| Family |
Musaceae |
| Scientific name |
Musa basjoo Siebold & Zuccarini ex Iinuma |
| Synonyms |
Musa dechangensis J. L. Liu & M. G. Liu; Musa lushanensis J. L. Liu;
Musa luteola J. L. Liu; Musa japonica C. Thiébaut & JB Keteleer; Musa
japonica hort. ex Veitchii |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) basho [musa] |
| (English common name) Japanese banana |
| Distribution |
(Japan) garden plants |
| (Other nations) [native] China |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=22 |
| Description |
Plants electing 4-5m. Leaves ca. 1-2m length, 50cm width. Flowers yellow,
flowering in July to October (ocassionally also in winter). Evergreen.
Perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Musa basjoo Siebold & Zucc. ex Iinuma |
| Musa basjoo Siebold & Zuccarini |
| Musa basjoo |
| Composition for plant growth regulation (US Patent 4361436/1982) |
| Bioactant translocation agent (US Patent 4431437/1984) |
| Bilirubin-specific enzyme preparation, assay compositions, analytical elements and methods using same (US Patent 4701411/1987) |
| Method for extracting bilirubin-specific enzyme preparation (US Patent 4921804/1990) |
| Agents for protecting plants against diseases (US Patent 5066661/1991) |
| Zea mays plants and transgenic Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells (US Patent 5350689/1994) |
| Carbamic acid derivatives (US Patent 5648494/1997) |
| Compositions and methods of combatting fungi employing triazoles and a pyrimidinamine derivative (US Patent 5627188/1997) |
| Synthetic antibiotics (US Patent 5602097/1997) |
| Methods for protecting ZEA mays plants against pest damage (US Patent 5595733/1997) |
| Method of treating cancer with tannic acid (US Patent 5773419/1998) |
| Method of controlling insect larvae comprising feeding an insecticidal amount of a transgenic maize plant expressing a polypeptide having Bt-crystal protein toxic properties (US Patent 5824302/1998) |
| Process and apparatus for the genetic transformation of cells (US Patent 5976880/1999) |
| Method of producing bacteriorhodopsin and carotenoids by electrostatic treatment of Halobacterium halobium (US Patent 5888791/1999) |
| Regulated expression of heterologous genes in plants and transgenic fruit with a modified ripening phenotype (US Patent 5859330/1999) |
| Compositions and methods for use in cropping bananas and plantain trees (US Patent 6114285/2000) |
| Signal sequences for vacuolar sorting (US Patent 6054637/2000) |
| Tannic acid compositions for treating cancer (US Patent 6063770/2000) |
| Novel bilirubin oxidase which has a substrate specifity to bilirubin, but not to biliverdin, catechol and hemin (US Patent 4985360/1991) |
| Composition and method of treating cancer with tannic acid and tannin complexes (US Patent 6200568/2001) |
| Agents for inducing flower bud formation (US Patent 6174712/2001) |
| Method for treating hyperkeratotic disease with a Halobacterium halobium lysate (US Patent 6238663/2001) |
| Method of inserting viral DNA into plant material (US Patent 6376234/2002) |
| Compositions for treating viral infections, and methods therefor (US Patent 6479466/2002) |
| Microbicidal compositions (US Patent 6441028/2002) |
| Preparation and drug composition of bis-benzyl-isoquinoline class alkaloids (US Patent 6617335/2003) |
| Compositions based on resveratrol (US Patent 6572882/2003) |
| Transformation of hereditary material of plants (US Patent 6603065/2003) |
| Use of tropical root crops in effective intervention strategies for treating difficult and complex cases and chronic diseases (US Patent 6632461/2003) |
| Oxadiazine derivatives (US Patent 6627753/2003) |
| Antithrombotic agents (US Patent 6958164/2005) |
| Trace element phytoremediation (US Patent 6974896/2005) |
| Heavy metal phytoremediation (US Patent 7034202/2006) |
| Heterocyclic carboxamides and their use as fungicides (US Patent 7084163/2006) |
| Fluid system additive (US Patent 7033976/2006) |
| Ketol fatty acid derivative and plant growth regulating agents (US Patent 7026489/2006) |
| Plant potentiators (US Patent 6987130/2006) |
| Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (US Patent 7235268/2007) |
| Method of cleaning up lead-contaminated soil (US Patent 20070191666) |
| Process for producing plant extract containing plant powder (European Patent EP1407679) |
| Hair cosmetic for regenerating black hair (Japanese Patent JP03209310) |
| Note |
Many Japanese authors have believed that Musa basjoo Siebold & Zuccarini ex Iinuma is thought to be a garden plant which
was introduced from ancient China and has been cultivated mainly in south
of Kanto region. However European authors describe that Musa basjoo is native to Japan. |
