A living M. aurantiaca was introduced during
the following year to Kew Garden London, United
Kingdom through Herrenhausen, by German botanist
Hermann Wendland who had been trained earlier at
Kew. The species was introduced to Herrenhausen
Botanic Garden Hanover, Germany from Assam, India
by Gustav Mann (Baker, 1894). He was also trained at
Kew and later worked at the Indian Forest Service,India. He collected several Musa L. specimens and
sent them to Herrenhausen and Kew. Musa aurantiaca
was also introduced to horticulture in the United
Kingdom in 1894 but it fell into oblivion at the
beginning of the 20th century.