Taxon: Musa textilis Née

• the 40 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Manila-hemp   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• jiao ma   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• abaca   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• bananier à fibres   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 17:186.) – French
  
• chanvre de Manille   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Faser-Banane   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• Manilahanf   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• cânhamo-de-Manila   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cáñamo de Manila   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• manilahampa   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Materials: fiber   (source of Manila hemp fide Baileya 5:185. 1957; Hortus 3)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Malesia: Philippines [probably wild]

• widely cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Brink, M. & R. P. Escobin, eds. 2003. Fibre plants. Pp. 17:186–193 in: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Govaerts, R. World checklist of selected plant families (on-line resource).
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Häkkinen, M. & H. Väre. 2008. Typification and check-list of Musa L. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes. Adansonia sér. 3, 30:94.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Li, Hsi-wen. 1978. The Musaceae of Yunnan. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16:64.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Merrill, E. D. 1922–1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
• Moore, H. E., Jr. 1957. Musa and Ensete the cultivated bananas. Baileya 5:185.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
• Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. P. A:188 in: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA).
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Musa textilis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Musa textilis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Musa textilis.

Check other web resources for Musa textilis Née:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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