Original native ranges of the ancestors of modern edible bananas.

[3] Musa balbisiana, also known simply as plantain, is a wild-type species of banana.

It is one of the ancestors of modern cultivated bananas, along with Musa acuminata.

It grows lush leaves in clumps with a more upright habit than most cultivated bananas.

[11] Wang et al. find evolution increasing ethylene production in the domesticated form.