Musa (banana)

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Musa (banana)

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Summary

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Datasheet Type(s)
Pest
Host Plant

Preferred Scientific Name
Musa

Preferred Common Name
banana

Taxonomic Tree
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Monocotyledonae

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Caption

M. textilis - line drawing

M. textilis, fruiting plant. Reproduced from the series 'Plant Resources of South-East Asia', Vols 1-20 (1989-2000), by kind permission of the PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia.

PROSEA Foundation

Fruits for sale

Musa (banana); bunches (hands) for sale on a Keralan store front. Kerala, India. October 2005.

©Joe Zachs/wikipedia - CC BY 2.0

Plantation

Musa (banana); fruits in a plantation. La Palma, Canary Islands. June 2004.

©Luc Viatour-2004/via wikipedia - CC BY-SA 3.0

Ripe banana fruits

©Oregon State University, Dept of Nutrition & Food Management

M. acuminata and M. balbisiana - colour illustration

Musa acuminata and M. balbisiana.

©Wilhelm Valder

Identity

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Preferred 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

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Monocotyledonae
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Musaceae
Genus: Musa

Distribution Table

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The 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 2022

Continent/Country/Region	Distribution	Reference	Notes
Africa
Algeria	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 200 MT (F)
Angola	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 300,000 MT (F)
Benin	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 14,500 MT (F)
Burundi	Present	FAO (2009) Karangwa et al. (2018)	Bananas production (2008) 1,850,000 MT (F)
Cabo Verde	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 6,800 MT (F)
Cameroon	Present	FAO (2009) Loubana et al. (2007)	Bananas production (2008) 860,000 MT (F)
Central African Republic	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 120,000 MT (F)
Comoros	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 65,000 MT (F)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Present	Karangwa et al. (2018) Kamira et al. (2013)
Congo, Republic of the	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 87,000 MT (F)
Côte d'Ivoire	Present	FAO (2009) Loubana et al. (2007) Kouadio et al. (2013) Kouadio et al. (2014)	Bananas production (2008) 360,000 MT (F)
Egypt	Present	FAO (2009) Korayem et al. (2015)	Bananas production (2008) 1,062,453 MT
Equatorial Guinea	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 20,000 MT (F)
Eswatini	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 500 MT (F)
Ethiopia	Present	FAO (2009) Gebrehiwot Nega and Seifu Fetena (2015)	Bananas production (2008) 261,059 MT
Gabon	Present	FAO (2009) Loubana et al. (2007)	Bananas production (2008) 13,000 MT (F)
Ghana	Present	FAO (2009) Sowley et al. (2011)	Bananas production (2008) 57,500 MT (F)
Guinea	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 162,000 MT (F)
Guinea-Bissau	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 5,200 MT (F)
Kenya	Present	FAO (2009) Reddy et al. (2007) Mbaka et al. (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 593,370 MT (F)
Liberia	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 120,000 MT (F)
Madagascar	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 325,000 MT (F)
Malawi	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 390,000 MT (F)
Mali	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 140,000 MT (F)
Mauritius	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 10,463 MT
Morocco	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 214,712 MT
Mozambique	Present	FAO (2009) Gondwe et al. (2007)	Bananas production (2008) 90,000 MT (F)
Nigeria	Present	Adegbola et al. (2013) Zandjanakou-Tachin et al. (2013)
Réunion	Present	FAO (2009) Rieux et al. (2019)	Bananas production (2008) 10,000 MT (*)
Rwanda	Present	FAO (2009) Karangwa et al. (2018)	Bananas production (2008) 50 MT (F)
São Tomé and Príncipe	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 30,000 MT (F)
Senegal	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 40,000 MT
Seychelles	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 2,000 MT (F)
Somalia	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 38,000 MT (F)
South Africa	Present	FAO (2009) Surridge et al. (2003) Jooste et al. (2016)	Bananas production (2008) 337,622 MT
Sudan	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 74,000 MT (F)
Tanzania	Present	Karangwa et al. (2018)
Togo	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 19,500 MT (F)
Uganda	Present	FAO (2009) Johanson et al. (2000) Okech et al. (2000) Tushemereirwe et al. (2004) Kilama et al. (2007) Karangwa et al. (2018)	Bananas production (2008) 615,000 MT (F)
Zambia	Present	FAO (2009) Gondwe et al. (2007)	Bananas production (2008) 700 MT (F)
Zimbabwe	Present	FAO (2009) Chitamba et al. (2013)	Bananas production (2008) 85,000 MT (F)
Asia
Bahrain	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 750 MT (F)
Bangladesh	Present	FAO (2009) Haque et al. (2003)	Bananas production (2008) 877,123 MT
Bhutan	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 3,974 MT (F)
Brunei	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 800 MT (F)
Cambodia	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 130,000 MT (F)
China	Present	FAO (2009) Zhang et al. (2011) Zhang et al. (2015) Fan et al. (2016) Sun et al. (2016) Zhang et al. (2016) Du et al. (2017) Zhou et al. (2017)	Bananas production (2008) 8,042,702 MT
-Fujian	Present	Du et al. (2017)
-Guangdong	Present	Zhang et al. (2011)
-Guangxi	Present	Sun et al. (2016)
-Hainan	Present	Zhou et al. (2017) Zhang et al. (2011) Zhang et al. (2015) Zhang et al. (2016)
-Yunnan	Present	Fan et al. (2016)
India	Present	FAO (2009) Reddy and Sreedharan (2006) Basu and Patro (2007) Renu Srivastava and Lal (2009) Thangavelu and Mustaffa (2010) Sakthivel et al. (2012) Upamanya et al. (2013) Lizanne and Pai (2014) Jayanthi et al. (2015) Selvarajan and Balasubramanian (2016) Selvarajan and Balasubramanian (2017) Chandrika Mohan et al. (2018) Jayashankar et al. (2018) Gavas Ragesh and Sanju Balan (2020) Selvaraj et al. (2020) Chandrashekar Krishnappa et al. (2021)	Bananas production (2008) 2,320,4800 MT (F)
-Andhra Pradesh	Present	Reddy and Sreedharan (2006)
-Arunachal Pradesh	Present	Jayashankar et al. (2018)
-Assam	Present	Chandrika Mohan et al. (2018) Upamanya et al. (2013) Selvarajan and Balasubramanian (2017)
-Kerala	Present	Gavas Ragesh and Sanju Balan (2020)
-Maharashtra	Present	Chandrashekar Krishnappa et al. (2021)
-Odisha	Present	Basu and Patro (2007)
-Punjab	Present	Shamesa Maryam et al. (2019)
-Tamil Nadu	Present	Sakthivel et al. (2012) Thangavelu and Mustaffa (2010)
-Uttar Pradesh	Present	Renu Srivastava and Lal (2009)
Indonesia	Present	FAO (2009) Davis et al. (2000) Hermanto et al. (2011) O'Neill et al. (2011) Sartiami and Mound (2013)	Bananas production (2008) 5,741,352 MT
-Java	Present	Sartiami and Mound (2013)
Iran	Present	Bananej et al. (2007) Ghotbi and Bananej (2005)
Israel	Present	FAO (2009) Maymon et al. (2018)	Bananas production (2008) 82,109 MT
Japan	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 205 MT (F)
Jordan	Present	FAO (2009) García-Bastidas et al. (2014)	Bananas production (2008) 41,540 MT
Kuwait	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 0 MT (M)
Laos	Present	Chittarath et al. (2018)
Lebanon	Present	FAO (2009) Ordoñez et al. (2016)	Bananas production (2008) 89,700 MT (F)
Malaysia	Present	FAO (2009) Sakinah et al. (2013) Abdul Rahman et al. (2014) Intan Sakinah et al. (2014) Mastoi et al. (2014)	Bananas production (2008) 530,000 MT (F)
-Peninsular Malaysia	Present	Abdul Rahman et al. (2014) Intan Sakinah et al. (2014) Mastoi et al. (2014)
Maldives	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 821 MT
Nepal	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 53,257 MT (F)
Oman	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 28,892 MT (F)
Pakistan	Present	FAO (2009) Shahina and Erum (2007) Jabbar Khan et al. (2015) Syed et al. (2015) Ordoñez et al. (2016) Shamesa Maryam et al. (2019) Amin et al. (2021)	Bananas production (2008) 159,378 MT
Philippines	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 8,687,624 MT
Singapore	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 0 MT (M)
South Korea	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 0 MT (M)
Syria	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 800 MT (F)
Taiwan	Present	Sung IHsin et al. (2014) Lee et al. (2003)
Thailand	Present	FAO (2009) Sudhi-Aromna et al. (2008)	Bananas production (2008) 200,0000 MT (F)
Turkey	Present	FAO (2009) Özarslandan and Akgül (2020)	Bananas production (2008) 201,115 MT
United Arab Emirates	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 200 MT (F)
Vietnam	Present	FAO (2009) Hung et al. (2018)	Bananas production (2008) 1,355,000 MT (F)
Yemen	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 128,796 MT
Europe
Cyprus	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 7,150 MT
France	Present	Rieux et al. (2019)
Greece	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 4,000 MT (F)
Italy	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 350 MT (F)
Portugal	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 34,000 MT (F)
Spain	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 359,200 MT (F)
North America
Antigua and Barbuda	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 220 MT (F)
Bahamas	Present	FAO (2009) Ploetz (2004)	Bananas production (2008) 3,750 MT (F)
Barbados	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 720 MT (F)
Belize	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 68,053 MT
Bermuda	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 363 MT (F)
British Virgin Islands	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 360 MT (F)
Cayman Islands	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 210 MT (F)
Costa Rica	Present	FAO (2009) Hord et al. (2001) Villain et al. (2013)	Bananas production (2008) 1,881,783 MT
Cuba	Present	FAO (2009) Higginson et al. (2016) Almenares and Pérez-Vicente (2019)	Bananas production (2008) 280,800 MT
Dominica	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 30,000 MT (F)
Dominican Republic	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 439,569 MT
El Salvador	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 65,000 MT (F)
Grenada	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 1,336 MT (F)
Guadeloupe	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 40,181 MT (F)
Guatemala	Present	FAO (2009) Perez et al. (2008) Villain et al. (2013)	Bananas production (2008) 1,569,460 MT (F)
Haiti	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 295,000 MT (F)
Honduras	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 910,000 MT (F)
Jamaica	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 125,000 MT (F)
Martinique	Present	FAO (2009) Ioos et al. (2011)	Bananas production (2008) 300,000 MT (F)
Mexico	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 2,159,280 MT
Montserrat	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 160 MT (F)
Nicaragua	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 36,285 MT
Panama	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 357,861 MT
Puerto Rico	Present	FAO (2009) Irish et al. (2006)	Bananas production (2008) 53,500 MT (F)
Saint Lucia	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 54,000 MT (F)
Trinidad and Tobago	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 7,000 MT (F)
U.S. Virgin Islands	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 0 MT (M)
United States	Present	FAO (2009) Wang and Hooks (2009) Parkunan et al. (2013) Waliullah et al. (2020)	Bananas production (2008) 7,890 MT
-Georgia	Present	Parkunan et al. (2013) Waliullah et al. (2020)
-Hawaii	Present	Wang and Hooks (2009)
Oceania
American Samoa	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 790 MT (F)
Australia	Present	FAO (2009) Davis et al. (2000) O'Neill et al. (2016)	Bananas production (2008) 213,193 MT (F)
-Queensland	Present	O'Neill et al. (2016) Davis et al. (2000)
Cook Islands	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 60 MT (F)
Federated States of Micronesia	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 2,100 MT (F)
Fiji	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 6,500 MT (F)
French Polynesia	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 800 MT (F)
Guam	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 350 MT (F)
Kiribati	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 5,800 MT (F)
New Caledonia	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 1,685 MT (F)
Niue	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 80 MT (F)
Papua New Guinea	Present	FAO (2009) Davis et al. (2000)	Bananas production (2008) 940,000 MT (F)
Samoa	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 23,000 MT (F)
Solomon Islands	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 330 MT (F)
Tokelau	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 15 MT (F)
Tonga	Present	FAO (2009) Davis et al. (2004)	Bananas production (2008) 840 MT (F)
Tuvalu	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 280 MT (F)
Vanuatu	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 14,500 MT (F)
Wallis and Futuna	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 4,300 MT (F)
South America
Argentina	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 182,000 MT (F)
Bolivia	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 182,490 MT (F)
Brazil	Present	FAO (2009) Navia et al. (2011) Lima et al. (2013) Melo et al. (2018) Ramos et al. (2018) Luquini et al. (2019)	Bananas production (2008) 7,116,808 MT
-Alagoas	Present	Lima et al. (2013)
-Bahia	Present	Ramos et al. (2018) Melo et al. (2018)
-Ceara	Present	Melo et al. (2018)
-Minas Gerais	Present	Luquini et al. (2019)
-Pernambuco	Present	Melo et al. (2018)
-Roraima	Present	Navia et al. (2011)
Colombia	Present	FAO (2009) Romo et al. (2012) García-Bastidas et al. (2020)	Bananas production (2008) 1,819,874 MT (F)
Ecuador	Present	FAO (2009) Delgado et al. (2014) Aguirre et al. (2016)	Bananas production (2008) 6,701,146 MT
French Guiana	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 4,500 MT (F)
Guyana	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 5,892 MT (F)
Paraguay	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 46,000 MT (F)
Peru	Present	Krauss et al. (1999)
Suriname	Present	FAO (2009)	Bananas production (2008) 88,724 MT
Venezuela	Present	Vásquez et al. (2008)

References

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