Plant Details

Accepted name:: Musa basjoo Siebold ex Miq. [Musaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Musa basjoo var. basjoo

Musa basjoo var. lushanensis (J.L.Liu) Häkkinen

Musa basjoo var. luteola (J.L.Liu) Häkkinen

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ba jiao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ba jiao gen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ba jiao ye	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bashō	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hardy banana	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanese banana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanese fiber banana	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanese fibre banana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanische faserbanane	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
芭蕉叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芭蕉头	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芭蕉子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芭蕉根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芭蕉油	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芭蕉花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, leaf; ba jiao hua, flower bud; ba jiao you, juice; ba jiao zi, seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Musa japonica Sallier Rev. Hort. (Paris) 68: 202 (1896), nom. superfl.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Musa basjoo Sieb et Zucc.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Musa basjoo Sieb. & Zucc.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Musa basjoo Sieb. Et Zucc.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Musa basjoo Siebold & Zucc.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Musa basjoo Siebold & Zucc. Ex Iinuma	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Musa basjoo Siebold & Zucc. ex Iinuma	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Musa basjoo Siebold & Zuccarini	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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