Musa
Banana · also Plantain, Cachaco, Cuatrofilos
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Musa species are giant herbs, not true trees, characterized by a pseudostem formed from overlapping leaf bases and large, spirally-arranged leaves. They produce edible banana fruits and sucker freely. These tropical plants are intolerant to drought, frost, and strong winds, preferring humid conditions with ample sun.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 140.01%—8.0 in
- 50.00%——
- 10.01%——
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 49.2 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10 ft
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Sandy, Loamy, Clay-tolerant
- Water needs
- High
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Dec
Trunk diameters across every city: median 8.0 in, mean 16 in, 90th percentile 15 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Central Range Papuan montane rain forests
- Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests
- Northern New Guinea montane rain forests
- Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests
- Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests
- Eastern Java-Bali montane rain forests
- Eastern Java-Bali rain forests
Tropical & Subtropical Coniferous Forests
- Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests
Other Musa in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
