It is the landmark 24,200th plant species saved at Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank Project.

With this addition, the seed bank had collected 10% of the world’s wild plant species.

[3] In China it is an important food for wild Asian elephants.

[3] Musa itinerans is found in the Assam region of Northwest India, Bangladesh, Southeast and South-central China, the Hainan province of China, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

[4] Musa itinerans has ten accepted infraspecifics:[4] A form of the species described as Musa itinerans 'Sanmingyeshengjiao', can grow at 0°C and is thus useful for banana researchers studying cold tolerance.