Musa bauensis
Hakkinen & Meekiong
Bau banana
MusaceaeFruit
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It occurs in Uttarakhand district in India. It grows on Bau limestone in East Malaysia.
Asia, Himalayas, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, SE Asia,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A subtropical banana herb in the family Musaceae native to the Bau limestone areas of East Malaysia and found in Uttarakhand district, India, that can be grown from seed.
How to Grow
Plants can be grown from seed.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Musa bauensis is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), native to Sarawak, Malaysia. It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), having a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20.
References (1)
- Mehta, P. S. et al, 2010, Native plant genetic resources and traditional foods of Uttarakhand Himalaya for sustainable food security and livelihood. Indian Journal or Natural products and Resources. Vol 1(1), March 2010 pp 89-96
