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'''Muuska''' waa [[magac wadaag]] ay leeyihin [[herbaceous plant]] xaga [[genus]] ''[[Musa (genus)|Musa]]'' iyo xaga [[miidho]]ha ay soo saraan. muusku wuxu la yimada qaabab iyo [[midab]]o marku bislaado, aay ku jiraan huuruud iyo casaan.

muuska aay soomalidu ku caanka yihiin waa mid ka mida nooca loo yaqaano [[herbaceous plant]] waxana isga lagu yidha afka qalaad [[banana cultivar]] asal ahaana waxa uu ka yimi wadamada [[china]] [[vietnam]]

[[banana cultivar]] ama muusku waa ka loogu jecelyahay uguna isticmala badan noocyada [[herbaceous plant]].

[[dhaqamada caaanka]] iyo [[aduunka]]ba , "muuska" waxa badana loo yaqaana wax jelicsan, macaan"macmacaan" . marka loo igaayo, [[muuska cadiga|ama muuska cadiga]] laakin waxa jira , miidho ka mida muuska oo la kariyo oo loo yaqaan [[plantain]]s ama "muuska dabka". iyo noocyo kale oo badan laakin ma wada ahaa sidaa muuska aynu naqaano..

.<ref name="apscience">{{cite web |title = Tracing antiquity of banana cultivation in Papua New Guinea |publisher = The Australia & Pacific Science Foundation |url = http://apscience.org.au/projects/PBF_02_3/pbf_02_3.htm |accessdate = 2007-09-18 |ciwaan = Nuqul Archive |archive-date = 2007-08-29 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070829105533/http://www.apscience.org.au/projects/PBF_02_3/pbf_02_3.htm |dead-url = yes }}</ref> .<ref>[http://agroforestry.net/tti/Musa-banana-plantain.pdf Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry, ''Musa'' species (banana and plantain)]. agroforestry.net</ref> [[wadan|wadamo]],<ref name="fao">{{cite web |title = FAOSTAT: ProdSTAT: Crops |publisher = [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] |year = 2005 |url = http://faostat.fao.org/site/567/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=567 |accessdate = 2006-12-09 |ciwaan = Nuqul Archive |archive-date = 2012-06-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120619130038/http://faostat.fao.org/site/567/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=567 |dead-url = yes }}</ref> primarily for their fruit, and to a lesser extent to make [[fiber]], [[banana wine]] and as [[ornamental plant]]s.
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== Description ==
[[File:M. acuminata x balbisiana.JPG|thumb|Banana [[inflorescence]], partially opened.]]
[[File:Banana Tree 01.jpg|thumb|Banana 'tree' showing fruit and inflorescence.]]

=== Other uses ===
* Banana sap from the [[pseudostem]], peelings or flesh may be sufficiently sticky for adhesive uses.{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}
* In regions where bananas are grown, the large leaves may be used as [[umbrella]]s when the pseudostems are tied together to form a floatation device.<ref name=morton>{{cite web|url=http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/banana.html#Other%20Uses |title=Banana |publisher=Hortpurdue.edu |accessdate=2009-04-16}}</ref>
* Banana peel may have capability to extract [[Heavy metal (chemistry)|heavy metal]] [[contamination]] from river water, similar to other [[Water purification|purification]] materials.<ref>{{cite web|last=Minard|first=Anne|title=Is That a Banana in Your Water?|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110311-water-pollution-lead-heavy-metal-banana-peel-innovation/|publisher=''National Geographic''|accessdate=2011-03-15|date=2011-03-11|month=March}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Banana Peel Applied to the Solid Phase Extraction of Copper and Lead from River Water: Preconcentration of Metal Ions with a Fruit Waste|doi=10.1021/ie101499e|volume =50|issue =6|year=2011}}</ref>
* Banana peel has displayed [[antioxidant]] activity [[in vitro]], especially from unripe extracts.<ref>Sundaram S, Anjum S, Dwivedi P, Rai GK.,"Antioxidant activity and protective effect of banana peel against oxidative hemolysis of human erythrocyte at different stages of ripening." ''Appl Biochem Biotechnol''. 2011 Aug;164(7):1192-206</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Banana Cultivar Groups]]
* ''[[Ensete]]'' (false bananas)
* [[Musa (genus)|''Musa'']]
* ''[[Musella]]''
* [[Musaceae]]
* [[Plantain]]

== Footnotes ==
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== References ==
* Denham, T., Haberle, S. G., Lentfer, C., Fullagar, R., Field, J., Porch, N., Therin, M., Winsborough B., and Golson, J. "Multi-disciplinary Evidence for the Origins of Agriculture from 6950–6440 Cal BP at Kuk Swamp in the Highlands of New Guinea." ''Science'', June 2003 issue.
* {{Cite journal | author=Editors | title=Banana fiber rugs | journal=[[Dwell (magazine)|Dwell]] | year=2006 | volume=6 | issue=7 | page= 44}} Brief mention of banana fiber rugs
* {{Cite journal | author=Leibling, Robert W. and Pepperdine, Donna | title=Natural remedies of Arabia | journal=[[Saudi Aramco World]] | year=2006 | volume=57 | issue=5 | page= 14}} Banana etymology, banana flour.

* Skidmore, T., Smith, P. – ''Modern Latin America'' (5th edition), (2001) New York: [[Oxford University Press]]
* Watson, Andrew. ''Agricultural innovation in the early Islamic world'', New York: [[Cambridge University Press]], 1983.


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