Musa banana tree 40 cm

Musa banana is a genus of flowering plants in the family Musaceae. It includes many species of banana, the best known of which is the common banana, Musa acuminata.

Banana trees are native to tropical regions of Southeast Asia and are now cultivated worldwide for their edible fruit, bananas. The Musa banana is a perennial plant that grows from an underground rhizome called a corm. It has a sturdy, thick stem, called a pseudostem, which is actually formed by the overlapping leaf sheaths.