Taxonomy and Nomenclature
The Cavendish banana is a triploid (AAA) cultivar of Musa acuminata.
Its accepted name is Musa acuminata (AAA Group) 'Dwarf Cavendish'.
Synonyms include:
- Musa acuminata (Cavendish Group) cv. 'Dwarf Cavendish'
- Musa × paradisiaca cultigroup Dwarf Cavendish
- Musa cavendishii var. nana
- Musa acuminata
- Musa nana (name accepted at Mobot)
- Musa nana
- Musa chinensis
- Musa sinensis
- Musa sinensis
- Musa sinensis
The fruit of other cultivars from the Cavendish group (AAA) are also often called 'Cavendish' bananas. Especially the Grand Nain cultivar (also known as Chiquita banana). Other cultivars belonging to the group include the Giant Cavendish (also known as Williams), Red Dacca, Masak Hijau, and Robusta. See Banana Cultivar AAA Group.
Cavendish bananas are named in honour of William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, who acquired an early specimen, and from whose hothouses the cultivars were developed for commercial exploitation worldwide.
Other common names include Klue Hom Kom, Pisang serendah, Chinese banana, and Canary banana.
The Valery is a hardy Cavendish banana variety.
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