Taxon profile

species

Abyssinian Banana
Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman

kingdom Plantae - plants » divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants » class Liliopsida - monocotyledons » order Zingiberales » family Musaceae » genus Ensete - ensete

Scientific synonyms

Musa ventricosa Welw.
Musa africana W. Bull
Musa arnoldiana De Wild.
Ensete arnoldianum (De Wild.) Cheesman
Musa bagshawei Rendle & Greves
Ensete bagshawei (Rendle & Greves) Cheesman
Musa buchananii Baker
Ensete buchananii (Baker) Cheesman
Musa davyae Stapf
Ensete davyae (Stapf) Cheesman

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Other names

= Ethiopian Banana
= False Banana

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IUCN category 2024-1:	Least Concern
Data last updated: 2025-02-26 14:12:35

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Author: Václav Hanzlík

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Included taxa

Number of records: 7

Hybrids

cultivar Ensete ventricosum 'Atropurpureum'

cultivar Ensete ventricosum 'Green Stripe'

cultivar Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii' - Red False Banana

cultivar Ensete ventricosum 'Montbeliardii'

cultivar Ensete ventricosum 'Red Stripe'

cultivar Ensete ventricosum 'Rubra'

cultivar Ensete ventricosum 'Tandarra Red'

Links and literature

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [22486245]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024

PLANTS Database [ENVE2]

PLANTS Database [http://plants.usda.gov]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online 2024-05 [584810-1]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online [https://powo.science.kew.org], Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [as Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman]
Data retrieved on: 11 February 2025

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