

DANISH: Hestebanan, Melbanan, Pisangbanan..

DUTCH : Meelbanaan, Gewone banaan, Kookbanaan.

ENGLISH : Plantain, French plantain, 'Green French' plantain.

FRENCH : Banane créole, Banane des Antilles , Banane blanche , Banane musquée blanche, Banane musquée, Banane ordinaire.

GERMAN : Franzoesische Pisangfeige, Kochbanane, Mehlbanane.

ITALIAN : Banana creola, Banano da legume, Banano da farina.

PORTUGUESE : Banana creoula, Plátano, Plátano congo (Puerto Rico).

SPANISH : Plantano, Plátano frances, Plátano.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Horn Plantain'

SYNONYM(S): Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (French Plantain Group) , Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Dominico Gigante', Musa (AAB group, Plantain subgroup) cv. 'Horn', Musa corniculata Rumphius , Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Orinoco'

DANISH: Hornformet banan.

DUTCH: Hoornmeelbanaan, Hoornplantaan.

ENGLISH: Horn plantain, Horse plantain, Javanese cooking plantain, Orinoco banana.

FRENCH: Banane corne.

GERMAN: Hornfoermige Pisangfeige

MALAY : Pisang lang, Pisang tandok (Malaysia & Indonesia) (not to be confused with P. tandook / P. tanduk).

PORTUGUESE: Banana corno, Banana de chifre, Banana pacova (Brazil), Farta velhaco (Brazil), Banana macho.

SINHALESE : Kochchikehel.

SPANISH: Platano macho (Mexico), Harton de Castilla, Harton (Colombia, Puerto Rico), Platano comun (Puerto Rico), Platano maricongo (Puerto Rico), Banano macho (Panama), Platano macho (Cuba).

TAGALOG : Tindok,Tundoc.

THAI : Kluai nga chang (Klue ngar chang).

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Laknao'

ENGLISH : Asian plantain "Laknao".

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Maqueño'

ENGLISH : Polynesian banana 'Maia Maoli', Fijian banana 'Vudi Bawa', Samoan banana 'Fa'i Samoa', French plantain "Maqueño".

ENGLISH : French plantain 'Madre del Platanar'.

PORTUGUESE : Banana da terra, Banana maranhao (Brazil).

SPANISH : Platano 'Maqueño' (Ecuador), Comino (Colombia), Dominico (Colombia), Platano negro, Platano 'Madre del Platanar' (Colombia).

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Mysore'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Poovan', Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Thousand Grain', Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Fillbasket', Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. champa, Musa sapientum L. var. champa Baker,

ARABIC : 'Moz soba'a el sitt' (Egypt).

BURMESE : Nget pyaw chin.

ENGLISH : Indian banana "Mysore", Mysore banana, Champa banana (North-East India),

HINDI : Champa (North-East India), Lal velchi (North-West India), Karpura chakkara keli (Southern India).

MALAY : Pisang keling.

SAMOAN : Misi Luki.

SINHALESE : Honderawala.

THAI : Kluai khai farang (Klue kai ferang).

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Pink French'

ENGLISH : Pink French plantain.

HINDI : Nendran.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Pisang Seribu'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa chiliocarpa Backer 

MALAY : Pisang seribu.

THAI : Klue roi wee.

VIETNAMESE: Chuoi tram-nai.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Pome'

ENGLISH : 'Lady's Finger' banana (Australia), 'Brazilian' banana (Hawaii).

HINDI : Sirumalai, Virupakchi.

MALAY : Pisang kelat jambi.

SINHALESE : Puwalu.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Popoulu'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa discolor hort. ex Horan

ENGLISH : Hawaiian banana 'Popoulu', Plantain 'Popoulou'.

FRENCH: Banane à chair rouge ?, Banane de Nouvelle Calédonie.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Raja'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa x paradisiaca L., Musa x sapientum L., Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla cv. 'Grindy'

ENGLISH : King banana, Rajah banana , Rajahpuri banana ?

JAVANESE : Biu Raja (Bali).

MALAY : Pisang Raja (Malaysia & Indonesia), Biu Raja (Java).

TAGALOG : Radja.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Red Plantain'

ENGLISH: Wine plantain, Red plantain.

FRENCH: Banane créole rouge, Banane rouge, Banane rouge-vin.

HINDI : Velaththan.

SPANISH: Platano colorado.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Silk'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. cubensis, Musa x paradisiaca L., Musa x sapientum L., Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla.

BURMESE : Htaw bat.

ENGLISH : Silk banana, Apple banana, Sugar banana (Australia), Dr Turdan (Philippines), Silk fig, Tropical dessert banana.

FRENCH : Figue pomme.

HINDI : Sabari.

MALAY : Pisang rastali, Pisang raja sereh (Indonesia).

PORTUGUESE : Banana de Cuba, Banana maca.

SINHALESE : Kolikutta.

SPANISH : Banana manzana, Banana maça (South America), Manzana, Manzano, Platano manzano.

TAGALOG : Latundan, Tundan, Cantong.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Tiger'

ENGLISH : Tiger plantain, French plantain 'Tiger'.

FRENCH : Banana puce.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AABB Group) cv. 'Kalamagol'

FRENCH : Petite banane de Bougainville.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AB Group) cv. 'Ney Poovan'

ENGLISH : Lady's finger banana (see "Confusing names").

HINDI : Chini champa (North-East India), Ney poovan (Southern India), Safet velchi (North-West India).

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) cv. 'Blue Java'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) cv. 'Ice Cream'

ENGLISH : Javanese cooking banana, Hawaiian banana, 'Ice Cream' banana (Hawaii), 'Blue Java' banana (Fiji).

SPANISH : Cenizo (Central America).

TAGALOG : Krie.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) cv. 'Bluggoe'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) cv. 'Burro', Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) cv. 'Chato', Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) cv. 'Moko'

ENGLISH : Cooking banana, Horse banana, Thai cooking banana, Hog banana.

FRENCH : Banane cochon (Haiti).

MALAY : Pisang abu keling, Pisang Kepok (Indonesia).

SPANISH : Platano burro, Chamaluco (Puerto Rico), Largo (Mexico).

THAI : Kluai hak muk.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) cv. 'Ice Cream' -> Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) cv. 'Blue Java'

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) cv. 'Pisang awak'

BURMESE : Yak hine.

ENGLISH : Thai cooking banana, Ducasse banana (Australia).

MALAY : Pisang awak, Pisang siem (Indonesia) ?, Pisang klotok (Indonesia).

TAGALOG : Katali.

THAI : Kluai nam wa (Klue nam wa).

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) cv. 'Saba'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa x paradisiaca L. cultigroup Plantain cv. 'Saba'

ENGLISH : Saba banana, Papaya banana, Pawpaw banana, Philippines cooking banana, Bali cooking banana.

JAVANESE : Biu gedang saba (Bali).

MALAY : Pisang Nepah, Pisang Kepok (Indonesia) (both names need checking and cultivated group needs checking).

TAGALOG : Cardaba.

THAI : Kluai Hin.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) cv. 'Silver Bluggoe'

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABBB Group) cv. 'Tiparot'

BURMESE : Pya ye san.

FRENCH : Banane à cuire de Siam.

MALAY : Pisang abu Siam, Pisang batu, Pisang Siam.

TAGALOG : Tiparot, Balongkaue.

THAI : Kluai teparod, Kluai pli hai, Kluai sangkivo.

Musa acuminata Colla subsp. banksii (F. Muell.) Simm. -> Musa banksii F.Mueller

Musa acuminata Colla subsp. burmannica

ENGLISH: Burmese wild banana ?

Musa acuminata Colla subsp. malaccensis (Ridl.) N.W. Simmonds

Musa acuminata Colla subsp. microcarpa (Becc.) N.W. Simmonds

ENGLISH: Small-fruited wild banana ?

Musa acuminata Colla subsp. siamea N.W. Simmonds

ENGLISH: Thai wild banana ?

Musa airori Sagot

ENGLISH: Fe'i banana.

JAPANESE : Airori, Aiori ?

Musa bakeri Hook. f.

VIETNAMESE:

Musa balbisiana Colla

SYNONYM(S): Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. seminifera (Lour.) Baker, Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. seminifera (Lour.) K. Schum., Musa seminifera Lour., Musa brachycarpa Back..

CHINESE: Jiao, Ye jiao.

DANISH: Melet banan.

DUTCH: Meelbanaan.

ENGLISH: Balbis banana, Starchy banana, Mealy banana, Seedy banana, Wild starchy banana, Banana inflorescence (ingredient), Banana flower (ingredient), Wild banana type B.

FINNISH: Jauhobanaani.

FRENCH: Banane farineuse.

GERMAN: Mehlbanane.

ITALIAN: Banana farinosa.

MALAY : Pisang batu, Biu batu (Indonesia - Bali).

PORTUGUESE: Bananeira-do-paraíso, Bananeira-pão.

SPANISH: Banano harinoso.

THAI: Kluai taanee.

VIETNAMESE : -.

Photograph of whole plant, linked to beautiful shots of inflorescence and flower by Dan Skean, USDA Plant Introduction Station, Miami, Florida, USA.

Musa balbisiana Colla (BB Group)

ENGLISH : Diploid wild banana.

Musa balbisiana Colla (BBB Group)

ENGLISH : Triploid wild banana.

Musa balbisiana Colla (BBB Group) cv. 'Cardaba'

VISAYAN : Cardaba.

Musa balbisiana Colla (BBB Group) cv. 'Pisang Nepah'

SYNONYM(S): Musa balbisiana Colla (BBB Group) cv. 'Saba' ? Musa balbisiana Colla (BBB Group) cv. 'Asian Saba' ?

MALAY : Pisang nepah.

Musa banksii F.Mueller

SYNONYM(S): Musa acuminata Colla subsp. banksii (F. Muell.) Simm. nom. illeg.

Information needed

Musa banksii F.Mueller var. banksii

Information needed

Musa banksii F.Mueller var. muelleriana Domin

Information needed

Musa basjoo Sieb. & Zucc. 

CHINESE: Ba jiao, Ba jiao you, Gan jiao, Ya jiao.

ENGLISH: Japanese banana.

FRENCH: Bananier basjoo, Bananier du Japon.

JAPANESE : Bashou.

Musa beccarii

Information needed

Musa cavendishii Lamb. -> Musa x paradisiaca L. cultigroup Giant Cavendish

Musa charlioi W.Hill

Information needed

Musa chiliocarpa Backer -> Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Pisang Seribu'

Musa coccinea Andr. 

SYNONYM(S): Musa uranoscopos Lour. non Rumph., Musa uranoscopos Lour. non Colla

CHINESE: Ba jiao hong, Hong jiao, Ye jiao, Xiao ba jiao, Mi-jên chiao (Taiwan).

JAPANESE : Hime bashou (as M. uranoscopos Lour.).

VIETNAMESE : , chuoi tau.

Musa corniculata Lour. -> ? (IPNI)

Musa corniculata Kurz -> Musa acuminata Colla (IPNI)

Musa discolor hort. ex Horan -> Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Popoulu'

Musa ensete J. F. Gmel.

SYNONYM(S): Ensete edule Bruce ex Horan, Musa ventricosa Welw., Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman

DANISH : Abessinsk banan.

DUTCH : Ensete, Enset.

ENGLISH : Abyssinian banana, Abyssinian plantain, Bruce's banana.

FINNISH : Etiopianbanaani.

FRENCH: Bananier d'Abyssinie, Bananier ensete.

GERMAN : Abessinische Banane, Bruce-Banane.

ITALIAN : Banano d'Abissinia.

PORTUGUESE : Bananeira da Abissinia.

SPANISH : Platano de Abisinia, Platano gigante.

Musa ensete J. F. Gmel. cv. 'Green Stripe'

Musa ensete J. F. Gmel. cv. 'Red Stripe'

Musa errans Teodoro -> Musa troglodytarum L. var. errans

Musa errans Teodoro var. botoan

DANISH : Buthan-banan

DUTCH : Butuhan-banaan.

ENGLISH : Butuhan banana, Fleur de banane des Philippines.

FRENCH : Banane Butuhan à graines

GERMAN : Butuhan-Banane

ITALIAN : Banana Butuan

JAPANESE : Botoan, Botoan banana.

PORTUGUESE : Banana Butuhan

SPANISH : Platano Butuhan.

Musa fehi Bertero ex Vieill.

SYNONYM(S): Musa fei Bertero ex Nadeaud, Musa troglodytarum Kurz

ENGLISH : Fe'i banana, Hawaiian ornamental banana, Fehi banana.

Musa fitzalanii F.Muell.

SYNONYM(S): Musa fitzalani F.Muell.

ENGLISH : Fitzalan's banana, Daintree's River banana (Australia).

Musa formosana Hayata -> Musa textilis Née. var. tashiroi Hayata

Musa glauca Roxb. 

SYNONYM(S): Ensete glaucum (Roxb.) Chesm.

ENGLISH : Wild banana, Seeded sweet banana.

MALAY : Pisang pidak (Java).

THAI: Kluai huato.

VIETNAMESE: .

Musa halabanensis Meijer

ENGLISH : West Sumatra wild banana.

Musa hillii F.Muell.

Information needed

Musa itinorans Cheesm

CHINESE : Hei ba jiao.

ENGLISH : Rhizomatic banana.

Musa jackeyi W.Hill

ENGLISH : Johnstone River banana (Australia).

Musa liukiuensis (Matsum.) Makino

SYNONYM(S) : Musa x sapientum var. liukiuensis Matsum., Musa sapientum L. var. liukiuensis Matsum.

JAPANESE : Ito bashou.

Musa maculata Jacq.

FRENCH : Banane épicée de l'Île Maurice.

Musa malaccensis Ridley -> Musa acuminata Colla non L.

Musa mannii

Information needed

Musa martinii hort. ex Carrière

SYNONYM(S): Musa martinii R. de Noter

CHINESE:

ENGLISH: Small banana.

FRENCH: Petite banane des Îles Canaries.

VIETNAMESE:

Musa minor Nakai

Musa nana auct. div. non Lour.

Musa nana Lour.

SYNONYM(S): Musa sinensis Sagot.

CHINESE : Ai jiao, Xiang jiao.

DANISH : Dvaergbanan.

DUTCH : Dwergbanaan.

ENGLISH : Dwarf banana.

FRENCH : Banane coup de vent, Bananier nain.

GERMAN : Kleine Banane, Zwergbanane.

ITALIAN : Banano nano.

JAPANESE : Sanjaku banana.

PORTUGUESE : Banana da China, Bananeira aña, Bananeira-cambuta, Bananeira-caturra, Bananeira-nanica.

SPANISH : Guineo enano, Platano enano, Banano enano, Guineo enano.

VIETNAMESE : - , .

Musa nepalensis  

DANISH : Nepal-banan.

DUTCH : Nepal-banaan.

ENGLISH : Nepal banana.

FRENCH : Banane du Népal, Banane népalaise.

GERMAN : Nepal-Banane

ITALIAN : Banana del Nepal.

PORTUGUESE : Banana do Nepal.

SPANISH : Banano de Nepal, Banano nepalés.

Musa ornata Roxb.

SYNONYM(S): Musa rubra Wall., Musa rosacea ?

ENGLISH : Ornamental banana, Flowering banana.

FRENCH : Bananier d'ornement.

VIETNAMESE : - .

Musa ornata Roxb. cv. 'African Red'

Musa ornata Roxb. cv. 'Bronze'

Musa ornata Roxb. cv. 'Lavender Beauty'

Musa ornata Roxb. cv. 'Leyte White'

Musa ornata Roxb. cv. 'Milky Way'

Musa ornata Roxb. cv. 'Royal Blue'

Musa ornata Roxb. cv. 'Royal Burgundy'

Musa ornata Roxb. var. normalis Kuntze

Musa paradisiaca L. -> Musa x paradisiaca L.

Musa paradisiaca L. var. sapientum (L.) Kuntze -> Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze -> Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Silk Fig'

Musa rosacea Jacq.

VIETNAMESE: , .

Musa salaccensis Zoll.

ENGLISH : Javanese wild banana.

Musa sanguinea Hook. f. -> Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. sanguinea Welw.

Musa sapientum L. -> Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze -> Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Silk Fig'

Musa sapientum L. var. champa Baker -> Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Mysore'

Musa sapientum L. var. rubra (Firm.) Baker -> Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Red Dacca'

Musa sinensis Sagot ex Baker

Musa textilis Née. 

SYNONYM(S):

CHINESE: Jiao ma.

DANISH: Abaca, Manilahamp.

DUTCH: Abaca, Manillahennep.

ENGLISH: Manila hemp, Abaca.

FINNISH: Manilahamppu, Manilla.

FRENCH: Chanvre de Manille.

GERMAN: Manilahanf.

ITALIAN: Abaca, Canapa di Manila.

POLISH : Banan manilski.

PORTUGUESE: Abacá, Cânhamo-de-Manila

SPANISH: Abacá, Cáñamo de Manila.

SWEDISH : Manillahampa.

VIETNAMESE: .

Musa textilis Née. var. tashiroi Hayata

SYNONYM(S) : Musa formosana Hayata

ENGLISH: Taiwan hemp.

FRENCH: Chanvre de Formose.

JAPANESE : Taiwan bashou.

Musa troglodytarum L.

SYNONYM(S): Musa uranoscopos Colla. non Lour.

ENGLISH: Fe'i banana.

JAPANESE : Airori, Aiori ? , Borabora banana.

Musa troglodytarum Kurz -> Musa fehi Bert. ex Vieill. (IPNI)

Musa troglodytarum L. -> Musa sapientum L. (IPNI)

Musa troglodytarum L. var. acutaebracteata

Musa troglodytarum L. var. errans

SYNONYM(S): Musa errans Teodoro

JAPANESE : Botoan banana.

Musa troglodytarum L. var. typica

Musa uranoscopos Colla. -> Musa troglodytarum L. (IPNI)

Musa uranoscopos Lour. -> Musa coccinea Andr. (IPNI)

Musa ventricosa Welw. -> Musa ensete J. F. Gmel.

Musa velutina H. Wendl. & Drude

ENGLISH: Fuzzy banana, Pink banana.

Musa wilsonii Tutcher 

SYNONYM(S): Ensete wilsonii (Tutch.) Cheesman

CHINESE: Shu tou ba jiao, Ye ba jiao, Da shu tou ba jiao.

Outdated botanical names matched with some common names (still being sorted and relocated in relevant places)

Musa x paradisiaca L.

SYNONYM(S): Musa paradisiaca L., Musa x sapientum L., Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla

CHINESE : Da jiao, Fen ba jiao.

FRENCH: Banane cultivée, Bananier des sages, Bananier de paradis, Bananier commun.

GERMAN: Obstbanane, Jamaicabanane.

ITALIAN: Banana comune, Banano comune, Fico d'Adamo.

JAPANESE : Banana.

LAOTIAN : Kwàyz khauz.

MALAY : Pisang.

SPANISH: Plátano manzano, Plátano Guinea, Higuera de Adán, Higuera de las Indias.

TAGALOG : Saging.

Musa x paradisiaca L. cultigroup Plantain

SYNONYM(S): Musa (AAB Group)

ENGLISH : French plantain.

Musa x paradisiaca L. cultigroup Plantain cv. 'Green French' -> Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Green French'

Musa x paradisiaca L. cultigroup Plantain cv. 'Macho' -> Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Horn Plantain'

Musa x paradisiaca L. cultigroup Plantain cv. 'Maricongo'

Musa x paradisiaca L. cultigroup Plantain cv. 'Pelipita'

Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze

SYNONYM(S) : Musa paradisiaca L. var. sapientum (L.) Kuntze, Musa sapientum L., Musa x sapientum L.

DANISH : Kanarisk banan, Spisebanan.

DUTCH : Canarische banaan, Eetbanaan, Bacove, Bakove.

ENGLISH : Canary banana, Table banana, Common banana.

FINNISH : Banaani, Hedelmaebanaani.

FRENCH : Figue banane, Banane des Canaries, Banane de table, Bacove.

GERMAN : Speisebanane, Obstbanane, Kanarische Banane.

ITALIAN : Banana delle Canarie.

PORTUGUESE: Bananeira prata, Bananeira dos sabios.

SPANISH : Banano de mesa, Banano de las Islas Canarias.

Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze cv. 'Misi Luki'

ENGLISH: Samoan banana.

Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. cubensis -> Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Silk'

Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. lacatan Blanco -> Musa acuminata Colla (AA Group) cv. 'Lacatan'

Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. rubra -> Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Red Dacca'

Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. sanguinea Welw.

SYNONYM(S): Musa sanguinea Hook. f.

FRENCH : Bananier ornemental.

VIETNAMESE : - .

Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. suaveolens Blanco -> Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Masak Hijau'

Musa x paradisiaca L. var. dacca (Horan) Baker ex Schum. -> Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Dacca'

Musa x paradisiaca L. var. dacca (Horan) Baker ex Schum. cv. 'Red Dacca' -> Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Red Dacca'

Musa zebrina Van Houtte ex Planchon -> Musa acuminata Colla non L.

Musella lasiocarpa (A. R. Franchet) C. Y. Wu ex H.-W. Li

SYNONYM(S): Musa lasiocarpa A. R. Franchet, Ensete lasiocarpum (A. R. Franchet) E. E. Cheesman

ENGLISH: Chinese yellow banana.

Photograph of flower and description by David A. Bar-Zvi at Fairchild Tropical Garden.

 

 

Common and cultivar names remaining doubtful and to be sorted

 

1. Where should these Malay names be placed ?

Pisang abu perak, Pisang batoe, Pisang batu, Pisang buai, Pisang embung (Cavendish ? or dwarf cavendish ?), Pisang kelat, , Pisang kelat jambi, Pisang kepok, Pisang serendah, Pisang swanggi.

2. Where should these Thai names be placed ?

Kluai thon, Kluai nuan, Kluai saatsanaa, A-phae-la.

3. What is the "Ducasse" banana ? a name used in Australia for Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) cv. 'Pisang awak'

4. What is called a monkey banana in Japan ? = Monkey plantain / Horn Plantain (Group AAB) see Simmonds (1959) p105.

5. Which species do these Balinese cultivars / types belong to ?

Ivory banana / Biu gading, green-skinned mature fruit,

Milk banana / Biu susu, a yellow-skinned finger type,

Shrimp banana / Biu udang / Crevette rose, a red-skinned finger type,

Wood banana / Biu kayu, thin fruit,

Stone banana / Biu batu, contains seeds.

6. Thai name : Kluai lep chang kut

7. Pilipino name : 'Abuhon'

 

 

 

Most confusing names

Banane de Cuba (Martinique) = Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Red Dacca'

Banana de Cuba (Portuguese) = Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Silk'

Lacatan (West Indies, Jamaica, Latin America) = 'Masak Hijau' (Indonesia, Malaysia) (AAA Group)

Lacatan (Philippines) = 'Lacatan' (AA Group)

Lady's Finger (Hawaii) = Lady's Finger (West Indies) = 'Ney Poovan' (India) (AB Group)

Lady's Finger (Hawaii) = 'Sucrier' (USA) (AA Group) <- main "Lady's Finger", most widely distributed in the world

Lady's Finger (Australia) = 'Silk' (USA) (AAB Group) very likely misapplied, should read 'Pome'.

Lady's Finger (Australia) = 'Pome' (USA) (AAB Group)

Lady's Finger (Fiji) = Lady's Finger (Egypt) = 'Mysore' (USA) (AAB Group)

Platano (Spanish - Spain, Canary Islands, most of Latin America) = Banana (most other languages).

Platano (Spanish - Mexico, Cuba) = Banana (Europe, North America)

Platano (Spanish - Mexico, Cuba) = Plantain (Europe, North America)

Red Jamaica (British Guiana / Guyana) = 'Celat' (AAB Group)

Red Jamaican / Cuban Red = 'Red Dacca' (AAA Group) This needs checking

Saba (not from Philippines or Indonesia) = 'Saba' (ABB Group)

Saba (Philippines, Indonesia) = 'Saba' (BBB Group) = 'Asian Saba' (BBB Group) ?

Both botanical names below have been applied "correctly" and wrongly, by a multitude of authors, to many sorts of bananas, at various times over the last few decades. According to some authorities, and with the blessing of N.W. Simmonds, paradisiaca should have been applied to French Plantain and sapientum to Silk Fig representing types or groups and / or cultivars (or more correctly clones). Both fall into the AAB group.

Musa x paradisiaca L. = Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'French Plantain'

Musa x sapientum L. = Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Silk Fig'

 

REFERENCES

 

Constantine David, 2000, An Annotated List of the Species of Ensete, Musa & Musella - List of Published Species. < http://users.globalnet.co.uk/~drc/Summary.htm#section2 >

Crane J.H. & Balerdi C.F. 1998, The Banana in Florida, Dept. of Horticultural Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. <http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/txt/mg/10972.html>, Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System <http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu>, Banana Cultivars & Ploidy Levels <http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/txt/fairs/62740>

Espino R.R.C., Jamaluddin S.H., Bechamas Silayoi & Nasution R.E., 1991, Musa L. (Edible Cultivars) In Verheij E.W.M. & Coronel R.E. (Editors) : Plant Resources of South-East Asia N°2 . Edible Fruits and Nuts. Pudoc Scientific Publishers, Wageningen. pp 225 - 233.

Morton Julia F. 1987, updated 1998, The Banana. Introduction, Variety names & Descriptions. A reprint of Morton J.F. 1987, Banana, in Fruits of Warm Climates, pp 29 - 46. With updates. Provided by New Crops, Purdue University.

Nasution R.E., 1993, Musa L. In Siemonsma J.S. & Kasem Piluek (Editors) : Plant Resources of South-East Asia N°8 . Vegetables. Pudoc Scientific Publishers, Wageningen. pp 215 - 217.

Rossel Gerda, 2001, Musella lasiocarpa in The genus Musella - an annotated list of species by Constantine David. < http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~drc/musellalasiocarpa.htm >

Simmonds N.W., 1959, Bananas, Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd. London, U.K.

Stover R.H. & Simmonds N.W., 1987, (Third Edition), Bananas, Longman Scientific & Technical U.K. Copublished in USA with John Wiley & Sons New York.

Takashi Enomoto, 2000, Wild Plants of Japan. Okayama University, Japan. < http://www.rib.okayama-u.ac.jp/wild/kika/tanshiyo.htm >.

Valmayor R.V. & Wagih M.E., 1996, Musa L. (Plantain and Cooking Banana). In Flach M. & Rumawas F. (Editors) : Plant Resources of South-East Asia N°9 . Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. pp 126 - 131.

RESOURCES

 

A simple introduction to cultivated bananas. On Marco Bleeker's Site < http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/2011/Musa.html>

FAO provides a World List of Seed Sources and Plant Genetic Resources via a searching tool. An example can be generated by typing the words "banana" and "Thailand" in the two relevant windows of the form provided. The only drawback is that very few of the seed companies or organisations mentioned have a www presence or if they do they are are simply not linked.

Plantamerica Database, PLANT-LINK. A URL searching tool spanning 8 of the best known general search engines, such as Alta Vista, for plant related web sites. You initiate one search - you get 8 sets of results in the same amount of time it would take for 1.

A Thai medicinal site in Thai (special software required to read script). Section on Musa. <http://www.mahidol.ac.th/mahidol/py/mpcenter/html/musa.html>

 

PLANTAINS (Plantain Subgroup) or (Plantain Group) or (AAB Group)

Some plantains of the FRENCH PLANTAIN TYPE

Some plantains of the HORN PLANTAIN TYPE

'Black French' (Trinidad)

'Banana Pacova' (Brazil)

'Giant Plantain' (Trinidad)

'Banane Corne' (West Indies)

'Green French' (Trinidad)

'Dominico Gigante' (Colombia)

'Kaali Eththan' (India)

'Harton' (Colombia) / 'Platano Comun' (P.Rico)

'Kaleththan' (India)

'Kluai ngar chang' (Thailand)

'Madre del Platanar' (Colombia) / 'Maqueño'

'Liberal' (Colombia)

'Pink French' (Trinidad)

'Moongil' (Southern India)

'Tiger' (Jamaica)

'Pisang Tandok' (Malaysia)

'Wine Plantain' (Trinidad)

'Platano Macho' (Mexico)

 

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