Taxon:  Musa acuminata Colla (Musa AA, AAA, and AAAA Groups)



Summary
Genus:
Musa
Section:
Musa
Family:
Musaceae
Nomen number:
24706
Place of publication:
Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino 25:394.  1820 (Mem. gen. Musa 66)
Comment:
  • or Musa AA, AAA, and AAAA Groups
  • non-hybrid forms of edible bananas
Verified:
05/23/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
209 (81  active, 44  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Musa acuminata Colla subsp. acuminata (0 active accession[s])
Musa acuminata Colla subsp. burmannica N. W. Simmonds (1 active accession[s])
Musa acuminata Colla subsp. errans (Blanco) R. V. Valmayor (0 active accession[s])
Musa acuminata Colla subsp. halabanensis (Meijer) M. Hotta (0 active accession[s])
Musa acuminata Colla subsp. malaccensis (Ridl.) N. W. Simmonds (0 active accession[s])
Musa acuminata Colla subsp. microcarpa (Becc.) N. W. Simmonds (0 active accession[s])
Musa acuminata Colla subsp. siamea N. W. Simmonds (0 active accession[s])
Musa acuminata Colla subsp. truncata (Ridl.) Kiew (0 active accession[s])
Musa acuminata Colla var. acuminata (0 active accession[s])
Musa acuminata Colla var. sumatrana (Becc.) Nasution (0 active accession[s])
Musa acuminata Colla var. zebrina (Van Houtte ex Planch.) Nasution (1 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Musa ×sapientum L. var. suaveolens (Blanco) Malag.
Musa cavendishii Lamb.
Musa chinensis Sweet, nom. nud.
Musa nana Lour.
Musa sinensis Sagot ex Baker

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Bibliograf, S. A., eds. 1964. Vox modern college Spanish & English dictionary.
  4. Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 18:130.
  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  6. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1564.
  7. Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
  8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  9. Govaerts, R. World checklist of selected plant families (on-line resource).
  10. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  11. Hajjar, R. & T. Hodgkin. 2007. The use of wild relatives in crop improvement: a survey of developments over the last 20 years. Euphytica 156:1-13. Note: mentions
  12. Häkkinen, M. & H. Väre. 2008. Typification and check-list of Musa L. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes. Adansonia sér. 3, 30:65.
  13. Häkkinen, M. 2011. Wild Musaceae species in China. Acta Hort. 897:81-85.
  14. Häkkinen, M. 2013. Reappraisal of sectional taxonomy in Musa (Musaceae). Taxon 62:809-813. Note: it only mentions this name; it does not include any subspecific name
  15. Heslop-Harrison, J. S. & T. Schwarzacher. 2007. Domestication, genomics and the future for banana. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 100:1073-1084. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm191.
  16. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  17. Li, L.-F. et al. 2010. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the banana family (Musaceae) inferred from multiple nuclear and chloroplast DNA fragments, with a special reference to the genus Musa. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 57:1-10. Note: it found a paraphyletic Musa acuminata
  18. Li, L.-F. et al. 2013. Origins and domestication of cultivated banana inferred from chloroplast and nuclear genes. PLoS One 8(11):e80502. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080502.
  19. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  20. Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
  21. Moore, H. E., Jr. 1957. Musa and Ensete the cultivated bananas. Baileya 5:167-194.
  22. Ortiz, R. 2011. Chapter 6. Musa. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources. Tropical and subtropical fruits 97-128.
  23. Perrier, X. et al. 2011. Multidisciplinary perspectives on banana (Musa spp.) domestication. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108:11311-11318.
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  27. Robinson, J. C. 1996. Bananas and plantains. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 5:1-238.
  28. Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1976. Flora of Hassan district. Note: mentions
  29. Simmonds, N. W. 1966. Bananas. Tropical Agriculture Series. 2nd edition. Note: Longman, NY, NY
  30. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. Note: = Musa nana
  31. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  32. Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:190.
  33. Wong, C. et al. 2001. Genetic diversity of the wild banana Musa acuminata Colla in Malaysia as evidenced by AFLP. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 88:1017-1025.
  34. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbanana  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
EnglishCavendish banana as Musa nana1Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. Note: = Musa nana
EnglishChinese banana as Musa nana1Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. Note: = Musa nana
Englishdwarf banana  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchbananier  2Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
Frenchbananier nain  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanBanane  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1564.
GermanZwergbanane  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indonesianpisang batu  2Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 18:130.
Indonesian (Java)gedang klutuk  2Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 18:130.
Portuguese (Brazil)banana-nanica  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)nanicão  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishplátano  2Bibliograf, S. A., eds. 1964. Vox modern college Spanish & English dictionary.
Sudanesecau batu  2Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 18:130.
Swedishädelbanan  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Ugandabitoki  2Simmonds, N. W. 1966. Bananas. Tropical Agriculture Series. 2nd edition. Note: Longman, NY, NY
unknownbungulan  2Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiquw.Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Shengs.e.Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia s. 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka   
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  Perrier, X. et al. 2011. Multidisciplinary perspectives on banana (Musa spp.) domestication. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108:11311-11318.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Perrier, X. et al. 2011. Multidisciplinary perspectives on banana (Musa spp.) domestication. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108:11311-11318.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Perrier, X. et al. 2011. Multidisciplinary perspectives on banana (Musa spp.) domestication. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108:11311-11318.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  Perrier, X. et al. 2011. Multidisciplinary perspectives on banana (Musa spp.) domestication. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108:11311-11318.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Perrier, X. et al. 2011. Multidisciplinary perspectives on banana (Musa spp.) domestication. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108:11311-11318.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Perrier, X. et al. 2011. Multidisciplinary perspectives on banana (Musa spp.) domestication. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108:11311-11318.
2Cultivated    widely cult.Perrier, X. et al. 2011. Multidisciplinary perspectives on banana (Musa spp.) domestication. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108:11311-11318.
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzaniaKaskazini Pembanatzd.?Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzaniaKusini Pembanatzd.?Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (w.), Yunnan Sheng (s.e.)]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (s.), Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania [Kaskazini Pemba (natzd.?), Kusini Pemba (natzd.?)]

Reference(s)
  1. Perrier, X. et al. 2011. Multidisciplinary perspectives on banana (Musa spp.) domestication. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108:11311-11318.
  2. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  3. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoring Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 18:130.
Human foodbeverage base Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Human foodbeverage basebotanical name of some diploid & triploid forms of cultivated sweet bananas with genome only of Musa acuminataMoore, H. E., Jr. 1957. Musa and Ensete the cultivated bananas. Baileya 5:167-194.
Human foodfruit Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 18:130.
Human foodvegetable Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 18:130.
Materialswax Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 18:130.
Materialswrapping Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 18:130.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24706. Accessed 17 April 2026.