Musa

Also known as banana genus

genus of plants

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Musa is a genus of large herbaceous plants that includes banana and plantain species, widely grown in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. It matters because these plants are among the most important food crops globally, providing staple nutrition and significant economic value to millions of people.

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Species

Madagascar Periwinkle

Musa

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderZingiberales
FamilyMusaceae

Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan

Observations69,875

Observations recorded36,172

General: Musa is widespread throughout New Guinea, in forest Use: are commercial triploids derived from Musa acuminata Colla, but Fe’i

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Research

9,068 papers

Consensus on revised definitions of Morphological Uterus Sonographic Assessment (MUSA) features of adenomyosis: results of modified Delphi procedure.Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2022Harmsen MJ, Van den Bosch T, de Leeuw RA et al.DOI: 10.1002/uog.24786
Somatic Embryogenesis in Banana (Musa spp.).Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022López J, Rayas A, Medero V et al.DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2485-2_8
Musa species in mainland Southeast Asia: From wild to domesticate.PloS one · 2024Jenny C, Sachter-Smith G, Breton C et al.DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307592
Biotechnology of banana (Musa spp.): multi-dimensional progress and prospect of in vitro-mediated system.ReviewApplied microbiology and biotechnology · 2022Subrahmanyeswari T, Gantait SDOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-11973-4
Potentials of Musa Species Fruits against Oxidative Stress-Induced and Diet-Linked Chronic Diseases: In Vitro and In Vivo Implications of Micronutritional Factors and Dietary Secondary Metabolite Compounds.ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Oyeyinka BO, Afolayan AJDOI: 10.3390/molecules25215036
Banana (Musa spp) from peel to pulp: ethnopharmacology, source of bioactive compounds and its relevance for human health.ReviewJournal of ethnopharmacology · 2015Pereira A, Maraschin MDOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.11.008
Musa balbisiana genome reveals subgenome evolution and functional divergence.Nature plants · 2019Wang Z, Miao H, Liu J et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41477-019-0452-6
Antidiabetic potential of Musa spp. inflorescence: a systematic review.The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology · 2018de Oliveira Vilhena R, Fachi MM, Marson BM et al.DOI: 10.1111/jphp.13020

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Wikidata facts

Image: Starr 050826-4195 Musa sp..jpg

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Commons category: Musa (genus)
taxon name: Musa
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7876
taxon common name: bananovec
Commons gallery: Musa (genus)

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Musa is one of three genera in the family Musaceae. The genus includes 83 species of flowering plants producing edible bananas and plantains (also known as cooking bananas), and fiber (abacá), used to make paper and cloth. Though they grow as high as trees, banana and plantain plants are not woody and their apparent "stem" is made up of the bases of the huge leaf stalks. Thus, they are technically gigantic herbaceous plants.

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