Musa acuminata is distributed mainly on margins of tropical rainforests and is highly variable morphologically. Simmonds (1966, 1995) reported the occurrence of interbreeding among subspecific taxa of M. acuminata, particularly in Malaysia, its primary centre of origin.
Musa acuminata Colla is usually smaller in size than other local bananas in Malaysia, being only 8-12 cm in length and 3-4 cm in diameter.
The peel is thin and green but turns yellow when it ripes. The pulp is firm, soft and pale, light yellow in color.
The tree can grow up to 2-9 m in height and vegetatively grows from the rhizome. The stem part of the plant consists of the pseudostem that forms from the overlapping and tight packed leaf sheath.
Musa acuminata Colla
