Banana

Musa x paradisiaca

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Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	10-12 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	8.0
Width (m)	2.4
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Perennial
Growth	Fast
Uses
Edible	true
Edible parts	Flowers, Fruit, Shoots, Stem
Names
Alternate name	Amenvu, cheek nam' vaa, chuoi, guineo, hakua, hopa, it'ath, jaina, kawadar, keepran, kele, kera, kluai, kwayz, leka, maika, meika, mgomba, moni, ndizi, nget pyo thee, peint, pinana, pisang, platano, saging, sou, te banana, te bunti, te oraora, uchu, uht, usr, vudi, bananenbaum, bananier, ess-banane, paradise banana, plantain, plátano
Taxonomy
Family	Musaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	Malaya, Philippines
Introduced into	Alabama, Andaman Is., Ascension, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Burkina, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jawa, Kenya, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Madagascar, Maldives, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niue, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., South China Sea, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tuvalu, Vietnam, West Himalaya
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