Musa basjoo

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endangered perennial medicinal 2024 1977

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Home Plants magnoliophyta liliopsida zingiberales musaceae musa Musa basjoo

Siebold & Zucc. ex Iinuma

1867

japanese banana

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Musa basjoo, known variously as Japanese banana, Japanese fiber banana or hardy banana, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the banana family Musaceae. It was previously thought to have originated in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, from where it was first described in cultivation, but is now known to have originated in the subtropical southern Chinese province of Sichuan. Its specific name is derived from its Japanese common name, bashō (芭蕉)....read more on Wikipedia.