Musa salaccensis

Javanese wild banana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Musaceae
Genus:	Musa
Species:	M. salaccensis
Binomial name
Musa salaccensis Zoll. ex Kurz [1]

Musa salaccensis, commonly called Javanese wild banana,^[2] is a Malesian tropical species of plant in the banana family native to the islands of Sumatra and Java, in Indonesia.^[1] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), members of which have a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20.^[3]

Uses

The terminal inflorescences and male flower buds are edible, and can be cooked, or used as an ingredient in salads.^[4]

References

1.  Species original description is in J. Agric. Soc. India 14:301. 1867. GRIN (Nov 18, 2009). "Musa salaccensis information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
2. Prof. Snow Barlow (July 19, 2002). "Sorting Musa Names". Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database. University of Melbourne. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
3. Wong, C.; Kiew, R.; Argent, G.; Set, O.; Lee, S.K. & Gan, Y.Y. (2002), "Assessment of the Validity of the Sections in Musa (Musaceae) using ALFP", Annals of Botany, 90 (2): 231–238, doi:10.1093/aob/mcf170
4. Jean Kennedy (July 30, 2009). "Bananas and People in the Homeland of Genus Musa: Not Just a Pretty Fruit" (PDF). Ethnobotany Research & Applications. 7: 179—197. Retrieved July 6, 2010. NOTE: A TEXT version of this article can be found via the University of Hawaii at Manoa, at this web address.