Dwarf Banana
Musa acuminata
Found in abandoned gardens. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you
Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 5 Florida counties.
Who uses this plant?
13CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL
Genus host records with ranges including FL · Musa
- Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
- Allagrapha aereaUnspotted Looper Moth
- Anatrachyntis badiaFlorida Pink Scavanger Caterpillar
- Automeris ioIo Moth
- Calpodes ethliusBrazilian Skipper, Canna Skipper, Canna Leafroller
- Erechthias minusculaCaribbean Scavenger Moth
- Fundella pellucensCaribbean Podborer
- Hypercompe scriboniaGiant Leopard Moth, Great Leopard Moth
- Megalographa bilobaBilobed Looper Moth
- Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
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- Spodoptera dolichosSweetpotato Armyworm, Dolichos Armyworm, Large Cotton Armyworm
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
- Urbanus proteusLong-Tailed Skipper, Bean Leaf Roller
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
4BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Musa
- Anas acutaNorthern Pintail
- Anas rubripesAmerican Black Duck
- Anser caerulescensSnow Goose
- Cygnus olorMute Swan
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
Plant details
- Family
- Musaceae
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Florida rank | Not available |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| FL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Native alternatives
Find natives for your gardenSources
- Atlas of Florida Plants
- FloraQuest: Florida (Weakley), phone app (app page)
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications