The Main Plant entry for Bananas (Musa)

This database entry exists to show plant data and photos that apply generically to all Bananas.

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Leaves:	Evergreen
Fruit:	Showy
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Time:	Other: Seasonal. Bloom can occur in any season depending on size of plant and climate.
Underground structures:	Rhizome
Edible Parts:	Fruit
Propagation: Other methods:	Division Stolons and runners Offsets

Common names

Banana

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Location: Butterfly House west of St L.
Date: 2009-03-14
Blue Morphos like bananas

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Location: Beverly Hills, California, United States
Date: 2017-10-11

Uploaded by BlueOddish

Location: Siem Reap, Cambodia
Date: 2017-12-16

Uploaded by cliftoncat

Location: Costa Rica | Old Photo
Date: 2022-12-17

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Location: Hood, Alabama
Date: 2022-09-06

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Location: La Fortuna, Costa Rica | Old Photo
Date: 2022-12-17

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Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2016-08-10

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-09-03

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2021-02-24
7 inch long Cavendish Banana and 4 inch long Manzano Banana

Uploaded by plantladylin

Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-10-26
This year i decided to not cut down my bananas ... They look awes

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Location: Quad Cities Botanical Garden, Rock Island, Il.
Date: 2011-07-02

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Uploaded by ShadyGreenThumb

Location: neighbor's yard
Date: 2014-08-26

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Location: Central Florida
Date: 2014-09-15

Uploaded by Trux4

Location: Chicago Botanic Garden
Date: 2018-08-31

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-07-22
Musa Zebrina

Uploaded by plantladylin

Location: MOBOT - St Louis
Date: 2009-09-29

Uploaded by jmorth

Uploaded by sedumzz

Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi

Uploaded by Joy

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Location: Pasig City - Philippines
Date: 2015-05-15 -courtesy of my friend Mary Ann
A typical backyard Banana plant grown outdoors in the Philippines

Uploaded by tarev

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-09-27

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-02-08

Uploaded by plantladylin

Uploaded by sedumzz

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2008-09-08

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: Madrid, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-02

Uploaded by sedumzz

Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2010-07-27
Musa acuminata

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$Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2011-03-18 Musa \"pup\"$

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Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2011-07-16
Musa Zebrina

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-10-23
in the garage

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: Pasig City - Philippines
Date: 2015-05-15 -courtesy of my friend Mary Ann
Banana plant with lots of fruits

Uploaded by tarev

Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-23-07

Uploaded by jmorth

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Location: MOBOT - St Louis
Date: 2013-03-02

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Comments:

Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Mar 2, 2012 4:00 PM concerning plant:

Although they grow as tall as trees, banana and plantain plants are not woody and their "stem" consists of the bases of the huge leaf stalks. They are technically gigantic herbs.

Musa species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Giant Leopard Moth and other Hypercompe species including H. albescens (only recorded on Musa), H. eridanus and H. icasia.

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Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on May 21, 2013 11:44 PM concerning plant:

"Musa is one of three genera in the family Musaceae; it includes bananas and plantains. There are around 70 species of Musa with a broad variety of uses.

Though they grow as high as trees, banana and plantain plants are not woody and their apparent "stem" is just the bases of the huge leaf stalks. Thus they are technically gigantic herbs.

Musa species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Giant Leopard Moth and other Hypercompe species including H. albescens (only recorded on Musa), H. eridanus and H. icasia."

Taken from wikipedia's page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...

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