Modern bananas are a hybrid of two banana species: Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. Watch Next: Never eat the 'clean' part of moldy bread Latest videos Fruits and veggies used to look a lot ...

Here’s a hybrid plantain. And this looks like a balbisiana cooking banana,” she says, referring to its wild forebear, Musa balbisiana. “Roughly 900 of these are traditional cultivated varieties.

And this variety is Gold Finger (Musa acuminataxMusa balbisiana'Gold Finger') - it's another popular commercial variety, but like all bananas, they need regular care and attention to get the best ...

For example, the variety Musa balbisiana has superior water use efficiency and was found persevering in open land recovering from fires, so its genetics could help breeders adapt bananas to resist ...

these blue java bananas are triploid hybrid of seeded bananas Musa Acuminata and Musa Balbisiana. And they can grow to a height of 15 to 20 ft and the leaves of the tree are silver-green in colour.

Modern bananas came from two wild varieties, Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, which had large, hard seeds, like the ones in this photo. Modern banana The hybrid produced the delicious modern ...