Banana plant named ‘RA’

Abstract

‘RA’ is a cultivar of the ancestral banana line ‘Gran Nain’ (GN), which belongs to Musa acuminata variety ‘Cavendish’. When compared to its ancestral line, ‘RA’ shows the following characteristics: 1. Super heavy fruit bunch, 2. Especially long, and heavy fingers in a hand, 6. More fingers per hand, 3. Wavy leaf lamina, 7. Youngest unfolded leaves are tightly rolled, 8. Thicker pseudostem circumference, 9. Higher fruit yield per bunch, 10. More cylindrical bunch shape.

It is claimed: 
     
       1. ‘RA’, a new and distinct cultivated variety of banana plant, substantially as illustrated and described, that forms a super heavy bunch, especially long, and heavy fingers, with more fingers per hand, wavy leaf lamina, with the youngest leaves tightly rolled, thicker pseudostem circumference, a higher fruit yield per bunch, and a more cylindrical bunch shape than ‘Gran Nain’.