Musa (banana)
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Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Musa L.
Preferred Common Name
- banana
International Common Names
- English: plantain
- Spanish: banano; plátano
- French: bananier
Local Common Names
- Germany: Bananenstaude
EPPO code
- MUBSS (Musa sp.)
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Angiospermae
- Class: Monocotyledonae
- Order: Zingiberales
- Family: Musaceae
- Genus: Musa
Distribution Table
Top of pageThe distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.
Last updated: 18 May 2022Continent/Country/Region | Distribution | Last Reported | Origin | First Reported | Invasive | Reference | Notes |
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Africa |
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Algeria | Present | Bananas production (2008) 200 MT (F) | |||||
Angola | Present | Bananas production (2008) 300,000 MT (F) | |||||
Benin | Present | Bananas production (2008) 14,500 MT (F) | |||||
Burundi | Present | Bananas production (2008) 1,850,000 MT (F) | |||||
Cabo Verde | Present | Bananas production (2008) 6,800 MT (F) | |||||
Cameroon | Present | Bananas production (2008) 860,000 MT (F) | |||||
Central African Republic | Present | Bananas production (2008) 120,000 MT (F) | |||||
Comoros | Present | Bananas production (2008) 65,000 MT (F) | |||||
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Present | ||||||
Congo, Republic of the | Present | Bananas production (2008) 87,000 MT (F) | |||||
Côte d'Ivoire | Present | Bananas production (2008) 360,000 MT (F) | |||||
Egypt | Present | Bananas production (2008) 1,062,453 MT | |||||
Equatorial Guinea | Present | Bananas production (2008) 20,000 MT (F) | |||||
Eswatini | Present | Bananas production (2008) 500 MT (F) | |||||
Ethiopia | Present | Bananas production (2008) 261,059 MT | |||||
Gabon | Present | Bananas production (2008) 13,000 MT (F) | |||||
Ghana | Present | Bananas production (2008) 57,500 MT (F) | |||||
Guinea | Present | Bananas production (2008) 162,000 MT (F) | |||||
Guinea-Bissau | Present | Bananas production (2008) 5,200 MT (F) | |||||
Kenya | Present | Bananas production (2008) 593,370 MT (F) | |||||
Liberia | Present | Bananas production (2008) 120,000 MT (F) | |||||
Madagascar | Present | Bananas production (2008) 325,000 MT (F) | |||||
Malawi | Present | Bananas production (2008) 390,000 MT (F) | |||||
Mali | Present | Bananas production (2008) 140,000 MT (F) | |||||
Mauritius | Present | Bananas production (2008) 10,463 MT | |||||
Morocco | Present | Bananas production (2008) 214,712 MT | |||||
Mozambique | Present | Bananas production (2008) 90,000 MT (F) | |||||
Nigeria | Present | ||||||
Réunion | Present | Bananas production (2008) 10,000 MT (*) | |||||
Rwanda | Present | Bananas production (2008) 50 MT (F) | |||||
São Tomé and Príncipe | Present | Bananas production (2008) 30,000 MT (F) | |||||
Senegal | Present | Bananas production (2008) 40,000 MT | |||||
Seychelles | Present | Bananas production (2008) 2,000 MT (F) | |||||
Somalia | Present | Bananas production (2008) 38,000 MT (F) | |||||
South Africa | Present | Bananas production (2008) 337,622 MT | |||||
Sudan | Present | Bananas production (2008) 74,000 MT (F) | |||||
Tanzania | Present | ||||||
Togo | Present | Bananas production (2008) 19,500 MT (F) | |||||
Uganda | Present | Bananas production (2008) 615,000 MT (F) | |||||
Zambia | Present | Bananas production (2008) 700 MT (F) | |||||
Zimbabwe | Present | Bananas production (2008) 85,000 MT (F) | |||||
Asia |
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Bahrain | Present | Bananas production (2008) 750 MT (F) | |||||
Bangladesh | Present | Bananas production (2008) 877,123 MT | |||||
Bhutan | Present | Bananas production (2008) 3,974 MT (F) | |||||
Brunei | Present | Bananas production (2008) 800 MT (F) | |||||
Cambodia | Present | Bananas production (2008) 130,000 MT (F) | |||||
China | Present | Bananas production (2008) 8,042,702 MT | |||||
-Fujian | Present | ||||||
-Guangdong | Present | ||||||
-Guangxi | Present | ||||||
-Hainan | Present | ||||||
-Yunnan | Present | ||||||
India | Present |
| Bananas production (2008) 2,320,4800 MT (F) | ||||
-Andhra Pradesh | Present | ||||||
-Arunachal Pradesh | Present | ||||||
-Assam | Present | ||||||
-Kerala | Present | ||||||
-Maharashtra | Present | ||||||
-Odisha | Present | ||||||
-Punjab | Present | ||||||
-Tamil Nadu | Present | ||||||
-Uttar Pradesh | Present | ||||||
Indonesia | Present | Bananas production (2008) 5,741,352 MT | |||||
-Java | Present | ||||||
Iran | Present | ||||||
Israel | Present | Bananas production (2008) 82,109 MT | |||||
Japan | Present | Bananas production (2008) 205 MT (F) | |||||
Jordan | Present | Bananas production (2008) 41,540 MT | |||||
Kuwait | Present | Bananas production (2008) 0 MT (M) | |||||
Laos | Present | ||||||
Lebanon | Present | Bananas production (2008) 89,700 MT (F) | |||||
Malaysia | Present | Bananas production (2008) 530,000 MT (F) | |||||
-Peninsular Malaysia | Present | ||||||
Maldives | Present | Bananas production (2008) 821 MT | |||||
Nepal | Present | Bananas production (2008) 53,257 MT (F) | |||||
Oman | Present | Bananas production (2008) 28,892 MT (F) | |||||
Pakistan | Present | Bananas production (2008) 159,378 MT | |||||
Philippines | Present | Bananas production (2008) 8,687,624 MT | |||||
Singapore | Present | Bananas production (2008) 0 MT (M) | |||||
South Korea | Present | Bananas production (2008) 0 MT (M) | |||||
Syria | Present | Bananas production (2008) 800 MT (F) | |||||
Taiwan | Present | ||||||
Thailand | Present | Bananas production (2008) 200,0000 MT (F) | |||||
Turkey | Present | Bananas production (2008) 201,115 MT | |||||
United Arab Emirates | Present | Bananas production (2008) 200 MT (F) | |||||
Vietnam | Present | Bananas production (2008) 1,355,000 MT (F) | |||||
Yemen | Present | Bananas production (2008) 128,796 MT | |||||
Europe |
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Cyprus | Present | Bananas production (2008) 7,150 MT | |||||
France | Present | ||||||
Greece | Present | Bananas production (2008) 4,000 MT (F) | |||||
Italy | Present | Bananas production (2008) 350 MT (F) | |||||
Portugal | Present | Bananas production (2008) 34,000 MT (F) | |||||
Spain | Present | Bananas production (2008) 359,200 MT (F) | |||||
North America |
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Antigua and Barbuda | Present | Bananas production (2008) 220 MT (F) | |||||
Bahamas | Present | Bananas production (2008) 3,750 MT (F) | |||||
Barbados | Present | Bananas production (2008) 720 MT (F) | |||||
Belize | Present | Bananas production (2008) 68,053 MT | |||||
Bermuda | Present | Bananas production (2008) 363 MT (F) | |||||
British Virgin Islands | Present | Bananas production (2008) 360 MT (F) | |||||
Cayman Islands | Present | Bananas production (2008) 210 MT (F) | |||||
Costa Rica | Present | Bananas production (2008) 1,881,783 MT | |||||
Cuba | Present | Bananas production (2008) 280,800 MT | |||||
Dominica | Present | Bananas production (2008) 30,000 MT (F) | |||||
Dominican Republic | Present | Bananas production (2008) 439,569 MT | |||||
El Salvador | Present | Bananas production (2008) 65,000 MT (F) | |||||
Grenada | Present | Bananas production (2008) 1,336 MT (F) | |||||
Guadeloupe | Present | Bananas production (2008) 40,181 MT (F) | |||||
Guatemala | Present | Bananas production (2008) 1,569,460 MT (F) | |||||
Haiti | Present | Bananas production (2008) 295,000 MT (F) | |||||
Honduras | Present | Bananas production (2008) 910,000 MT (F) | |||||
Jamaica | Present | Bananas production (2008) 125,000 MT (F) | |||||
Martinique | Present | Bananas production (2008) 300,000 MT (F) | |||||
Mexico | Present | Bananas production (2008) 2,159,280 MT | |||||
Montserrat | Present | Bananas production (2008) 160 MT (F) | |||||
Nicaragua | Present | Bananas production (2008) 36,285 MT | |||||
Panama | Present | Bananas production (2008) 357,861 MT | |||||
Puerto Rico | Present | Bananas production (2008) 53,500 MT (F) | |||||
Saint Lucia | Present | Bananas production (2008) 54,000 MT (F) | |||||
Trinidad and Tobago | Present | Bananas production (2008) 7,000 MT (F) | |||||
U.S. Virgin Islands | Present | Bananas production (2008) 0 MT (M) | |||||
United States | Present | Bananas production (2008) 7,890 MT | |||||
-Georgia | Present | ||||||
-Hawaii | Present | ||||||
Oceania |
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American Samoa | Present | Bananas production (2008) 790 MT (F) | |||||
Australia | Present | Bananas production (2008) 213,193 MT (F) | |||||
-Queensland | Present | ||||||
Cook Islands | Present | Bananas production (2008) 60 MT (F) | |||||
Federated States of Micronesia | Present | Bananas production (2008) 2,100 MT (F) | |||||
Fiji | Present | Bananas production (2008) 6,500 MT (F) | |||||
French Polynesia | Present | Bananas production (2008) 800 MT (F) | |||||
Guam | Present | Bananas production (2008) 350 MT (F) | |||||
Kiribati | Present | Bananas production (2008) 5,800 MT (F) | |||||
New Caledonia | Present | Bananas production (2008) 1,685 MT (F) | |||||
Niue | Present | Bananas production (2008) 80 MT (F) | |||||
Papua New Guinea | Present | Bananas production (2008) 940,000 MT (F) | |||||
Samoa | Present | Bananas production (2008) 23,000 MT (F) | |||||
Solomon Islands | Present | Bananas production (2008) 330 MT (F) | |||||
Tokelau | Present | Bananas production (2008) 15 MT (F) | |||||
Tonga | Present | Bananas production (2008) 840 MT (F) | |||||
Tuvalu | Present | Bananas production (2008) 280 MT (F) | |||||
Vanuatu | Present | Bananas production (2008) 14,500 MT (F) | |||||
Wallis and Futuna | Present | Bananas production (2008) 4,300 MT (F) | |||||
South America |
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Argentina | Present | Bananas production (2008) 182,000 MT (F) | |||||
Bolivia | Present | Bananas production (2008) 182,490 MT (F) | |||||
Brazil | Present | Bananas production (2008) 7,116,808 MT | |||||
-Alagoas | Present | ||||||
-Bahia | Present | ||||||
-Ceara | Present | ||||||
-Minas Gerais | Present | ||||||
-Pernambuco | Present | ||||||
-Roraima | Present | ||||||
Colombia | Present | Bananas production (2008) 1,819,874 MT (F) | |||||
Ecuador | Present | Bananas production (2008) 6,701,146 MT | |||||
French Guiana | Present | Bananas production (2008) 4,500 MT (F) | |||||
Guyana | Present | Bananas production (2008) 5,892 MT (F) | |||||
Paraguay | Present | Bananas production (2008) 46,000 MT (F) | |||||
Peru | Present | ||||||
Suriname | Present | Bananas production (2008) 88,724 MT | |||||
Venezuela | Present |
References
Top of pageGowen S ed, 1995. Bananas. London, UK: Chapman and Hall.
Jones DR, 1999. Diseases of banana, abacá and enset. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing, xv + 544 pp.
Karamura DA, 1999. Numerical Taxonomic Studies of the East Arifrcan Highland Bananas (Musa AAA - East Africa) in Uganda. Montpellier, France: INIBAP, 192 pp.
Lebot V, Meilleur BA, Manshardt RM, 1994. Genetic diversity in eastern polynesian Eumusa bananas. Pacific Science, 48:16-31.
Maughan, S., 2003. Grafting bananas, New Scientist Letters, 22-Mar-2003:2387 https://www.newscientist.com/letter/mg17723874-500-grafting-bananas/
Persley GJ, de Langhe EA, 1987. Banana and Plantain Breeding Strategies, ACIAR Proceedings No 21. Canberra, Australia: ACIAR, 187 pp.
Shepherd K, 1957. Banana culivars in East Africa. Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad), 34:277-286.
Shepherd K, 1990. Observations on Musa taxonomy. In Jarret RL, ed., Identification of Diversity in the Genus Musa. Proceedings of an International Workshop held at Los Ba±os, the Philippines, 5-10 September 1988. Montpellier, France: INIBAP, 158-165.
Starr, C., Taggart, R., Evers, C., 2012. Plant Structure and Function:112
Distribution References
FAO, 2009. FAOSTAT Database., Rome, Italy: FAO. http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home
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