Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Musa paradisiaca in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 1043 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Musa ×paradisiaca L.
original Latin diagnosis
Musa spadice nutante.
English translation
Musa with a spadix nodding.
| Musa | Musa |
| with a spadix | spadice - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun spadix, spadicis |
| nodding. | nutante - ablative singular masculine of present active participle of first conjugation verb nuto, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies spadice |