Organisms

Musa

A plant genus of the family Musaceae, order Zingiberales, subclass Zingiberidae, class Liliopsida.

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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

  1. National Library of Medicine. Musa. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D028521. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D028521
  2. Musa. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_(plant)
  3. Musa. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8666090