hindi - khela, pahari kela.
kannada - baale
tamil - vale
malayalam - vazha
english - banana, plantain.
sanskrit - kadalee.
spanish - banano , platano, guineo,cambur.
paraguay - banana china , carapi.
costarica - banano enano ,guineo.
puerto rico ,el salvador - guineo.
columbia ,venezuela - cambur ,camburi.
colombia - cachaco.colicero ,cuatrofilos ,murrapo.
dominican republic - mampurro , suspiro.
panama - curro ,patriato.
mexico - platano.
peru - platano de seda
cuba - platano enano.
zambo - honduras.
brazil - banana maca ,banana de sao tome ,banana da prata.
french islands - bananier nain, bananier de chine ( guadaloupe ), figue,figue banane .
haiti - figue naine .
german - echte banane ,feige,feigenbaum.
sudan - baranda.
hawai - manini.
scientific name - musa paradisiaca( plantains ) ,sub species musa sapientum ( desert banana )
