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Musa Species Are Native To Tropical

Bananas are elongated fruits produced by banana plants of the genus Musa. They grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant. Most modern edible bananas come from two wild species, Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. Banana plants are native to tropical regions of Asia and Australia and were first domesticated in Papua New Guinea. Bananas are grown in 135 countries primarily for their fruit but also for other uses such as fiber and beverages. Worldwide production of bananas is led by India and China, which together account for about 38% of total production.

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Musa Species Are Native To Tropical

Bananas are elongated fruits produced by banana plants of the genus Musa. They grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant. Most modern edible bananas come from two wild species, Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. Banana plants are native to tropical regions of Asia and Australia and were first domesticated in Papua New Guinea. Bananas are grown in 135 countries primarily for their fruit but also for other uses such as fiber and beverages. Worldwide production of bananas is led by India and China, which together account for about 38% of total production.

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A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry[1][2] – produced by several kinds of

large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa.[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 important false banana (Ensete
ventricosum). Both genera are in the banana family, Musaceae.

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