MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Musa cultivars

By way of introduction
here are some anecdotal examples justifying the sorting of cultivars, a task regarded by some as too
difficult, and considered pointless by far too many people.

"The Karat banana in the Pacific Island of Pohnpei, Micronesia, was languishing in neglect in a few
restricted sites for several decades until analysis was carried out on its micronutrient content. The fruit
has such high levels of provitamin A carotenoids that it has the potential to play a key role in
improving the nutritional status of children in the developing world. Karat has since become an
emblem for Pohnpei.
Unfortunately, too little is known about the vast majority of banana cultivars, especially rarer varieties
that are less marketable or restricted to particular indigenous groups or geographical areas which are
coming under increasing global influences. These trends exacerbate the underutilization of diversity. "
Biodiversity International site 2011.

"Preliminary results suggest that several popular cultivars consumed in Cameroon have more than ten
times the carotenoids content of Cavendish dessert bananas. Consuming around two orange-fleshed
plantain fruit a day has the potential of providing an adult’s recommended vitamin A requirement. "
Biodiversity International site 2011.

"Wasteful duplication in the conduct of basic studies could have been avoided had researchers in
Southeast Asia known that the banana cultivars they studied separately were actually one and the
same clone. Knowledge of synonyms can promote regional understanding and communication as well
as banana trade and commerce." R. V. Valmayor et al.
While "India has around 200 banana varieties..." Dr N Barathi..."... the famous commercial cultivar
'Poovan' has more than 27 synonyms in India alone." A Tentative Key for Identification and
Classification of Indian Bananas by H.P. Singh.

If we consider that each cultivar has 10 synonyms on average there is enough material in India alone
to totally confuse many researchers. After all India has at least a dozen main languages (that we
attempt to cover), leaving aside all lesser known languages and dialects.

Cultivars are listed below alphabetically sorted under each respective group.

This is still a preliminary sorting of cultivars.

 At this point we have to admit being more confused that when we started. We have left a few
questions un-answered and sprinkled a lot of "?". So we obviously need external help. To this end we
have added some language-specific indexes for contributors to work with : Malay, Thai, Vietnamese

• Musa (AAw group)

• Musa (AA group)
• Musa (AAA group)
• Musa (AAAA group)
• Musa (AAB group)
• Musa (AAAB group)
• Musa (AB group)
• Musa (ABB group)
• Musa (AABB group)
• Musa (BBw group)
• Musa (BB group)
• Musa (BBB group)
• Musa (AS group)
• Musa (AT group)
• Musa (AAT group)
• Musa (ABBT group)
• Musa (Fe'i group) See also entries in "Wild species"

Musa (AAw group)

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla (AAw group)

ENGLISH : Diploid wild banana.

Musa (AA Group)

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla (AA Group)

ENGLISH : Diploid cultivated bananas.

Musa (AA Group) 'Chingan'

HINDI : Manniyilla chingan.
Musa (AA Group) 'Inarnibal'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (AA group) 'Pisang Lemak Manis'

MALAY : Pisang berlin (Indonesia), Pisang empat puluh hari, Pisang lampung (Indonesia), Pisang
lemak manis.

TAGALOG : Inarnibal, Monkoy, Señorita.

This could possibly be a synonym of 'Senorita'.

Musa (AA Group) 'Jari Buaya'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (AA Group) 'Pisang Jari Buaya'

ENGLISH : Crocodile fingers banana, Malaysian crocodile fingers banana, Monkey fingers banana.

MALAY : Pisang jari buaya, Pisang rejang (Indonesia), Pisang rotan.

TAGALOG : Morong datu, Tudlo datu.

VIETNAMESE : Chuối tiêu.

This should not be confused with the Thai crocodile fingers banana Musa (AAB group) "Kluai Niu
charache".

Musa (AA Group) 'Kluai Hom Jan'

TAGALOG : Manang.

THAI : กล �วยหอมจ�นทน� Kluai hom jan (Kluai hom chan).

Musa (AA group) 'Kluai Lep Mu nang'

ENGLISH : Thai "Lady Fingers" banana.

MALAY : Pisang jambe (Indonesia), Pisang pinang (Indonesia).

TAGALOG : Kinamay dalaga.

THAI : กล �วยเล�บม�ออนาง Kluay leb mue nang (Kluai lep meu naang).

Musa (AA group) 'Kluai Nam Nom'

ENGLISH : Milk banana, Yellow-skinned finger banana.

ITALIAN : Banane latte.

MALAY : Biu susu (Bali), Pisang susu.

THAI : �
กล �วยน� านม Kluai naam nom.

Musa (AA group) 'Kluai Sa'

TAGALOG : Bata bata.

THAI : กล �วยสา Kluai sa.

VIETNAMESE : Chuối ngự tiến .

Musa (AA group) 'Kluai Thong Ruang'

MALAY : Pisang gadis.

TAGALOG : Morong princesa.

THAI : กล �วยทองร�วง Kluai tong ruang, กล �วยไข�ทองร�วง Kluay kai thong ruang (Kluai khai
thoung roung).

VIETNAMESE : Chuối ngự thoc.

Musa (AA Group) 'Lacatan'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla (AA Group) 'Lacatan', Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp.
sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. lacatan Blanco ?

ENGLISH: Lacatan banana.

FRENCH: Banane lacatan des Philippines.

JAPANESE : ラカタン バナナ Rakatan banana.

TAGALOG : Lakatan, Lacatan (see "Confusing Names").

A little confusion with 'Lakatan Yellow' (AAA group) and 'Lakatan Red' (AAA group).

Musa (AA Group) 'Lady's Finger'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla (AA Group) 'Lady's Finger', Musa acuminata Colla (AA
Group) 'Sucrier', Musa acuminata Colla (Sucrier Group) 'Lady's Finger', Musa x paradisiaca L.
'Lady Finger', Musa x paradisiaca L. cultigroup Sucrier 'Doigt de Femme', Musa x paradisiaca L.
cultigroup Saccharinus 'Lady's Finger', Musa x paradisiaca L. cultigroup Saccharinus 'Dedo de
Dama', Musa acuminata Colla non L. (Sucrier Group) 'Datil', Musa acuminata Colla non L.
(Sucrier Group) 'Niño', Musa acuminata Colla non L. (Sucrier Group) 'Bocadillo'

BURMESE : Segale nget pyaw ( Sagale nget pyaw ?).

DANISH: Sukkerbanan, Figenbanan.

DUTCH: Bananenvijg, Bananevijg.

ENGLISH : Lady finger banana, Sugar banana, Finger banana, Fig banana, Date banana, Edible
banana type AAB ?

FRENCH : Banane-figue, Banane mignonne, Figue sucrée (West Indies), Banane figue sucrée,
Banane doigt de dame, Banane naine, Banana ficaire, Bananier "Sucrier".

GERMAN: Zuckerbanane, Kleine Westindische Banane.

HINDI : Surya kadali.

ITALIAN : Banana d’oro, Banana fico, Banana nana.

MALAY : Amasan (Indonesia), Biu mas (Bali), Pisang emas (Indonesia), Pisang mas, Pisang mas
besar, Pisang mas Kampung.

PORTUGUESE: Banana-figo, Banana dedo-de-dama, Banana anã, Banana ouro (Brazil).

SPANISH: Dedo de Dama, Guineo niño, Guineo blanco (Puerto Rico), Cambur Titiaro (Colombia,
Venezuela), Bocadillo (Colombia).

TAGALOG : Amas, Caramelo, Kamoros.

THAI : กล �วยไข� Kluai khai (Klue kai).

VIETNAMESE : Chuoi trung.

Musa (AA Group) 'Malaysian Blood'
ENGLISH : Blood banana.

Musa (AA Group) 'Orito'

ENGLISH : Baby banana, Banana orito, Ecuador baby banana, Mini banana.

SPANISH : Bananito (Ecuador), Banano bocadillo (Colombia), El orito (Ecuador), Niño, Orito
ecuatoriano.

May be a synonym of 'Lady's Finger'

Musa (AA group) 'Pisang Lilin'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (AA group) 'Kluai Thong Ki Maew'

ENGLISH : Candle banana, Kaveri banana.

MALAY : Pisang ekor kuda, Pisang empat puluh, Pisang lemak manis (Indonesia), Pisang lemak
manis terenganu, Pisang lidi, Pisang lilin (Indonesia), Pisang mas sagura, Pisang muli (Indonesia).

TAGALOG : Mama on.

THAI : กล �วยเล�บม�อนาง (Kluai Leb Mu Nang), กล �วยทอง กาบด�า (Kluai Thong Kab
�
Dam), กล �วย ทองข�แมว �
Kluai tong kee maew (Kluai thong khi meew), กล �วยทองข�แมง Kluai
thong khi meew.

VIETNAMESE : Chuối tien (spelling of tien needs checking).

Is 'Lilin' really a synonym of "Kluai tong kee maew" ?

Musa (AA group) 'Pisang Masam'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla (AA Group) 'Veinte Cohol'

MALAY : Pisang masam.

THAI : กล �วยหอมทองสน Kluai hom thong son.

VISAYAN : Veinte cohol.

Musa (AA Group) 'Señorita'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla (AA Group) 'Señorita', Musa acuminata Colla (Inarnibal
subgroup) 'Señorita'

ENGLISH : Philippines finger banana, Philippines "Forty Day Banana".

JAPANESE : モンキーバナナ Monkii banana.

SPANISH : Cuarenta dias banana.

TAGALOG : Cariños, Cariñosa, Monkoy, Señorita.

UNIDENTIFIED : Arnibal (Philippines), Lunsuranon (Philippines), Sarot-sut (Philippines).

Due to its belonging to the Inarnibal subgroup some Inarnibal synonyms are sometimes attributed to
this cultivar. On the other hand it may be that 'Inarnibal' is synonymous with 'Senorita'. The name
"Senorita" is also sometimes wrongly applied to 'Ladies Fingers' in Japan.

Musa (AA Group) 'Veinte Cohol' -> Musa (AA group) 'Pisang Masam'

Musa (AAA Group)

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group)

ENGLISH : Triploid cultivated bananas.

Musa (AAA Group) 'Ambon Putih'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Ambon Putih'

MALAY : Pisang Embun, Pisang Ambon Putih (Indonesia).

TAGALOG : Ambon.
THAI : กล �วยหอมดอกไม� Kluai hom dok mai.

Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Cuban Red' -> Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group)
'Red Dacca'

Musa (AAA Group) 'Dwarf Cavendish'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla (Cavendish Group) 'Dwarf Cavendish', Musa cavendishii
Lambert ex Paxton, Musa nana auct. non Lour., Musa sinensis Sweet ex Sagot, Musa (grupo AAA,
subgrupo Cavendish) 'Nanica'

ARABIC : Maouz siny, ‫الموز الهندي‬ Moz el hindi, ‫الموز هيندي‬ Moz hindi.

CATALAN : Banana petita.

BURMESE : Thi-hmwe-nget-pyaw, Wet-ma-lut.

CHINESE : 粉蕉 Fen jiao, 香牙蕉 Xiang ya jiao (Taiwan), Ai keuk heung ngar tsiu
(Cantonese).

DANISH: Cavendish banan, Frugtbanan.

DUTCH: Dwergbanaan.

ENGLISH: Chinese dwarf banana, Dwarf cavendish, Dwarf cavendish banana, Cavendish banana,
Dwarf banana, Fruit banana.

FINNISH: Kääpiöbanaani.

FRENCH: Banane Cavendish, Banane Cavendish 'Petite naine', Bananier Cavendish 'Petit nain',
Bananier d'intèrieur.

GERMAN: Cavendish-Banane, Obstbanane.

HINDI : Basrai, Bhusawal, Jahaji, Kabulee, Pacha wara, Pacha vazhai, Sindhurni, Singapuri,
Vamanakeli.

ITALIAN: Banana Cavendish.

JAPANESE : ドワーフバナナ Dowaafu banana, サンジャクバナナ Sanjaku bashou, 三尺

バナナ Sanjaku bashou, 矮性バナナ Waisei banana, わいせいばなな Waisei banana.

MALAY : Pisang badak (Indonesia), Pisang kapal, Pisang morosebo (Indonesia), Pisang serendah.
MALAYALAM : Gidda Vamanakeli, Vamanakeli.

PORTUGUESE: Banana aña, Banana cavendish, Banana nanica, Cavendish aña, Caturra (Brazil),
Banana da China.

RUSSIAN : Банан Кэвендиша Banan Kevendisha, Банан китайский Banan kitaiskij.

SINHALESE : Binkehel, Nanukehel, Pandi.

SPANISH: Banano Cavendish Enano, Banano enano, Bananero del subgrupo Cavendish 'Pequeña
Enana', Guineo enano (Colombia), Camburi pigmeo (Venezuela), Cachaco, Cuatrofilos, Colicero,
Carapé, Popocho.

TAGALOG : Sulay baguio.

TAMIL : Kuzhi vazhai, Pacha vazhai.

TELUGU : Bhushavali, Chinna patcha arati, Chitivali, Gidda Vamanakeli, Potti Arati.

THAI : กล �วยหอมเข�ยว��อม Kluai hom kieow khom (Kluai hom khieo khom), กล �วยหอม
��อม Kluai hom khom (Klue hom kom).

VIETNAMESE : Chuoi duu, Chuoi tieu lun. Diacritics ?

See also Musa (AAA group) ' Meika ‘Āmoa ' another dwarf cultivar from the AAA group. We are not
confident at all regarding the names from India, particularly the languages they are attributed to.

Musa (AAA Group) 'Dwarf Red'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla ( Cavendish Group) 'Dwarf Red'

ENGLISH : Dwarf red cavendish banana.

Musa (AAA Group) 'Giant Cavendish'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla ( Cavendish Group) 'Grand Nain', Musa acuminata Colla
(AAA Group) 'Giant Cavendish', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Williams'

ARABIC : ‫ موزالمغربي‬Moz maghrabi.

DANISH: Cavendish Frugtbanan, Store cavendish bananplante.
DUTCH: Cavendishbanaan, Grote cavendish bananenplant.

ENGLISH: 'Congo' banana (Surinam, West Indies), Giant cavendish banana, Cavendish banana, Fruit
banana, 'Mons Mari' banana (Aust.).

FINNISH: Jättiläinen Cavendish kasvi.

FRENCH: Banane cavendish, Bananier cavendish 'Giant Cavendish'.

GERMAN: Große Cavendish Bananenpflanze.

HINDI : Harichal.

ITALIAN: Banana Cavendish.

MALAY : Pisang ambon hijau (Indonesia), Pisang cina.

PORTUGUESE : Banana Cavendish, Bananeira do subgrupo Cavendish 'Giant Cavendish', Bananeira

'Nanicão'.

SPANISH : Bananero del subgrupo Cavendish 'Giant Cavendish', Banano Enano gigante.

TAGALOG : Tumok.

THAI : Kluai khlong chang.

VIETNAMESE: Chuoi-già ? Chuoi tieu nho.

VISAYAN : Tumok.

Musa (AAA Group) 'Grande Naine'

DANISH: Cavendish Frugtbanan, Store cavendish bananplante.

DUTCH: Grote cavendish bananenplant.

ENGLISH: Cavendish banana 'Grande Naine'.

FINNISH: Jättiläinen Cavendish kasvi.

FRENCH: Bananier cavendish 'Grand Nain', Banane Cavendish 'Grande naine'.

GERMAN: Große Cavendish Bananenpflanze.

MALAY : Pisang ambon jepang (Indonesia).

PORTUGUESE : Bananeira do subgrupo Cavendish 'Grande Naine'.

SPANISH : Bananero del subgrupo Cavendish 'Gran Enano'.

THAI : กล �วยหอมแกรนด �แนน Kluai hom gae ron naen.

VIETNAMESE: Chuoi va huong.

Musa (AAA Group) 'Green Dacca'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (AAA group) 'Kluai Kung Khieo', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group)
'Dacca', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Dacca', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Green
Red', Musa dacca Horan, Musa x dacca Horan, Musa x paradisiaca L. var. dacca (Horan) Baker ex
Schum.

BURMESE : (pya:réñ-hsam: nghak-pyau:) Pya-ye-san-ngetpyaw.

ENGLISH : Dacca banana.

FRENCH : Banane monsieur (Seychelles), Figue rose-blanche (West Indies), Figue créole blanche
(Martinique).

HINDI : Venkadali.

MALAY : Pisang mundam, Pisang potho hijau (Indonesia), Pisang raja udang hijau, Pisang telor
(Indonesia).

PORTUGUESE : Caru verde (Brazil).

SINHALESE : Galanamalu.

SPANISH : Morado verde, Colorado blanco, Rojo verde, Tafetan verde (Colombia).

TAGALOG : Moradong puti.

TAMIL : Venkadali.

THAI : กล �วยก� �งเข�ยว Kluai gung kieow (Glûay gûng kǐeow).

UNIDENTIFIED : Mzungu mweupe (East Africa), Nyeupe ya kisungu (East Africa).

Musa (AAA Group) 'Gros Michel'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Gros Michel'

BURMESE : Thihmwe.

DANISH : Gros Michel banan.

DUTCH : Gros Michel, Fyffes-banaan.

ENGLISH : Gros Michel banana.

FRENCH : Banane "Gros Michel".

GERMAN : Gros Michel - Banane.

ITALIAN : Banana "Gros Michel".

MALAY : Pisang Ambon, Pisang ambon kuning (Indonesia), Pisang bunga, Pisang embun, Pisang
embung (Indonesia), Pisang masak hitam, Pisang medji, Pisang sri.

PORTUGUESE: Banana Gros Michel.

SINHALESE : Anamala.

SPANISH: Platano "Gros Michel", Guineo gigante (Puerto Rico), Banano, Platano roatan (Mexico).

THAI : กล �วยหอมทอง Kluai hom thong.

VIETNAMESE : Chuối tiêu cao.

Types: "Banano Común", "Banano Chino" and "Banano Rojo".

Musa (AAA Group) 'Kluai Kung Khieo'

ENGLISH : Mautaut red banana.

THAI : กล �วยก� �งเข�ยว Kluai gung kieow (Kluai kung khieo).

Musa (AAA Group) 'Lakatan Red'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla (Cavendish Group) 'Lacatan' ?

MALAY : Pisang barangan merah (Indonesia), Pisang berangan merah.

TAGALOG : Lakatan.

THAI : Kluai ngang phaya.

VIETNAMESE : Chuối tiêu cao hồng.

A little confusion with 'Lacatan' (AA group) and 'Lakatan Yellow' (AAA group).
Musa (AAA Group) 'Lakatan Yellow'
SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla (Cavendish Group) 'Lacatan' ?

MALAY : Pisang barangan kuning (Indonesia), Pisang berangan kuning.

TAGALOG : Lakatan.

THAI : กล �วยหอมแมว Kluai hom maew.

A little confusion with 'Lacatan' (AA group) and 'Lakatan Red' (AAA group).

Musa (AAA Group) 'Masak Hijau'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Masak Hijau', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA
Group) 'Pisang Masak Hijau', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Monte Cristo', Musa
acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Giant Fig', Musa acuminata Colla (Cavendish Group) 'Lacatan' ?
(see "Confusing Names"), Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. lacatan Blanco ?

BURMESE : Thihmwe.

ENGLISH : Indonesian cavendish banana, Jamaican Lacatan, Lacatan banana (Jamaica), Tall
cavendish. (see "Confusing Names").

FRENCH : Banane cavendish des Philippines, Banane cavendish d'Indonésie.

MALAY : Pisang jelai, Pisang masak hijau, Pisang embun lumut, Pisang ambon lumut (Indonesia),
Pisang ambon loemoet (Indonesia), Pisang berangan , Pisang barangan (Indonesia).

PORTUGUESE : Mestiça.

SINHALESE : Sapumal anamalu.

SPANISH : Buñgulan, 'Monte Cristo' (Puerto Rico).

TAGALOG : Balañgon, Buluñgan, Buñgulan.

THAI : กล �วยหอมเข�ยว Kluai hom kieow ( Kluai hom khieo, Kluai hom kiau, Klue hom kiau).

VIETNAMESE : Chuối tiêu cao.

UNIDENTIFIED : Banglana (Philippines), Bongolan (Philippines), Balungun (Philippines).

This cultivar which is not the typical 'Lacatan' from the Philippines is also called "Lacatan" in the
Americas and the West Indies. A great deal of confusion is created from this. Adding to the confusion
Dr. Constantine has suggested that Musa lacatan Hort. ex Gentil. could be either from the AAB
group or a synonym of 'Silk Fig'.

Musa (AAA group) ' Meika ‘Āmoa '

SYNONYM(S) : Musa nana Lour.?

CHINESE : Ai jiao, Xiang jiao.

DANISH : Dvaergbanan.

DUTCH : Dwergbanaan.

ENGLISH : Cook Islands banana, Dwarf banana.

FRENCH : Banane coup de vent, Bananier nain.

GERMAN : Kleine Banane, Zwergbanane.

ITALIAN : Banano nano.

JAPANESE : Sanjaku banana.

PORTUGUESE : Banana da China, Bananeira aña, Bananeira-cambuta, Bananeira-caturra,

Bananeira-nanica.

RUSSIAN : Банан низкорослый (as Musa nana).

SPANISH : Guineo enano, Platano enano, Banano enano, Guineo enano.

VIETNAMESE : Chuối duii, Chuối già lùn. Diacritics ?

This is a dwarf banana of the AAA group, but not the cultivar 'Dwarf Cavendish'. Not surprisingly the
common names are mixed-up.

Musa (AAA Group) 'Mpologoma'

ENGLISH : East African Highland banana.

UNIDENTIFIED : Mudwale (Gisu dialect), Nakibizzi (Ganda dialect), Wansimirayo (Nkore dialect).
Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Poyo' -> Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group)
'Robusta'

Musa (AAA Group) 'Red Dacca'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Red Dacca', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA
Group) 'Red', Musa sapientum L. f. rubra Bail., Musa sapientum L. var. rubra (Firm.) Baker ,
Musa rubra Wall. ex Kurz., Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. rubra, Musa
acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Cuban Red', Musa acuminata Colla (Cavendish Group) 'Cuban
Red', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Red Jamaican', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group)
'Jamaican Red', Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Spanish Red', Musa (AAA group) 'Kluai
Nak'

BURMESE : (shwé nghak-pyau:) Shwe-ngetpyaw.

CHINESE : Hong guo jiao.

DANISH : Kubabanan, Aeblebanan, Rød banan.

DUTCH : Rode banaan, Cubabanaan.

ENGLISH : Red dacca (Australia), Red banana, 'Red' banana (USA), Claret banana, Cavendish
banana "Cuban Red", Jamaican red banana, Pink banana (Hawaii), Red cavendish banana.

FRENCH : Figue rose (Guadeloupe, Martinique), Figue rouge (Haiti), Figue rouge-vin, Figue violette
(Guadeloupe), Bacove violette (French Guiana), Banane rouge, Banane violette, Banane de Cuba.

GERMAN : Weinrote Banane, Kuba Banane.

HINDI : Agniswar, Anupam, Chandrabale, Chenkadali, Chevvazhai, Kembale, Lal kela, ल�ल
क�ल� Laal kelaa, Lal kera.

ITALIAN : Banana rosa, Banana di Cuba

JAPANESE : バラコアバナナ Barakoa banana, キューバ バナナ Kuuba banana.

MALAY : Pisang raja udang, Pisang raja udang merah, Pisang udang (Indonesia).

MARATHI : ल�ल व�ल�� Laal velachi.

PORTUGUESE: Banana roxa (Brazil), Bananeira roxa, Banana vermelha.

SINHALESE : Rathambala.
SPANISH : Banano color clarete, Tafetan (Colombia), Tafetan morado (Colombia), Guineo morado
(Cuba), Colorado (Puerto Rico), Platano colorado.

TAGALOG : Morado.

TAMIL : Chenkadali.

TELUGU : Yerra arati.

THAI : กล �วยนาก Kluai naak (Bangkok), Klue nak.

VIETNAMESE : Chuoi com lua. Diacritics ?

UNIDENTIFIED : Nyekundu ya kisungu (East Africa), Mzungu Mwekundu (East Africa).

Musa (AAA Group) 'Robusta'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Robusta', Musa acuminata Colla (Cavendish
Group) 'Robusta', Musa acuminata Colla (Giant Cavendish Group) 'Poyo', Musa (grupo AAA,
subgrupo Prata) 'Prata'

BENGALI : Kanchkela.

DANISH : Poyo-banan, Robusta-banan.

DUTCH : Poyobanaan, Robustabanaan.

ENGLISH : Bombay green (Maharashtra), Poyo banana, Robusta banana.

FRENCH : Banane "Poyo", Banane Robusta.

GERMAN : Poyo-Banane, Robusta-Banane.

GUJARATI : Harichal borjahaji.

HINDI : Harichal.

ITALIAN : Banana "Poyo",.

MALAY : Pisang ambon putih (Indonesia), Pisang buai.

PORTUGUESE: Banana "Poyo", .

PORTUGUESE: Banana prata, Bananeira-prata, Bananeira-dos-sabios, Bananeira-roxa.

SPANISH: Platano "Poyo", Banano Robusta.

TAGALOG : Tudok.
TELUGU : Koti arati, Pedda pacha arati (Andhra Pradesh).

VIETNAMESE : Chuoi tieu xanh. Diacritics ?

Musa (AAA Group) 'Tella Chakkarakeli'

HINDI : Tellachekkerakeli.

TAMIL : Tellachekkerakeli.

TELUGU : Godavari Chakkarakeli, Tella Chakkarakeli.

Musa acuminata Colla (AAAA Group)

ENGLISH : Tetraploid wild banana.

Musa acuminata Colla (AAAA Group) 'Bodles Altafort'

ENGLISH : Jamaican banana 'Bodles Altafort'.

Musa acuminata Colla (AAAA Group) 'Golden Beauty'

ENGLISH : 'Golden Beauty' banana.

Musa (AAAA Group) 'Pisang Ustrali'

ENGLISH : Papua New Guinea banana.

Musa (AB Group)

SYNONYM(S) : Musa x paradisiaca L. (AB group), Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AB Group)

Musa (AB group) 'Kunnan'

ENGLISH : Kerala hill banana, Kunnan hill banana.
TAMIL : Kunnan.

Musa (AB Group) 'Ney Poovan'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AB Group) 'Ney Poovan'

ENGLISH : Karnakata fragrant banana, Kerala backyard banana, Lady's finger banana (see
"Confusing names"), Ney Poovan banana.

HINDI : Safed velchi (North-West India), Vadakkan kadali.

KANNADA : Deva bale, Elakki bale.

TAMIL : Ney kadali, Ney poovan.

UNIDENTIFIED : Chini champa (North-East India), Hoobale (India), Kisubi (Uganda), Njali
poovan (India), Putta sugantha (India).

Musa (AB Group) 'Sukari Ndizi'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (Kamarangasenge subgroup) 'Sukari Ndizi'

ENGLISH : African banana.

UNIDENTIFIED : Kamarangasenge (Rwanda), Sukali ndizi (Uganda).

Musa (AAB Group)

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group), Musa acuminata x balbisiana
Colla (Plantain subroup), Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group, Plantain subgroup)

Musa (AAB Group) 'African Rhino Horn'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (AAB Group) 'African Red', Musa (Plantain subroup) 'African Red'

ENGLISH : Rhino horn plantain.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Black French'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Black French'
ENGLISH : Black French plantain.

FRENCH : Banane noire.

TAMIL : Karu nendran.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Bungaoisan'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Bungaoisan'

FRENCH : Plantain des Philippines "Bungaoisan".

MALAY : Pisang candi.

TAGALOG : Bungaoisan.

UNIDENTIFIED : Nendran (India).

Musa (AAB Group) 'Manini'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (AAB Group) 'A'e A'e'

ENGLISH : Ornamental banana, Royal variegated banana, Variegated banana, White-striped banana.

FRENCH : Bananier à feuilles panachées, Banane à fruits panachés, Banane comestible à fruits
panachés, Bananier d'ornement à feuille panachée, Bananier de l' île d'Hawaï.

This is one of the two most outstandingly attractive of all Musa cultivars. The other Musa acuminata
Colla 'Siam Ruby' being mostly red with green variegations.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Canara'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa × paradisiaca L.. 'Canara', Musa × sapientum var. canara N.G.Teodoro

MALAY : Pisang geraksa, Pisang raja talong.

TAGALOG : Canara.

THAI : กล �วยหวาน Kluai waan.

VIETNAMESE : Chuối tây bột, Chuối tây tiêu, Chuối xiêm mật.

Could this cultivar be a synonym of Musa (AAB group) 'New Mu Nang' ?

Musa (AAB Group) 'Dwarf Orinoco'
ENGLISH : Dwarf Orinoco, Dwarf Quadrano.

JAPANESE : ドワーフ ・ オリノコ Dowaafu orinoko.

SPANISH : Orinoco enano.

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Celat'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Cuban', Musa acuminata x
balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Red Jamaica'

Musa (AAB Group) 'Dwarf French Plantain'

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Dwarf French Plantain'

PORTUGUESE : Banana maranhao caturra (Brazil), Maranhao ana.

Musa (AAB Group) 'False Horn'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa decrescens de Briey

Musa (AAB Group) 'French Horn'

Musa (AAB Group) 'French Plantain'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (French Plantain Group), Musa cliffortiana
L., Musa dacca P. F. Horaninow, Musa x paradisiaca L.'French Plantain', Musa x paradisiaca L.
subsp. sapientum (L.) C. E. O. Kuntze, Musa x paradisiaca var. dacca (P. F. Horaninow) J. G. Baker
ex K. M. Schumann, Musa rosacea N. J. von Jacquin, Musa x sapientum L.

CATALAN : Bananer de Canàries, Plàtan (fruit), Plàtan de taula (fruit), Plàtan de postres (fruit) ,
Plataner, Plataner de Canàries.

DANISH : Kanarisk banan, Spisebanan.

DUTCH : Canarische banaan, Eetbanaan, Bacove, Bakove.

ENGLISH : African plantain, Canary banana, Table banana, Common banana, French plantain.

FINNISH : Banaani, Hedelmaebanaani.

FRENCH : Banane des Canaries, Banane de table, Bacove, Figue banane.

GERMAN : Franzoesische Pisangfeige, Speisebanane, Obstbanane, Kanarische Banane.

ITALIAN : Banana delle Canarie.

PORTUGUESE: Bananeira prata, Bananeira dos sabios.

SPANISH : Banano de mesa, Banano de las Islas Canarias, Platanera de Canarias, platano de
Canarias, Plátano Canario, Plátano frances, Plátano pequeño amarillo.

UNIDENTIFIED : Bhorot (India), Nendran (India), Rajeli (India).

This is a mixed bag of common names. some may apply to any number of other cultivars. The most
relevant names are bolded. It is becoming increasingly tempting to elliminate this as a cultivar. There
are a number of "French plantains" all falling under the Plantain subgroup. They appear to be mixed-
up with the various Horn plantains and still different to the true plantains or the Pacific plantains.
Canaries bananas may well be simply Cavendish.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Giant French'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Giant'

ENGLISH : Giant plantain, French plantain 'Giant'.

FRENCH : Banana cent livres (West Indies).

TAMIL : Myndoli, Myindoli.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Green French'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Green French', Musa x
paradisiaca L. cultigroup Plantain 'Green French'

CHINESE : Xiang ya jiao.

DANISH: Hestebanan, Melbanan, Pisangbanan..

DUTCH : Meelbanaan, Gewone banaan, Kookbanaan.

ENGLISH : Plantain, French plantain, 'Green French' plantain.

FRENCH : Banane créole, Banane des Antilles , Banane blanche , Banane musquée blanche, Banane
musquée, Banane ordinaire.

GERMAN : Franzoesische Pisangfeige, Kochbanane, Mehlbanane.

ITALIAN : Banana creola, Banano da legume, Banano da farina.

PORTUGUESE : Banana creoula, Plátano, Plátano congo (Puerto Rico).

SPANISH : Plantano, Plátano frances, Plátano.

TAMIL : Eleri.

This is a mixed bag of common names. some may apply to any number of other cultivars. The most
relevant names are bolded.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Horn'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (French Plantain Group) , Musa acuminata
x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Dominico Gigante', Musa (AAB group, Plantain subgroup)
'Horn Plantain', Musa corniculata Kurz, Musa corniculata Lour., Musa x corniculata Lour.,
Musa corniculata Rumphius

DANISH: Hornformet banan.

DUTCH: Hoornmeelbanaan, Hoornplantaan.

ENGLISH: Horn plantain, Horse plantain, Javanese cooking plantain.

FRENCH: Banane corne.

GERMAN: Hornfoermige Pisangfeige

HINDI : Moongil.

MALAY : Pisang lang, Pisang tandok (Malaysia & Indonesia) (not to be confused with P. tandook /
P. tanduk).

PORTUGUESE: Banana corno, Banana de chifre, Banana pacova (Brazil), Farta velhaco
(Brazil), Banana macho.

SINHALESE : Kochchikehel.

SPANISH: Platano macho (Mexico), Harton de Castilla, Harton (Colombia, Puerto Rico), Platano
comun (Puerto Rico), Platano maricongo (Puerto Rico), Banano macho (Panama), Platano macho
(Cuba).

TAGALOG : Tindok, Tondoc, Tundoc.

THAI : กล �วยไข�ฝรง� � Kluai kai farang, กล �วย งา� �าง Kluai ngaa chaang (Kluai nga chang,
Klue ngar chang), กล �วยนมสวรร� � Kluai nom sa wan (Glûay nom sà-wǎn) .

Musa (AAB group) 'Karpura Chakkarakeli'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (Mysore Subgroup) 'Karpura Chakkarakeli'

TAMIL : Karpurachakkarakeli.

TELUGU : Karpura chakkarakeli, Salem chakkarakeli.

UNIDENTIFIED : Poovan (India), Ginni (India), Sugandam (India).

There is such a cultivar in the ABB group as well.

Musa (AAB group) 'Kluai Nam Phad'

MALAY : Pisang kelat air, Pisang longong (Indonesia) .

TAGALOG : Galamay Señora.

THAI : �
กล �วยน� าฝาด Kluai nam phat (Glûay náam fàat).

VIETNAMESE : Chuoi muop. Diacritics ?

Musa (AAB Group) 'Kluai Niu Charache'

ENGLISH : Crocodile fingers banana, Thai crocodile fingers banana.

MALAY : Pisang lampeng (Indonesia), Pisang nangka (Indonesia).

TAGALOG : Laknau.

�
THAI : กล �วยน� วจระเข � Kluai niw jor ra kay (often wrongly transcribed as "Kluai niu charachne"
as in its cultivar name, or "Kluai niu charakne").

UNIDENTIFIED : Darayan, Maybay.

This cultivar should not be confused with the Malaysian crocodile fingers banana Musa (AA group)
"Jari Buaya".

Musa (AAB group) 'Kluai Nom Sao'

THAI : กล �วยนมสาว Kluai nom sao (Glûay nom sǎao).

Musa (AAB Group) 'Krishna Vazhai'

ENGLISH : Black-stemmed pome, Black-stemmed virupakshi, .

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Laknao'

ENGLISH : Asian plantain "Laknao".

Musa (AAB Group) 'Latundan'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa x paradisiaca L. 'Latundan'

ENGLISH : Philippines dessert banana.

MALAY : Pisang rastali, Pisang raja sereh (Indonesia).

TAGALOG : Latundan, Suring, Tundan, Turdan.

THAI : กล �วยน� า� Kluai nam.

VIETNAMESE : Chuoi goong. Diacritics ?

Very likely a synonym of Musa (AAB Group) 'Silk Fig'

Musa (AAB Group) 'Maqueño'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Maqueño'
ENGLISH : Polynesian banana 'Maia Maoli', Fijian banana 'Vudi Bawa', Samoan banana 'Fa'i
Samoa', French plantain "Maqueño".

ENGLISH : French plantain 'Madre del Platanar'.

PORTUGUESE : Banana da terra, Banana maranhao (Brazil).

SPANISH : Platano 'Maqueño' (Ecuador), Comino (Colombia), Dominico (Colombia), Platano

negro, Platano 'Madre del Platanar' (Colombia).

Musa (AAB Group) 'Mysore'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Mysore', Musa acuminata x
balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Poovan', Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group)
'Thousand Grain', Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Fillbasket', Musa x
paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze var. champa, Musa sapientum L. var. champa Baker,

ARABIC : 'Moz soba'a el sitt' (Egypt).

BURMESE : Htau:pat nghak-pyau: (as 'Champa'), Nget pyaw chin.

ENGLISH : Indian banana "Mysore", Mysore banana, Champa banana (North-East India).

HINDI : Champa (North-East India), Lal velchi (North-West India), Karpura chakkara keli (Southern
India).

MALAY : Pisang Ceylon, Pisang keling.

MALAYALAM : Awaiting feed back.

MARATHI : Lal velchi.

SAMOAN : Misi Luki.

SINHALESE : Honderawala.

TAMIL : Karpurachakkarakeli, Karpura chakkrakeli, Lalvelchi, Poovan.

TELUGU : Karpura chakkarakeli.

THAI : กล �วยจ�น Kluai chin, กล �วยไข�ฝรง� � Kluai khai farang (Kluai kai farang, Klue kai
ferang), กล �วยล�งกา Kluai lanka.

VIETNAMESE : Chuoi com chua. Diacritics ?

UNIDENTIFIED : Inangel (Philippines), Karpura chakkarekeli (Andhra Pradesh).

Musa (AAB group) 'New Mu Nang'

THAI : � อนาง
กล �วย น� วม� Kluai niw meu naang, กล �วยหวาน Kluai waan.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Ney Mannan'

TAMIL : Ney mannan, Vayal vazhai (Tanjore), Naattu vazhai (Pannaikkadu).

UNIDENTIFIED : Mey Vannan (India).

Musa (AAB Group) 'Ney Vazhai'

ENGLISH : Red-stemmed pome, Red-stemmed virupakshi.

TAMIL : Ney vazhai.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Orinoco'

ARABIC : ‫أورينوكو موز‬

ENGLISH : Horse banana, Orinoco banana.

JAPANESE : オリノコバナナ Orinoko banana.

RUSSIAN : Ориноко Банана.

SPANISH : Orinoco, Platano de burro, Quadrano.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Pink French'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Pink French'

ENGLISH : Pink French plantain.

HINDI : Nendran.

UNIDENTIFIED : Ethakai (India).

Musa (AAB Group) 'Pisang Seribu'
SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Pisang Seribu', Musa chiliocarpa
Backer

ENGLISH : Thousand fingers banana.

CHINESE : 千層蕉 (Taiwan).

JAPANESE : 千成バナナ (as M. chiliocarpa), せんなりバナナ, ムサ・キリオカルパ Musa

kiriokarupa, センナリバナナ Sennari banana, 千生りバナナ Sennari banana.

MALAY : Pisang seribu.

TAMIL : Awaiting feedback.

THAI : กล �วยร �อยหว� Kluai roi wee (Klue roi wi).

VIETNAMESE : Chuối trăm nải.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Pome'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (subgroup Pome) 'Pome'

ENGLISH : 'Lady's Finger' banana (Australia), 'Brazilian' banana (Hawaii), Hill banana (Tamil
Nadu).

HINDI : Sirumalai, �वरु���� Virupakchi.

MALAY : Pisang kelat jambi.

SINHALESE : Puwalu.

TAMIL : Malavazhai, Vannan, விருபக்ஷி Virupakshi.

The following have also been used as synonyms for the cultivar name, although some should
obviously not be. Some names (ie. "Krishna Vazhai") apply to the subgroup Pome and / or other
specific cultivar(s) : ‘Apple’, ‘Bakweri’ (West Africa), ‘Brazilian’ (Florida), ‘Brazilian Red’,
‘Brazilian Tall’ (Hawai‘i), ‘Improved Lady’s Finger’ (Australia, western Pacific islands), ‘Kijakazi’
(Zanzibar), ‘Krishna Vazhai’ (India), ‘Lady’s Finger’, ‘Pime’ (Marquesas), ‘Pime pukiki’, ‘Preisihl’
(Micronesia), ‘Puwalu’ (Sri Lanka), ‘Rio’ (Tahiti, Marquesas), ‘Rio Pukiki’ (French Polynesia), ‘Rio
Rouge’ (French Polynesia), ‘Rio ‘Ute‘ute’ (Polynesia), ‘Sirumalai’ (India), ‘Tall Apple’, ‘Vannan’
(India).
Musa (AAB Group) 'Popoulu'
SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Popoulu', Musa discolor hort. ex
Horan

ENGLISH : Hawaiian banana 'Popoulu', Plantain 'Popoulou'.

FRENCH: Banane à chair rouge ?, Banane de Nouvelle Calédonie.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Rajapuri'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (Kluai Kai subgroup) 'Kluai Khai Boran', Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla
(AAB Group) 'Raja', Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla 'Grindy'

ENGLISH : King banana, Orange-fleshed Indian banana, Rajah banana , Rajahpuri banana, Thai red-
fleshed banana.

FRENCH : Banane géante brun-pourpre, Banane rajapuri.

JAVANESE : Biu raja (Bali).

MALAY : Pisang raja (Malaysia & Indonesia), Biu raja (Bali, Java), Pisang raja bulu (Indonesia),
Pisang raja talun.

TAGALOG : Radja.

THAI : กล �วยไข�โบราณ Kluai khai boh raan.

A small-fruited form and a form with large purple fruits have been reported !

Musa (AAB Group) 'Rasthali'

The following have also been used as synonyms but we cannot confirm any. Amrithpani,
Amruthapani, Kulfiait, Malbhog, Mortman, Pedda Sugandam, Rasabale, Rastali, Sabri, Salsikola.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Red Plantain'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Wine Plantain'

ENGLISH: Wine plantain, Red plantain.

FRENCH: Banane créole rouge, Banane rouge, Banane rouge-vin.

HINDI : Velaththan.

SPANISH: Platano colorado.

TAMIL : Valathan.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Silk Fig'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Silk Fig', Musa (AAB Group)
'Silk', Musa berteri Colla, Musa berteroi Colla, Musa berteroniana von Steud., Musa sapientum
L., Musa x paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze

BURMESE : Htaw bat.

ENGLISH : Silk banana, Apple banana, Philippines dessert banana, Sugar banana (Australia), Dr
Turdan (Philippines), Silk fig, Tropical dessert banana.

FRENCH : Figue pomme.

HINDI : Amrithapani, Digjowa, Dudhsagar, Honda, Kozhikodu, Madhuranga, Nanjankode, Rasabale,

Saapkal, Sabari, Sabri, Suvandal, Thozhuvan.

MALAY : Pisang rastali, Pisang raja sereh (Indonesia).

MALAYALAM : Sonkel.

PORTUGUESE : Banana de Cuba, Banana maca, Maça (Brazil).

SINHALESE : Kolikutta.

SPANISH : Banana manzana, Banana maça (South America), Manzana, Manzano, Platano manzano.

TAGALOG : Latundan, Tundan, Cantong.

TAMIL : Rasthali.

TELUGU : Amrithapani.

THAI : กล �วยน� า� Kluai naam (Kluai nam).

VIETNAMESE : Chuoi goong. Diacritics ?

The following have also been used as synonyms for the cultivar name. We could confirm some but
not all. Some (ie. Rasthali) are better suited to the subgroup Fig.
‘Amorosa’, Amruthapani (Andhra Pradesh), ‘Apple’ (Florida, West Indies), ‘Avundumong’ (Papua
New Guinea), Cantong, Digjowa (India), Dudhsagar (India), ‘Hta-bat’ (Burma/Myanmar), ‘Katungal’
(Philippines), ‘Kipukusu’ (East Africa), ‘Kipungusu’(East Africa), ‘Kolikutt’ (Sri Lanka), Kozhikodu
(India), ‘LadyFinger’ (Hawai‘i), ‘Latundan’, ‘Letondal’, Madhuranga (India), Malbhog (Bihar),
‘Manzana’ (Latin America), ‘Manzano’ (Latin America), ‘Maramba’, Martaman (West Bengal), ‘Miti
Ruki’,‘Morthoman’, ‘Mutheli’ (Maharashtra), Nanjankode (India), ‘Pukusa’ (Zanzibar), Rasabale,
Rassabale (Karnataka), Saapkal (India), Sabri (India), ‘Sabari’ (India), ‘Sonkel’, ‘Sugar’
(Queensland-Australia), Suvandal (India), Thozhuvan (India), ‘Tiki’, ‘Tordan’, ‘Tundan’, ‘Turdan’,
‘Worodong’.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Sirumalai'

ENGLISH : Sirumalai Hills pome, Sirumalai Hills virupakshi.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Thiruvananthapuram'

MALAY : Pisang kelat.

TAMIL : Thiruvananthapuram.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Tiger'

ENGLISH : Tiger plantain, French plantain 'Tiger'.

FRENCH : Banana puce.

Musa (AAB Group) 'Virupakshi'

TAMIL : Ladan, Mala vazhai, Marabale, Vannan.

Very likely a synonym of 'Pome'.

Musa (AAAB Group) 'Atan'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAAB Group) 'Atan'
Musa (AABB Group) 'Kalamagol'
SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AABB Group) 'Kalamagol'

FRENCH : Petite banane de Bougainville.

Musa (AABB Group) 'Ngern'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (AABB Group) 'Ngoen'

Information needed on this name / cultivar ?

Musa (AABB Group) 'Pisang Abu Baru'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (Kelompok AABB) 'Pisang Abu Baru'

Information needed on this name / cultivar ?

Musa (ABB Group) 'Blue Java'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) 'Blue Java', Musa acuminata x
balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) 'Ice Cream'

ENGLISH : Javanese cooking banana, Hawaiian banana, 'Ice Cream' banana (Hawaii), 'Blue
Java' banana (Fiji).

SPANISH : Cenizo (Central America).

TAGALOG : Krie.

TAMIL : Venneetu mannan.

Musa (ABB group) 'Bluggoe'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (ABB group) 'Chato', Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group)
'Bluggoe', Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) 'Burro', Musa acuminata x balbisiana
Colla (ABB Group) 'Chato', Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) 'Moko'

BURMESE : Hpi gyan.

ENGLISH : Apple plantain, Cooking banana, Horse banana, Horse plantain, Hog banana, Mafoubay
(West Indies), Square cooker.
FRENCH : Banane cochon (Haiti), Cacambou (West Indies), Moko (West Indies), Poteau (West
Indies).

HINDI : Nalla Bontha.

MALAY : Pisang abu keling, Pisang batu (Java), Pisang kelat abu, Pisang kepok hijau (Indonesia),
Pisang kosta (Indonesia).

SINHALESE : Mondan.

SPANISH : Platano burro, Chamaluco (Puerto Rico), Largo (French Polynesia, Mexico).

TAGALOG : Matavia.

TAMIL : Nalla bontha.

THAI : กล �วยห�กม�กเข�ยว Kluai hak muk kieow, กล �วยส �ม Kluai som.

VIETNAMESE : Chuối ngốp lùn .

UNIDENTIFIED : Bankel (India), Bokoboko, Khasadia (India), Kivivu, Mkojosi (East Africa),
Monthan (India).

Types : "Boscó" and "Felipita".

Musa (ABB group) 'Dwarf Bluggoe'

SPANISH : Cachaco enano (Puerto Rico), Chamaluco enano (Puerto Rico).

Musa (ABB Group) 'Dwarf Pisang Awak'

THAI : � �า��อน
กล �วยน� าว Kluai naam waa khom.

Musa (ABB group) 'Karpura Chakkarakeli'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (Pisang Awak Subgroup) 'Karpura Chakkarakeli'

TAMIL : Karpurachakkarakeli.

TELUGU : Karpura chakkarakeli, Salem chakkarakeli.

There is such a cultivar in the AAB group as well.

Musa (ABB group) 'Karpuravalli'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa x paradisiaca L. (ABB group) 'Karpuravalli', Musa (Pisang Awak
Subgroup) 'Karpuravalli'

HINDI : क���रव�� Karpuravalli.

TAMIL : கர�பூரவ�� லீ Karpuravalli.

TELUGU : క�� రవ� � Karpooravalli.

This cultivar has a number of synonyms, among them are: Bharat moni, Boodida, Chinali,
Jammulapalem, Jhurmani kanthali, Kanthali, Kosta bontha, Manohar, Pey kunnan, Pisang Awak,
Tammulapalem. But in fact which are strictly synonyms ?

Musa (ABB group) 'Kluai Nam Wa Dam'

ENGLISH : Thai red and yellow fruited banana.

THAI : � �าด�า
กล �วยน� าว Kluai nam wa dam (Glûay náam-wáa dam).

Musa (ABB group) 'Kluai Nam Wa Daeng'

MALAY : Pisang longok (Indonesia), Pisang siem (Indonesia).

TAGALOG : Siusok.

THAI : � �าแดง
กล �วยน� าว Kluai naam waa daeng (Kluai namwa daeng) .

VIETNAMESE : Chuối tây .

Musa (ABB group) 'Kluai Nom Mi'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa x paradisiaca L. 'Kluai Nom Mi', Musa (ABB group) 'Monthan'

ENGLISH : Indian plantain, Thai cooking banana, Thai plantain.

HINDI : Monthan.

MALAY : Pisang abu bujal.

TAGALOG : Maduranga.

THAI : กล �วยนมหม� Kluai nom mi.

VIETNAMESE : Chuối ngốp cau. Diacritics ?

Musa (ABB Group) 'Kluai Teparod'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) 'Kluai Teparot'

BURMESE : Pya ye san.

ENGLISH : Angels' food, Banana tiparod, Banana tiparot.

FRENCH : Banane à cuire de Siam.

MALAY : Pisang abu Siam, Pisang batu, Pisang benggala barat, Pisang Siam.

TAGALOG : Tiparot, Balongkaue.

THAI : �
กล �วยท�พย �รส Kluai tip rot, กล �วยส�นปล� Kluai sin bplee, กล �วยปล�หาย Kluai bplee
haai, กล �วย ��นเ��า Kluai dteen dtao, กล �วย พาโล Kluai paa loh, กล �วยท�พรส Kluai tip rot
(Kluai theppharot), Kluai pli hai, Kluai sang kivo.

VIETNAMESE : Chuối gạo.

Was previously thought to be an (ABBB group) cultivar and is now an (ABB group) cultivar.

Musa (ABB Group) 'Monthan'

This cultivar has a number of synonyms, among them are: Bontha, Batisa, Bluggoe, Kachakel,
Kachkela, Kachikela, Kanchikela, Karibale, Khasdi, Madhuranga bale, Pontha, Pisang nanka. But in
fact which are strictly synonyms ?

Musa (ABB Group) 'Namwa'

THAI : � �า Kluai naam waa (Kluai nam wa, Klue nam wa), กล �วยอ�อง Kluai ong,
กล �วยน� าว
กล �วยใ� � Kluai tai (Chiang Mai).
Musa (ABB Group) 'Ney Vannan'
TAMIL : Vayal vazhai.

Musa (ABB Group) 'Pisang Awak'

ARABIC : Balaliki (Egypt), Paradaika (Egypt).

BURMESE : Yak hine.

ENGLISH : Thai cooking banana, Ducasse banana (Australia).

HINDI : Karpuravalli, Kostha bonta, Pey kunnan, Sail kola.

MALAY : Pisang awak, Pisang kelat siam, Pisang klotok (Indonesia).

TAGALOG : Katali, Lagkitan.

TAMIL : Karpurachakkarakeli, Kostha bontha, Prykunnan.

TELUGU : Karpura chakkarakeli.

THAI : � �าหลวง Kluai naam waa luang

กล �วยน� าว (Kluai nam wa luang).

Some of these names may apply to subgroups or other cultivars such as the Tamil "Karpuravalli" and
"Karpura chakkarakeli".

Musa (ABB Group) 'Saba'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) 'Saba', Musa x paradisiaca L.
cultigroup Plantain 'Saba', Musa sapientum L. var. compressa (Blanco) N.G.Teodoro

ENGLISH : Cultivated cardaba banana, Saba banana, Papaya banana, Pawpaw banana, Sweet
plantain.

This should not be confiused with the Philippines Saba (BBB group).

Musa (ABB group) 'Silver Bluggoe'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (ABB group) 'Cenizo', Musa (ABB group) 'Silver Moko'

ENGLISH : Silvery banana, Silver moko (West Indies), Thai cooking banana,

HINDI : Thella bontha.

MALAY : Pisang abu perak, Pisang kosta putih (Indonesia), Pisang kepok awu (Indonesia), Pisang
nipal.

SPANISH : Cenizo.

TAGALOG : Katsila.

TAMIL : Thella bontha.

THAI : กล �วยห�กม�ก Kluai hak muk, กล �วยห�กม�กขาว Kluai hak muk khao.

UNIDENTIFIED : Nalla bontha bathees (India), Sambal monthan (India).

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) 'Ice Cream' -> Musa acuminata x
balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) 'Blue Java'

Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABB Group) 'Silver Bluggoe'

Musa (ABBB Group) 'Kluai Teparod'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (ABBB Group) 'Tiparot'

BURMESE : Pya ye san.

ENGLISH : Angels' food, Banana tiparod, Banana tiparot.

FRENCH : Banane à cuire de Siam. RE-CLASSIFIED

MALAY : Pisang abu Siam, Pisang batu, Pisang Siam. see (ABB group)

TAGALOG : Tiparot, Balongkaue.

THAI : �
กล �วยท�พย �รส Kluai tip rot, กล �วยส�นปล� Kluai sin bplee, กล �วยปล�หาย Kluai bplee
haai, กล �วย ��นเ��า Kluai dteen dtao, กล �วย พาโล Kluai paa loh, กล �วยท�พรส Kluai tip rot
(Kluai theppharot), Kluai pli hai, Kluai sang kivo.

VIETNAMESE : Chuối gạo.

Was previously thought to be an (ABBB group) cultivar and is now an (ABB group) cultivar.

Musa balbisiana Colla (BBw Group)

SYNONYM(S) : Musa balbisiana Colla (BBw Group)

ENGLISH : Diploid wild banana.

Musa (BB Group)

SYNONYM(S) : Musa balbisiana Colla (BB Group)

ENGLISH : Diploid cultivated banana.

Musa (BB Group) 'Black Bhimkol'

ENGLISH : Backyard Assam banana.

Musa (BB group ) 'Elavazhai'

ENGLISH : Assamese wild banana, Dining-plate-leaved banana, Karnakata seeded banana, Western
Ghats wild banana, Shading banana plant.

Musa (BBB Group)

SYNONYM(S) : Musa balbisiana Colla (BBB Group)

ENGLISH : Triploid cultivated banana.

Musa (BBB Group) 'Black Bhimkol'

ENGLISH : Cultivated Assam banana.
Musa (BBB Group) 'Cardaba'
ENGLISH : Wild cardaba banana.

MALAY : Pisang chematu, Pisang kepok besar (Indonesia).

VIETNAMESE : Chuối mật.

VISAYAN : Cardaba.

This cultivar is no longer recognized in this group. Given that it was described as a wild cardaba, it
makes sense but what happens to these common names?

Musa (BBB group) 'Giant Saba'

ENGLISH : Malaysian cooking banana 'Giant Saba'.

MALAY : Pisang lompo.

Musa (BBB group), 'Kluai Thepanom '

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (BBB group) 'Thep Phanom'

ENGLISH : Praying hands banana.

TAGALOG : Inabaniko.

THAI : กล �วยเทพพนม Kluai tayp pa nom (Kluai tappanom, Kluai theppanom), กล �วย
เทพนม Kluai tayp pa nom (Kluai tappanom, Kluai theppanom).

UNIDENTIFIED : Benedetta, Ripping, Uht kapakap (Micronesia).

Musa (BBB group) 'Lep Chang Kut'

TAGALOG : Pondol.

THAI : กล �วยเล�บ� �างก�ด Kluai lep chang kut, Lep chang kut.

VIETNAMESE : Chuối ngốp đùi dục (This spelling needs checking).

The grouping for this cultivar appears to be disputed.

Musa (BBB group) 'Pisang Kepok Kuning'

MALAY : Pisang kepok kuning (Indonesia).

TAGALOG : Calibo, Turangkog.

VIETNAMESE : Chuối sáp.

Musa (BBB group) 'Pisang Kepok Putih'

MALAY : Pisang kapor, Pisang kepok putih (Indonesia).

TAGALOG : Sabang puti.

Musa (BBB group) 'Saba'

ENGLISH : Bali cooking banana, Philippines cooking banana, Philippines saba banana.

JAVANESE : Biu gedang saba (Bali).

MALAY : Pisang abu nipah, Pisang Nepah, Pisang nipah, Pisang Kepok (Indonesia), Pisang Sabah
(Indonesia).

TAGALOG : Dippig, Puso ng Saba (banana hearts - inflorescence part).

THAI : Kluai Hin.

Musa (AS group)

SYNONYM(S) : Musa acuminata x schizocarpa

ENGLISH : Papua New Guinea bananas.

Musa (AS group) 'Vunamami'
ENGLISH : Vunamami banana.

Musa (AT group)

The taxa or cultivars in this group are crosses between taxa or cultivars from the EUMUSA Section
and the AUSTRALIMUSA Section. Most cultivars appear to be from Papua New Guinea. This and
related groups are the least known and researched to date.

Musa (AT group) 'Umbubu'

Musa (AAT group)

The taxa or cultivars in this group are crosses between taxa or cultivars from the EUMUSA Section
and the AUSTRALIMUSA Section. Most cultivars appear to be from Papua New Guinea. This and
related groups are the least known and researched to date.

Musa (AAT group) 'Mayalopa'

Musa (ABBT group)

The taxa or cultivars in this group are crosses between taxa or cultivars from the EUMUSA Section
and the AUSTRALIMUSA Section. Most cultivars appear to be from Papua New Guinea. This and
related groups are the least known and researched to date.

Musa (ABBT group) 'Giant Kalapua'

Musa (Fe'i group) 'Karat'

ENGLISH : Micronesia orange-fleshed banana, Pohnpei orange-fleshed banana.

Musa (Fe'i group) 'Karat Kole'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (Fe'i group - Karat subgroup) 'Karat Kole'

ENGLISH : Round-fruited Pohnpei banana.

Musa (Fe'i group) 'Karat Pako'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (Fe'i group - Karat subgroup) 'Karat Pako'

ENGLISH : Coarse-skinned Pohnpei banana.

Musa (Fe'i group) 'Karat Pwehu'

SYNONYM(S) : Musa (Fe'i group - Karat subgroup) 'Karat Pwehu'

ENGLISH : Smooth-skinned Pohnpei banana.

Most confusing names

(old file telling only a tiny fraction of the whole story).

Banane de Cuba (Martinique) = Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAA Group) 'Red Dacca'

Banana de Cuba (Portuguese) = Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Silk'

Lacatan (West Indies, Jamaica, Latin America) = 'Masak Hijau' (Indonesia, Malaysia) (AAA Group)

Lacatan (Philippines) = 'Lacatan' (AA Group)

Lady's Finger (Hawaii) = Lady's Finger (West Indies) = 'Ney Poovan' (India) (AB Group)

Lady's Finger (Hawaii) = 'Sucrier' (USA) (AA Group) <- main "Lady's Finger", most widely
distributed in the world

Lady's Finger (Australia) = 'Silk' (USA) (AAB Group) very likely misapplied, should read 'Pome'.

Lady's Finger (Australia) = 'Pome' (USA) (AAB Group)

Lady's Finger (Fiji) = Lady's Finger (Egypt) = 'Mysore' (USA) (AAB Group)

Platano (Spanish - Spain, Canary Islands, most of Latin America) = Banana (most other languages).

Platano (Spanish - Mexico, Cuba) = Banana (Europe, North America)

Platano (Spanish - Mexico, Cuba) = Plantain (Europe, North America)

Red Jamaica (British Guiana / Guyana) = 'Celat' (AAB Group)

Red Jamaican / Cuban Red = 'Red Dacca' (AAA Group) This needs checking

Saba (not from Philippines or Indonesia) = 'Saba' (ABB Group)

Saba (Philippines, Indonesia) = 'Saba' (BBB Group) = 'Asian Saba' (BBB Group) ?

Both botanical names below have been applied "correctly" and wrongly, by a multitude of authors, to
many sorts of bananas, at various times over the last few decades. According to some authorities, and
with the blessing of N.W. Simmonds, paradisiaca should have been applied to French Plantain and
sapientum to Silk Fig representing types or groups and / or cultivars (or more correctly clones). Both
fall into the AAB group.

Musa x paradisiaca L. = Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'French Plantain'

Musa x sapientum L. = Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) 'Silk Fig'

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