paradisiaca

The green bananaour plantainwas called Musa paradisiaca, "the banana of paradise." next »

Excerpt: Banana by Dan Koeppel 2008

“Mauz”; hence the Linnean name Musa (paradisiaca, etc.).

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Hoja de platano (banana leaf) musa paradisiaca: Although a tropical plant (and not a tree) the banana can be grown in a cool climate if the bulbous root is dug and stored for the winter, before the first frost, like any other bulb.

A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs: Las Hierbas de Cocina 2006

The technical details regarding the use of asexual vegetative reproduction to propagate bananas are fascinating:The cultivated banana is often listed in botanical references as Musa x paradisiaca Musaceae, although it is actually a complex hybrid derived from two diploid Asian species, M. acuminata and M. balbisiana.

Archive 2008-06-01 2008

The technical details regarding the use of asexual vegetative reproduction to propagate bananas are fascinating:The cultivated banana is often listed in botanical references as Musa x paradisiaca Musaceae, although it is actually a complex hybrid derived from two diploid Asian species, M. acuminata and M. balbisiana.

Banana twilight 2008

Hoja de platano (banana leaf) musa paradisiaca: Although a tropical plant (and not a tree) the banana can be grown in a cool climate if the bulbous root is dug and stored for the winter, before the first frost, like any other bulb.

A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs: Las Hierbas de Cocina 2006

Hoja de platano (banana leaf) musa paradisiaca: Although a tropical plant (and not a tree) the banana can be grown in a cool climate if the bulbous root is dug and stored for the winter, before the first frost, like any other bulb.

A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs: Las Hierbas de Cocina 2006

_Musa paradisiaca_ is cultivated in Syria, to latitude 34 deg.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

(_M. paradisiaca_) found growing in many parts of the Philippine

The Philippine Islands John Foreman

The _Banana_ or _Plantain_ (_Musa paradisiaca_) is plentiful all over the Islands at all seasons.

The Philippine Islands John Foreman