| Family |
Musaceae |
| Scientific name |
Musa acuminata L. A. Colla |
| Synonyms |
Musa cavendishii Lambert ex Paxton; Musa chinensis Sweet; Musa chiliocarpa
C. A. B. Backer; Musa consociata Nakai; Musa corniculata Loureiro; Musa
humilis G. (G. G.) Perrottet; Musa megalocarpa Nakai; Musa microcarpa O.
Beccari; Musa minor Nakai; Musa mirabilis Nakai; Musa nana auct., non Loureiro;
Musa prematura Nakai; Musa rhinocerotis Kurz; Musa sapientum L.; Musa simiarum
Kurz; Musa simiarum Rumphius; Musa sinensis Sagot ex Baker; Musa sumatrana
O. Beccari; Musa truncata Ridley; Musa zebrina Van Houtte ex Planchon |
| Common name |
(English common name) banana, Cavendish banana, Chinese banana, dwarf banana,
edible banana |
| (Japanese common name) banana |
| Distribution |
China, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, Tanzania |
| Reference |
Musa acuminata Colla |
| Musa acuminata Colla |
| Musa acuminata |
| Musa nana |
| Genetic Diversity in Musa acuminata Colla and Musa balbisiana Colla and some of their natural hybrids using AFLP Markers |
| Composition for plant growth regulation (US Patent 4361436/1982) |
| Bioactant translocation agent (US Patent 4431437/1984) |
| Bilirubin-specific enzyme preparation, assay compositions, analytical elements and methods using same (US Patent 4701411/1987) |
| Method for extracting bilirubin-specific enzyme preparation (US Patent 4921804/1990) |
| Agents for protecting plants against diseases (US Patent 5066661/1991) |
| Zea mays plants and transgenic Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells (US Patent 5350689/1994) |
| Carbamic acid derivatives (US Patent 5648494/1997) |
| Compositions and methods of combatting fungi employing triazoles and a pyrimidinamine derivative (US Patent 5627188/1997) |
| Synthetic antibiotics (US Patent 5602097/1997) |
| Methods for protecting ZEA mays plants against pest damage (US Patent 5595733/1997) |
| Method of treating cancer with tannic acid (US Patent 5773419/1998) |
| Method of controlling insect larvae comprising feeding an insecticidal amount of a transgenic maize plant expressing a polypeptide having Bt-crystal protein toxic properties (US Patent 5824302/1998) |
| Process and apparatus for the genetic transformation of cells (US Patent 5976880/1999) |
| Method of producing bacteriorhodopsin and carotenoids by electrostatic treatment of Halobacterium halobium (US Patent 5888791/1999) |
| Regulated expression of heterologous genes in plants and transgenic fruit with a modified ripening phenotype (US Patent 5859330/1999) |
| Compositions and methods for use in cropping bananas and plantain trees (US Patent 6114285/2000) |
| Signal sequences for vacuolar sorting (US Patent 6054637/2000) |
| Tannic acid compositions for treating cancer (US Patent 6063770/2000) |
| Novel bilirubin oxidase which has a substrate specifity to bilirubin, but not to biliverdin, catechol and hemin (US Patent 4985360/1991) |
| Composition and method of treating cancer with tannic acid and tannin complexes (US Patent 6200568/2001) |
| Agents for inducing flower bud formation (US Patent 6174712/2001) |
| Method for treating hyperkeratotic disease with a Halobacterium halobium lysate (US Patent 6238663/2001) |
| Method of inserting viral DNA into plant material (US Patent 6376234/2002) |
| Compositions for treating viral infections, and methods therefor (US Patent 6479466/2002) |
| Microbicidal compositions (US Patent 6441028/2002) |
| Preparation and drug composition of bis-benzyl-isoquinoline class alkaloids (US Patent 6617335/2003) |
| Compositions based on resveratrol (US Patent 6572882/2003) |
| Transformation of hereditary material of plants (US Patent 6603065/2003) |
| Use of tropical root crops in effective intervention strategies for treating difficult and complex cases and chronic diseases (US Patent 6632461/2003) |
| Oxadiazine derivatives (US Patent 6627753/2003) |
| Antithrombotic agents (US Patent 6958164/2005) |
| Trace element phytoremediation (US Patent 6974896/2005) |
| Heavy metal phytoremediation (US Patent 7034202/2006) |
| Heterocyclic carboxamides and their use as fungicides (US Patent 7084163/2006) |
| Fluid system additive (US Patent 7033976/2006) |
| Ketol fatty acid derivative and plant growth regulating agents (US Patent 7026489/2006) |
| Plant potentiators (US Patent 6987130/2006) |
| Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (US Patent 7235268/2007) |
| Method of cleaning up lead-contaminated soil (US Patent 20070191666) |
| Note |
Photos below are those of Musa acuminata cv. Dwarf Cavendish. |
