Bananas
Musa
Musa is one of two or three genera in the family Musaceae; it includes bananas and plantains. Around 70 species of Musa are known, with a broad variety of uses.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first
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Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Berthe Hoola van Nooten — Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de la flore et de la pomone de Java (1863)
Berthe Hoola van Nooten · 1863 · p.139
Garden of Malabar, Vol. 1
Hendrik van Rheede · 1683 · p.47
Mosaic History of the Hebrew Church
Goeree, Willem · 1700 · p.832
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.133
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.135
The History of the Heavens
[Pluche, Antoine] · 1764 · p.147
The History of the Heavens
[Pluche, Antoine] · 1764 · p.148
Mosaic History of the Hebrew Church
Goeree, Willem · 1700 · p.831
Sacred Physics
Scheuchzer, Johan Jacob · 1728 · p.463
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.127
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.137
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.399
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Musa in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62911.