Musaceae
20 species
Banana and plantain family; globally important staple fruits and carbohydrate sources.
Ensete livingstonianum
Livingston's banana.
Edible: Fruit ?
Ensete superbum
Cliff banana
Edible: Fruit, Flowers, Root, Rhizome, Flower stalk, Leaf-sheaths, Stem, Seed
Ensete ventricosum
Ensete
Edible: Leaves, Stem, Seeds, Corm, Flower heads, Fruit, Rootstock, Rhizome, Vegetable
Ensete ventricosum cv. maurelii
Ethiopian black banana
Edible: Fruit
Musa acuminata subsp. malaccensis
Edible: Fruit
Musa aurantiaca
Edible: Flower shoot, Fruit
Musa balbisiana var. liukiuensis
Edible: Flowers
Musa basjoo
Japanese Banana
Edible: Nectar
Musa bauensis
Bau banana
Edible: Fruit
Musa coccinea
Chuoi rung, Scarlet banana
Edible: Fruit
Musa discolor
Edible: Fruit
Musa insularimontana
Musa johnsii
Musa lolodensis
Musa mannii
Indian dwarf banana
Edible: Fruit
Musa nana
Edible: Flowers
Musa sanguinea
Edible: Flower, Fruit
Musa uranoscopus
Red-flowering banana, Scarlet banana
Edible: Fruit
Musa x paradisiaca
Plantain Banana
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Shoots, Stem
Musella lasiocarpa
Edible: False stem pith, Flowers