| Scientific Name: | Musa sp. |
| Common Name: | banana |
| Family Name: | Musaceae |
| Origin: | South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Indoor plant, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Sheltered |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Spiraled, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Elliptic, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spike, Yellow, Purple, Pink, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Yellow, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| The largest herbaceous perennial plant; leaves elliptic, often over 1m long x 30cm wide (even larger in tropics), major veins running parallel off the midrib. | |