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Cavendish Banana (
Musa acuminata
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Genus Musa
Family Musaceae
Order Zingiberales
Class Liliopsida
Phylum Tracheophyta
Kingdom Plantae
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Native to southern Asia. Many modern bananas are variants of this species. First cultivated by humans around 8,000 BCE, making it one of the earliest domesticated plants. First documented it in Colombia in June 2023.
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