Plant Details

Accepted name:: Musa basjoo Siebold ex Miq. [Musaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
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) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) 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)
basho	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
bashō	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
hardy banana	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanese banana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) 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)
musa basjoo whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
pacho	Other	Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013)
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		Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013)
root, leaf, flower bud, seed	juice	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.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) 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) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Musa basjoo Siebold & Zuccarini	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Musa basjoo Siebold ex Iinuma	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
Musa basjoo Siebold ex Miq.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)

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