Biological Evolution and Nomenclature of Banana Plant Banana is one of the most widely grown tropical fruits, cultivated over 130 countries, along the tropics and subtropic of Capricorn. Edible bananas are derived from Australimusa and Eumusa series, which have different origins from same genus. Most of the edible bananas are either derived solely from Musa accuminata or are hybrid between two wild diploid species, M. acuminata Colla and M. balbisiana Colla: which contributed to A and B genomes, respectively. Plant has an origin from India and eastern Asian region (Malaysia and Japan) and some varieties are found to be genetically linked with some species from Africa. Polyploidy and hybridization of A and B genomes has given rise to