姆鲁山
In 1964, specimens of the leaves, fruits, and flowers of "M. muluensis" were first collected for botanical analysis. They were collected from somewhere along the Sungai Payau stream at the foot of Mount Mulu on the island of Borneo in Sarawak state, Malaysia, at an elevation between 50–100 meters. The collector was Mitsuru Hotta, the same botanist who later named it. The Latin name, translated to English means "banana (or plantain) species originating from (Mount) Mulu".