#1077 most planted
Musa x paradisiaca
Banana · also Plantain, French plantain, Edible banana
Evergreen
139
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
3
cities
4.5 in
median trunk (11 cm, 99 measured)
35 yr
median age (60% have a planting date)
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Musa x paradisiaca is an herbaceous plant that forms a pseudostem from overlapping leaf bases, rather than a true trunk. It features large, bright green leaves, showy yellow flowers, and banana fruits. This monocarpic species is intolerant of drought, frost, and strong winds, and requires at least 4 hours of direct sunlight.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 840.02%35 yr4.5 in
- 390.00%——
- 160.01%—7.1 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 20 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water needs
- High
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Trunk diameters across every city: median 4.5 in, mean 6.0 in, 90th percentile 7.6 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Musa in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
