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Botanical Name	Musa paradisiaca l.
Family Name	Musaceae
Common Name	Musa paradisiaca is commonly referred to as a banana
Tamil Name	வாழை
Life Form	A large tree-like herb
Distribution	Asia
Botanical Distribution	Habit:A large tree-like herb with thick rhizome, pseudostem fleshy, succulent formed by the imbricate leaf sheaths Leaves: Leaves are elongated oval in shape and deep green in colour with a prominent midrib. Inflorescence:Terminal branched spadix Flower:Bracteate, ebracteolate, sessile, trimerous, unisexual or bisexual, flowers are zygomorphic and epigynous.Perianth: Tepals 6, biseriate, 3+3 syntepalous,. Androecium: Stamens 6, arranged in two whorls of 3 each, arranged opposite to the tepals. Gynoecium: Tricarpellary, syncarpous, the median carpel anterior, trilocular, ovary inferior, numerous ovules on axile placentation Fruits: An elongated fleshy berry. Seeds: have seeds, although they are not prominent as in other fruits
Flowering and Fruiting	Throughout the year
Key Compounds	anthocyanins, flavonoids, anthraquinones, and phlorotannins
Medicinal Use	flowerused to treat ulcers, dysentery, and bronchitis.
At the Campus	Backside of the Zoology Department