Ninh Bình Province
Musa exotica is a species of wild banana (genus "Musa"), native to Vietnam. It is placed in section "Callimusa" (now including the former section "Australimusa"), having a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20. It was only described in 2004, from a collection in the Cúc Phương Forest Reservation, Ninh Bình Province, Vietnam. The clear orange bud is upright; small yellow bananas develop below the male flowers.