musa balbisiana

Musa balbisiana is a wild-type species of banana native to eastern South Asia, northern Southeast Asia, and southern China. Introduced populations exist in the wild, far outside its native range. It is one of the ancestors of modern cultivated bananas, along with Musa acuminata. It was first scientifically described in 1820 by the Italian botanist Luigi Aloysius Colla. It grows lush leaves in clumps with a more upright habit than most cultivated bananas. Flowers grow in inflorescences coloured red ...