The scientific name of the banana is Musa paradisiaca Linn.
This binomial nomenclature, Musa paradisiaca Linn, is the internationally recognized scientific designation. It ensures that scientists worldwide can refer to the same plant using a unique and unambiguous name.
Musa represents the genus to which bananas belong, while paradisiaca is the species name. "Linn" indicates that Carl Linnaeus, the 18th-century Swedish botanist who formalized the modern system of naming organisms, originally described and classified this particular banana species.
