Musa

It's a fast-growing herbaceous perennial arising from underground rhizomes. The fleshy stalks or pseudostems formed by upright concentric layers of leaf sheaths constitute the functional trunks.


Common Name - Banana


Additional Info

perennial they grow as high as trees, banana and plantain plants are not woody and their apparent “stem” is just the bases of the huge leaf stalks. Thus they are technically gigantic herbs.