Musa acuminata

Musa acuminata is a wild banana species native to Southeast Asia. Its domesticated forms contributed most of the ancestry of many cultivated bananas.

Musa: Musa is a genus of large flowering plants that includes bananas and plantains. Musa acuminata is one species within this banana and plantain genus.
Southeast Asia: Southeast Asia is a region extending from Myanmar and Thailand to Indonesia and the Philippines. Musa acuminata originated across this region's tropical habitats.
Cavendish banana: Cavendish is a group of dessert banana cultivars widely grown for international trade. Cavendish bananas belong to the cultivated lineage shaped chiefly by Musa acuminata ancestry.
Banana genome: A banana genome is the complete DNA sequence of a Musa plant. Genome comparisons identify Musa acuminata ancestry in cultivated varieties.
Musaceae: Musaceae is the plant family that includes bananas, plantains, and related genera. This family places Musa acuminata among its closest botanical kin.
New Guinea: New Guinea is a large island north of Australia, divided between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Archaeological evidence points to early banana cultivation in New Guinea.
Gros Michel banana: Gros Michel is a dessert banana cultivar once dominant in international trade before Panama disease devastated plantations. Its cultivated genome draws on the ancestry of Musa acuminata.
Banana genomics: Banana genomics studies the DNA, genes, and evolutionary history of Musa plants. Genomic analysis helps resolve domestication pathways and ancestry within this species.
Banana: A banana is an elongated edible fruit produced by plants in the genus Musa. Cultivated bananas descend in large part from domesticated Musa acuminata.
Banana domestication: Banana domestication is the human selection and cultivation of wild Musa plants for edible fruit. Domestication transformed this wild species into a principal ancestor of cultivated bananas.

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