Musa balbisiana
Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID64400116dc49d820699832 |
| Scientific name | Musa balbisiana |
| Authority | Colla |
| First published in | Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino 25: 384 (1820) |
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!**Common products:**
* **Leaf Material:** Large, durable leaves are used as disposable plates, food wraps, and packaging material in parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
* **Pseudostem Fiber:** Bast fibers extracted from the pseudostem are utilized for making rough rope, twine, string, fishing nets, and coarse textiles like sacking. Specific applications include绑 rope (tying rope), fishing lines/nets, and traditional craft items.
**Industrial and craft applications:**
* **Pseudostem Fiber Processing:** Fibers require retting (water or dew fermentation) followed by mechanical extraction (decortication) and cleaning. Fiber fineness and strength are generally lower than cultivated bananas like Musa × paradisiaca.
* **Leaves:** Used directly as wrapping for steamed foods (e.g., bamboo leaf-wrapped rice cakes - *bánh bò*) or processed into decorative art/crafts. Large leaf size provides practical utility.
**Food and beverages (non-medicinal):**
* **Fruit:** Ripe fruit of some selected wild types and certain plantain subgroups derived from Musa balbisiana are consumed as starchy staple fruit or cooked vegetable after boiling, steaming, or frying. Fruit size and palatability are generally inferior to dessert bananas.
* **Shoots:** Juvenile inflorescences (shoots) are consumed after extensive leaching or boiling to remove bitterness, common in South and Southeast Asian cuisines.
* **Sap/Latex:** Extracted fluid from damaged portions may be used as a coagulant in the production of certain traditional cheeses like *kesong puti* in the Philippines.
**Colorants and tanning:**
**Wood and fiber:**
* **Pseudostem Fiber:** Soft, lightweight bast fiber suitable for low-strength applications. Contains cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin (~6-10%), and varying amounts of waxes/pectins depending on maturity and processing. Primarily used where tensile strength isn't critical (e.g., twine, sacking).
**Fragrance and cosmetics:**
**Properties relevant to use:**
* **Pseudostem Fiber:** Reported cellulose content (40-60%), low to moderate lignin content, relatively short fiber length (~0.5-1.0 m), moderate flexibility, requires retting for separation. Lower strength compared to cultivated types. Organic composition: cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, extractives.
* **Fruit:** High starch content when unripe, converting to sugars upon ripening in certain selections.
* **Leaf:** Large size (up to 2-3m), durable surface texture, natural water resistance.
**Standards and regulation:**
* No specific international standards (ISO/ASTM) identified for the products listed above, as they are primarily traditional local uses. International conventions may regulate the movement of plant genetic resources (e.g., *ex-situ* collections) for breeding programs.
**Sustainability and sourcing:**
* Primarily sourced from wild populations or from areas where it occurs as a volunteer/weedy plant, particularly in disturbed habitats in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Local use relies on manual harvesting without significant cultivation or external inputs.
* Its role as a primary progenitor in breeding disease-resistant, starchy bananas (plantains) provides an important genetic reservoir for the global banana and plantain industry. Conservation efforts for wild germplasm (e.g., in genebanks) are crucial for future breeding programs.
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | banana |
| Spanish | m. balbisiana |
| Spanish | platano macho |
| Spanish | plátano macho |
| Arabic | موز بالبيسي |
| Assamese | ভীমকল |
| ban | biu batu |
| bcl | bu'tuhan |
| Bengali | বিচি কলা |
| Persian | موسا بالبیساینا |
| Indonesian | pisang batu |
| Japanese | リュウキュウバショウ |
| Japanese | リュウキュウイトバショウ |
| Korean | 무사 발비시아나 |
| Malay | pisang klutuk |
| Malay | pisang batu |
| Malay | pisang biji |
| Malay | pisang benggala |
| Nepali | वन केरा |
| Russian | Банан Бальбиса |
| su | cau manggala |
| Swedish | balbisbanan |
| Telugu | ఎదురు అరటి |
| Thai | กล้วยตานี |
| Vietnamese | chuối sứ |
| Vietnamese | chuối hột |
| Chinese | 山芭蕉 |
| Chinese | 伦阿蕉 |
| Chinese | 野蕉 |
| Chinese | 拔蕉 |
| Chinese | 山芭蕉子 |
| Chinese | 千只眼 |
Varieties (abbr. var.) Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Musa balbisiana var. andamanica | D.B.Singh, Sreek., T.V.R.S.Sharma & A.K.Bandyop. | Malayan Nat. J. 52(3–4): 157. 1998 |
| Musa balbisiana var. bakeri | (Hook.f.) Häkkinen | Fruit Gard. 42(5): 27 (2010) |
| Musa balbisiana var. balbisiana | Unknown | |
| Musa balbisiana var. brachycarpa | (Backer) Häkkinen | Adansonia , sér. 3, 30: 70 (2008) |
| Musa balbisiana var. dechangensis | (J.L.Liu & M.G.Liu) Häkkinen | Fruit Gard. 43(3): 14 (2011) |
| Musa balbisiana var. elavazhai | A.Joe, Sreejith & M.Sabu | Phytotaxa 175(2): 113. 2014 [1 Aug 2014] [epublished] |
| Musa balbisiana var. liukiuensis | (Matsum.) Häkkinen | Adansonia , sér. 3, 30: 91 (2008) |
| Musa balbisiana var. sepa-athiya | Borborah, Borthakur & Tanti | Bangladesh J. Pl. Taxon. 23(1): 75. 2016 [Jun 2016] |
Germination/Propagation Top
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No germination or propagation data was added yet.
Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Africa click to expand
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West-central Tropical Africa
- Gulf Of Guinea Islands
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West-central Tropical Africa
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China
- China South-central
- China Southeast
- Hainan
- Tibet
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Eastern Asia
- Japan
- Nansei-shoto
- Taiwan
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China
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Asia-tropical click to expand
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Indian Subcontinent
- Assam
- East Himalaya
- India
- Nepal
- Sri Lanka
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Indo-China
- Andaman Islands
- Myanmar
- Nicobar Nicobar
- Thailand
- Vietnam
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Malesia
- Borneo
- Jawa
- Malaya
- Philippines
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Papuasia
- Bismarck Archipelago
- New Guinea
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Indian Subcontinent
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Pacific click to expand
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North-central Pacific
- Hawaii
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North-central Pacific
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000473990 |
| UNII | 9CYM048K67 |
| USDA Plants | MUBA |
| Tropicos | 21500487 |
| INPN | 706555 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:797536-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-254762 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 225973 |
| Observations.org | 119894 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 52838 |
| IUCN Red List | 111907032 |
| IPNI | 797536-1 |
| iNaturalist | 292142 |
| GBIF | 2762950 |
| Freebase | /m/05c4qzm |
| EPPO | MUBBA |
| EOL | 1116118 |
| USDA GRIN | 24708 |
| Wikipedia | Musa_balbisiana |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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| Accession | Assembly | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Level | Submitter | Released | Coverage | Size | |
| GCA_004837865.1 | BananaB_V1 | Chromosome | Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology | 2019-07-09 | 113 | 469.95 Mb |
Scientific Literature Top
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Phytochemical Profile Top
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| Name | PubChem ID | Canonical SMILES | MW | Found in | Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| > Benzenoids / Naphthalenes / Phenylnaphthalenes | |||||
| (1S,2R,3S)-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-phenalene-1,2,3-triol | 11034619 | Click to see COC1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=C3C(C(C(C4=CC=CC(=C43)C=C2)O)O)O | 322.40 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1021/JF0206670 |
| 2-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)naphthalic anhydride | 10424295 | Click to see | 290.30 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1021/JF0206670 |
| 2-hydroxy-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1H-phenalen-1-one | 638391 | Click to see COC1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=C3C=C(C(=O)C4=CC=CC(=C43)C=C2)O | 302.30 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00239-8 |
| Anigorufone | 636472 | Click to see | 272.30 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00239-8 |
| Hydroxyanigorufone | 11471752 | Click to see C1=CC2=C3C(=C1)C=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C2)C4=CC=C(C=C4)O)O | 288.30 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00239-8 |
| Irenolone | 2754650 | Click to see | 288.30 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00239-8 |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids / Colensane and clerodane diterpenoids | |||||
| 2-[(1R,2R,2'R,4aR,5R,5'S,6R,8R,8aS)-5'-(furan-3-yl)-2',8-dihydroxy-1,4a,6,8a-tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)-2-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxyspiro[2,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydronaphthalene-5,3'-oxolane]-1-yl]acetic acid | 163190920 | Click to see | 568.60 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(92)80394-T |
| Musabalbisiane A | 131752422 | Click to see C1CC2(C3(CC(OC3O)C4=COC=C4)C(CC(C2(C(C1O)(CC(=O)O)C(=O)O)C=O)O)CO)C=O | 496.50 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(92)80394-T |
| Musabalbisiane B | 131752423 | Click to see | 498.50 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(92)80394-T |
| Musabalbisiane C | 131752424 | Click to see | 568.60 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(92)80394-T |
| Spiro[furan-3(2H),1'(2'H)-naphthalene]-5'-acetic acid, 4'a-carboxy-5'-formyl-5-(3-furanyl)decahydro-2,4',6'-trihydroxy-2',8'a-bis(hydroxymethyl)-, (1'R,2R,2'R,4'R,4'aR,5S,5'S,6'R,8'aS)- | 163082478 | Click to see C1CC2(C3(CC(OC3O)C4=COC=C4)C(CC(C2(C(C1O)(CC(=O)O)C=O)C(=O)O)O)CO)CO | 498.50 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(92)80394-T |
| Spiro[furan-3(2H),1a(2)(2a(2)H)-naphthalene]-5a(2)-acetic acid, 5-(3-furanyl)decahydro-2,4a(2)-dihydroxy-2a(2),4a(2)a,5a(2),8a(2)a-tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)-6a(2)-[[(2Z)-2-methyl-1-oxo-2-butenyl]oxy]-, (1a(2)R,2R,2a(2)R,4a(2)R,4a(2)aS,5S,5a(2)R,6a(2)R,8a(2)aR)- | 163037734 | Click to see | 568.60 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(92)80394-T |
| Spiro[furan-3(2H),1a(2)(2a(2)H)-naphthalene]-5a(2)-acetic acid, 5a(2)-carboxy-4a(2)a,8a(2)a-diformyl-5-(3-furanyl)decahydro-2,4a(2),6a(2)-trihydroxy-2a(2)-(hydroxymethyl)-, (1a(2)R,2R,2a(2)R,4a(2)R,4a(2)aR,5S,5a(2)S,6a(2)R,8a(2)aR)- | 163059369 | Click to see | 496.50 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(92)80394-T |
| > Organoheterocyclic compounds / Naphthopyrans | |||||
| (3S,4aR,10bS)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-9-methoxy-4a,5,6,10b-tetrahydro-3H-benzo[f]chromen-8-ol | 122380090 | Click to see | 324.40 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1021/JF0206670 |
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