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 Musa acuminata Colla

Synonym	:	Musa corniculata Rumph. ex Kurz
Family	:	Musaceae
Flowering and fruiting period	:	Throughout the year
Distribution	:	China, India (Northeastern states), Java, Malaya, Myanmar and Thailand.
Uses	:	Leaves used for wrapping materials, flower buds used as for the preparation of various dishes.
Key botanical characters:   Rhizomatous, stoloniferous, suckering, clump-forming herbs. Pseudostem 1–2.5 m tall, cylindrical. Leaves arranged terminally; petioles 30–65 cm long, moderate to abundantly glaucous, green or yellow green. Inflorescence horizontal, then bending downwards; female and male bud lanceolate, convolute; bracts and flowers inserted separately on the axis; bracts reflexed, revolute before falling, faintly glaucous, brownish-purple to pinkish-purple with or without yellow-green lines, adaxially, red-purple to pale yellow abaxially; flowers arranged in two rows. Infructescence lax with 3–7 hands; fingers pedicellate, pointed upwards, straight or curved, slightly ridged, pointed at apex without floral relicts, glabrous, green, greenish yellow or pale yellow to yellow when ripen.