| Musa basjoo | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Musaceae |
| Genus: | Musa |
| Section: | Musa sect. Musa |
| Species: | M. basjoo
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| Binomial name | |
| Musa basjoo Siebold & Zucc. ex Iinuma
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Musa basjoo, known variously as Japanese banana,[2] Japanese fibre banana[3] or hardy banana, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the banana family Musaceae. It was previously thought to have originated in the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan, from where it was first described in cultivation,[4] but is now known to have originated in subtropical southern China, where it is also widely cultivated, with wild populations found in Sichuan province.[3][5] Its specific name is derived from its Japanese common name, bashō (芭蕉).
- ^ Plummer, J. & Kallow, S. (2022). "Japanese Banana Musa basjoo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T158541010A158544238. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T158541010A158544238.en. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ Snow Barlow (July 19, 2002). "Sorting Musa Names". Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database. University of Melbourne. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
- ^ a b "Musa basjoo". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening 3: 268. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
- ^ Liu, A.-Z.; Li, D.-Z.; Li, X.-W. (2002). "Taxonomic notes on wild bananas (Musa) from China". Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43: 77–81.