Musa paradisiaca is commonly known as ______.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. banana.
- Musa paradisiaca is a sterile triploid that is cultivated in warm climates for its tasty yellow-skinned fruit (bananas). It is commonly called edible banana or French plantain.
- Musa paradisiaca is the first Linnean name given to a banana and is therefore technically the "type species" for the genus Musa .
- The name was coined by Carl Linnaeus, the father of modern taxonomy, who borrowed the name for the genus from Georg Eberhard Rumphius2.