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Banana

Musa × paradisiaca

"কলা (Kola)"

Quick Facts

Banana

Musa × paradisiaca

Tree
Family
Musaceae
Growing Area
Nationwide; major cultivation in Jashore, Narail, Jhenaidah, Noakhali, Barisal and hilly districts of Chittagong
Habitat
Homestead gardens, flood plains, river banks and cultivated farmland
Propagation
Suckers (offshoots) from the base of the parent plant
Planting Time
February–April or September–October
Harvesting Time
Year-round; 9–12 months after planting
Use Value
One of Bangladesh's most important food crops. Fruit eaten ripe or cooked unripe; flowers (mocha) eaten as a vegetable; leaf used as a natural plate and in ceremonies; trunk pith used as cattle fodder.
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About

Musa × paradisiaca is a species as well as a cultivar, originating as the hybrid between Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, cultivated and domesticated by humans very early. Most cultivated bananas and plantains are polyploid cultivars either of this hybrid or of M. acuminata alone. Linnaeus originally used the name M. paradisiaca only for plantains or cooking bananas, but the modern usage includes hybrid cultivars used both for cooking and as dessert bananas. Linnaeus's name for dessert bananas, Musa sapientum, is thus a synonym of Musa × paradisiaca.

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