Banana

According to Flora of China, wild Musa acuminata grows in shaded, moist ravines, marshes, semi-marshes and slopes, from near sea level to 1,200 m.

GRIN records Musa acuminata as native to parts of China, southern India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, and lists uncertain naturalization on Pemba Island, Tanzania. Flora of China adds Vietnam to its range. An Omani study recorded bananas (Musa spp.) in the low-altitude oasis of Masayrat ar Ruwajah in Al Jabal Al Akhdar in 2007 and 2018, without restricting them to this species. A study published in 2023 describes the introduction of banana cultivation to Fifa, Dhamadh and Beesh in Jazan as recent relative to that study.