Musa itinerans
Musa itinerans, the Yunnan banana, is a species of banana found in continental Southeast Asia from Northeast India to Vietnam. The tender inner stalk is also harvested and eaten. It is the landmark 24,200th plant species saved at Kew Gardens' Millennium [Seed Bank Project]. With this addition, the seed bank had collected 10% of the world's wild plant species. In China it is an important food for wild Asian elephants.
Musa itinerans is found in the Assam region of Northwest India, Bangladesh, Southeast and South-central China, the Hainan province of China, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.
Varieties
Musa itinerans has ten accepted infraspecifics:- M. itinerans var. annamica
- M. itinerans var. chinensis
- M. itinerans var. chiumei
- M. itinerans var. formosana
- M. itinerans var. guangdongensis
- M. itinerans var. hainanensis
- M. itinerans var. itinerans
- M. itinerans var. kavalanensis
- M. itinerans var. lechangensis
- M. itinerans var. xishuangbannaensis