Sabá banana plants typically grow to very large sizes.
Hybrid parentage
Musa acuminata × Musa balbisiana
Cultivar group
ABB group
Cultivar
'Saba'
Origin
Philippines
The angular squarish fruits of the saba banana
Saba bananas and inflorescence
Saba banana (pron. sah-BAH or sahb-AH) is a triploid hybrid (ABB) banana cultivar originating from the Philippines. It is primarily a cooking banana, though it can also be eaten raw. It is one of the most important banana varieties in Philippine cuisine. It is also sometimes known as the "cardaba banana", though the latter name is more correctly applied to the cardava, a very similar cultivar also classified within the saba subgroup.[1][2][3]
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