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Abstract
A plant genus of the family Musaceae, order Zingiberales, subclass Zingiberidae, class Liliopsida.
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Synonyms
7 entry terms
- Banana Plant
- Banana Plants
- Musas
- Plant, Banana
- Plants, Banana
- Banana
- Bananas
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Aspects Covered
20 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, toxicity, ultrastructure, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
Plantain, the banana-like fruit and green plantain flour go here; the medicinal herb referred to by the common name plantain probably goes under PLANTAGO
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History Note
2002; for BANANA use ZINGIBERALES 1998-2001; use FRUIT 1983-1997
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Previous Indexing
- Zingiberales (1998-2001)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Musa. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D028521. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D028521
- Musa. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_(plant)
- Musa. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8666090