Musa acuminata is a wild species of banana. It is mostly distributed around the tropical and subtropical regions. Many reports have established that the fruit and the plant comprises of health benefits. All parts of the plant including fruits, peel, pseudostem, corm, flowers, leaves, sap and roots have found their use in the treatment of many diseases in traditional medicine. Literature review have indicated use of M. acuminata in the treatment of various diseases such as fever, cough, bronchitis, dysentery, allergic infections, sexually transmitted infections, and some of the non-communicable diseases. The reported pharmacological activities of M. acuminata include antioxidant, antidiabetic, immunomodulatory, hypolipidemic, anticancer, and antimicrobial especially anti-HIV activity.

Mode of Consumption: It is consumed raw when the fruit is matured and ripe.