Musa species- Soureni, West Bengal

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Musa paradisiaca L. ?? : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) – 2 images of 1 Mb each.

Location:  Manju Park, Soureni, India 
Date: 6 May  2018
Altitude: 2900 ft
Habit : Cultivated

Confirm whether the fruits contain seeds on not.


I am not in a position to find about the status of seed since it was in India and I am in Nepal now.
I just took pictures.

Musa acuminata Colla ??


Is it wild or cultivated?


Cultivated


Naming a cultivated taxon is very difficult unless we get full details about the flowers and fruits.

Based on the available literature regarding the nomenclatural history and naming of banana (Musa cultivars) it is concluded that, all cultivars derived from the pure M. acuminata (AA, AAA, etc) and M. balbisiana (BB, BBB, etc) lines can be treated under their respective parents and all others (hybrids of M. acuminata and M. balbisiana) can be denoted as Musa × paradisiaca L.

List of Musa cultivars in South India

  1. Musa acuminata Colla (AA) ‘Kadali’
  2. Musa acuminata Colla (AA) ‘Karivazhai’
  3. Musa acuminata Colla (AA) ‘Pisang lilin’ 
  4. Musa acuminata Colla (AAA) ‘Dwarf cavendish’
  5. Musa acuminata Colla (AAA) ‘Grand naine’
  6. Musa acuminata Colla (AAA) ‘Red’
  7. Musa acuminata Colla (AAA) ‘Robusta’
  8. Musa × paradisiaca L. (AB) ‘Kunnan’
  9. Musa × paradisiaca L. (AB) ‘Matti’
  10. Musa× paradisiaca L. (AB) ‘Neypoovan’
  11. Musa× paradisiaca L. (AB) ‘Thaenkunnan’
  12. Musa× paradisiaca L. (AAB) ‘Namarai’
  13. Musa× paradisiaca L. (AAB) ‘Nendran’
  14. Musa× paradisiaca L. (AAB) ‘Pachanadan’
  15. Musa× paradisiaca L. (AAB) ‘Poovan’ 
  16. Musa× paradisiaca L. (AAB) ‘Rasthali’
  17. Musa× paradisiaca L. (AAB) ‘Sirumalai’
  18. Musa× paradisiaca L. (AAB) ‘Vannan’
  19. Musa× paradisiaca L. (AAB) ‘Virupakshi’
  20. Musa× paradisiaca L. (ABB) ‘Kachkol’
  21. Musa× paradisiaca L. (ABB) ‘Karpuravalli’
  22. Musa× paradisiaca L. (ABB) ‘Kuribontha’
  23. Musa× paradisiaca L. (ABB) ‘Monthan’ 
  24. Musa× paradisiaca L. (ABB) ‘Peyan’

Updated on June 30, 2026

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