| Synonym : | M. sepientum L.
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| Bangla Name : | Kola, Aittakola, Bichikola. |
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| English Name : | Seeded banana, Plantain. |
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| Family : | Musaceae |
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| Disease : | Scabies, eye diseases, antiscorbutic, colic, enorrhagia, diabetes, strangury, urinary discharges, hysteria, epilepsy, dysentery, diarrhea, dyspepsia |
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| Description : | A tree-like herb, stem 2.5-3.75 m high. Leaves 1.2-1.5 m long, oblong. Inflorescence long, bracts ovate, more or less pruinose, falling before the fruit matures. Fruit oblong, trigonous, 12-15 cm long, tapering to the base and apex, full of seeds, yellowish when ripe. |
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| Distribution : | Cultivated throughout Bangladesh. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Banana contains two physiologically important compounds, serotonin and nor-epinephrine, in addition to dopamine and a catecholamine, which are responsible for the therapeutic uses of banana in coeliac disease, constipation and peptic ulcer. Banana ovaries |
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| Uses : | The leaves are good for scabies and inflammations. Young leaves are used as a cool dressing for blisters and burns. They are also used as a green shade in opthalmia and other eye diseases. The ash produced by burning the dry leaves and stem is antiscorbut |
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| Habit : | Herb |
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