Taxonomy and Nomenclature
The Red banana is a triploid cultivar of the wild banana Musa acuminata, belonging to the Cavendish group (AAA).
Its official designation is Musa acuminata (AAA Group) 'Red Dacca'.
Synonyms include:
- Musa acuminata (AAA Group) cv. 'Red'
- Musa sapientum f. rubra
- Musa sapientum var. rubra (Firm.)
- Musa rubra
- Musa × paradisiaca ssp. sapientum var. rubra
- Musa acuminata (AAA Group) cv. 'Cuban Red'
- Musa acuminata (Cavendish Group) cv. 'Cuban Red'
- Musa acuminata (AAA Group) cv. 'Red Jamaican'
- Musa acuminata (AAA Group) cv. 'Jamaican Red'
- Musa acuminata (AAA Group) cv. 'Spanish Red'.
It is known in English as Red dacca, Red banana, Claret banana, Cavendish banana "Cuban Red", Jamaican red banana, and Red cavendish banana. It is also known under a variety of common names in other countries, including the following:
- Burmese: Shwe nget pyaw.
- Chinese: Hong guo jiao.
- Danish: Kubabanan, Aeblebanan, Rød banan.
- Dutch: Rode banaan, Cubabanaan.
- French: Figue rose (Guadeloupe, Martinique), Figue rouge (Haiti), Figue rouge-vin, Figue violette (Guadeloupe), Bacove violette (French Guiana), Banane rouge, Banane violette, Banane de Cuba
- German: Weinrote Banane, Kuba Banane
- Hindi: Lal kela, Lal kera
- Indonesia: Pisang Susu Merah
- Italian: Banana rosa, Banana di Cuba
- Japanese: Baracoa
- Malaysian: Pisang raja udang
- Portuguese: Banana roxa (Brazil), Bananeira roxa, Banana vermelha
- Polish: Czerwony banan (Poland),
- Sinhalese: Rathambala රතඹලා
- Spanish: Banano color clarete, Tafetan (Colombia), Tafetan morado (Colombia), Guineo morado (Cuba), Colorado (Puerto Rico), Platano colorado, Plátano rosado (Ecuador), Plátano rojo (Perú)
- Tagalog: Morado
- Tamil: Sevvazhai செவ்வாழை
- Thai: Kluay nak (กล้วยนาก)
- Malayalam: Chovazha, Chenkadali, Kappa Pazham
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