Cultivated
Evergreen perennial giant herb arising from a short horizontal branching rhizome ; up to 5 m tall . Stems pseudostems formed from the overlapping leaf-bases , usually less than 25 cm . in diameter . Leaves leaf-blades oblong-lanceolate , to 2-2 . 5 × 0 . 4-0 . 6 m . , apex truncate , base rounded , petiole and midrib green , somewhat glaucous . Inflorescences appearing from the top of the pseudostem , horizontal or deflexed . Flowers white to yellowish-white , negatively geotropic ; outer 3-lobed tepal ± 2 . 5 cm . long , yellow at the apex ; free tepal ± 1 . 5 cm . long , translucent ; ovary glabrous , or partially or entirely pubescent . Outer 3-lobed tepal of ♂ flowers 3 . 5-4 . 5 cm . long and ± 1 . 2 cm . wide , yellow above ; inner tepal ± 1 . 5-2 cm . long , the apiculum 1-2 mm . long ; stamens 5 , 4-5 cm . long . Fruit 10-20 in each group , each 8-13 cm . long , 1 . 5-3 cm . in diameter , first green but becoming yellow when fully ripe . Seeds 6-7 × 3 mm , irregularly depressed-spherical ,
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Common
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Banana
Canary Banana
Dwarf Cavendish
Giant Cavendish
Dessert Banana
Banana Plant
Edible Banana
Musa Paradisiaca
Plantain
The leaves commonly used in the preparation of the local barbecue 'shiwa', where they wrapped around the meat mixed with traditional mixed spices and placed inside a bag made of palm leaves ‘khasfa’. The bag then thrown inside a pit or oven ‘tanour’ for a day or more until the meat is fully cooked. Banana leaves protect the meat from burning and give the meat a good taste. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://antropocene.it *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *Behrendt, S. Felde, A. Z. De Langhe, E. Al Khanjari, S. Brinkmann, K. Buerkert, A. (2015). Distribution and diversity of banana (Musa spp.) in Wadi Tiwi, northern Oman. Genet Resour Crop Evol 62:1135–1145. DOI 10.1007/s10722-015-0318-3. *Buerkert, A. De Langhe, E. Al Khanjari, S. (2009). Ecology and morphological traits of an ancient Musa acuminata cultivar from a mountain oasis of Oman. Genet Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:609–614. DOI 10.1007/s10722-009-9442-2.
