Species · Musaceae

Banana

genus Musa. Musaceae. What this plant is called and where it is recorded, plus the published numbers the keystone holds so far.

Rank
genus
Names
0 in 0 languages
Numbers
3 (3 with a source)
Keystone status
partial

Names

No scientific synonyms are recorded for this name.

Where it is recorded

This entry links at the genus level (Musa) because the cultivated form is a hybrid or a group that the species lists do not carry.

Growth stages

  • Initial: about 120 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Mar, Mediterranean)
  • Crop development: about 90 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Mar, Mediterranean)
  • Mid-season: about 120 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Mar, Mediterranean)
  • Late season: about 60 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Mar, Mediterranean)

What the sources say it wants

Each line shows the band, then the kind of source and the citation. "Published" means the number is printed on the cited page; "derived" means it was computed from published numbers with the formula recorded on the row; "external API" rows are refreshed nightly from a live source; "curated" rows are OAT's own working values from June 2026.

Initial

ZoneMeasureBandSource
TimingCrop coefficient, initial stage (ratio)0.5published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998

Mid-season

ZoneMeasureBandSource
TimingCrop coefficient, mid-season (ratio)1.1published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998

Late season

ZoneMeasureBandSource
TimingCrop coefficient, end of season (ratio)1published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998

Keystone status

Partial. The KEEP rule asks for a growth stage and a band in each of light, air and root zone before a crop counts as complete; this plant is in the keystone with what its sources give so far.

Generated 2026-09-15 from the OAT plant keystone. Source types and citations are carried on every row; the keystone snapshot that the Library instruments read is plant-targets.json and its quality sheet is plant-targets.quality.json.