Musa Acuminata Musa Balbisiana Musa × Paradisiaca: Musa Species Are Native To Tropical
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priyankabanana is an edible fruit – botanically a berry[1][2] – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering
plants in the genusMusa.[3] In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains",
distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but is usually
elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind, which may be green, yellow, red,
purple, or brown when ripe. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant. Almost all modern
edible seedless (parthenocarp) bananas come from two wild species – Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana.
The scientific names of most cultivated bananas are Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana,
and Musa × paradisiaca for the hybrid Musa acuminata × M. balbisiana, depending on
their genomic constitution. The old scientific name for this hybrid, Musa sapientum, is no longer used.
Musa species are native to tropical Indomalaya and Australia, and are likely to have been first domesticated
in Papua New Guinea.[4][5]They are grown in 135 countries,[6] primarily for their fruit, and to a lesser extent to
make fiber, banana wine, and banana beer and as ornamental plants. The world's largest producers of
bananas in 2017 were India and China, which together accounted for approximately 38% of total production.[7]
Worldwide, there is no sharp distinction between "bananas" and "plantains". Especially in the Americas and
Europe, "banana" usually refers to soft, sweet, dessert bananas, particularly those of the Cavendish group,
which are the main exports from banana-growing countries. By contrast, Musa cultivars with firmer, starchier
fruit are called "plantains". In other regions, such as Southeast Asia, many more kinds of banana are grown
and eaten, so the binary distinction is not useful and is not made in local languages.
The term "banana" is also used as the common name for the plants that produce the fruit.[3] This can extend to
other members of the genus Musa, such as the scarlet banana (Musa coccinea), the pink banana (Musa
velutina), and the Fe'i bananas. It can also refer to members of the genus Ensete, such as the snow
banana (Ensete glaucum) and the economically im
