BANANA (sapientum muse) load of inflorescences and fruits. tropical plant of the Musaceae with large leaves and stems formed by the sheaths of the same. The Linnaean nomenclature 'sapientum Muse' was replaced in the twentieth century by the classification based on the genome 'Musa acuminata'; 'Musa balbisiana' or 'Musa acuminata × balbisiana'; depending on the genetic heritage. Illustration taken from: "Universal geography atlas statistics and picturesque illustrated by G. Marmocchi. Milano; 1858.