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Wild bananas (Musa jackeyi)

Description

Musa jackeyi Johnstone River banana2 is a species of wild banana genus Musa. It is placed in section Callimusa now including the former section Australimusa It has only a small native range in north-east Queensland, Australia. It resembles the cultivated bananas called having an upright rather than a drooping fruit stalk, with the green terminal bud pointing upwards, and sap which is reddish in colour.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Zingiberales

            • Family: Musaceae

              • Genus: Musa