Musa Transcriptome SSR Database

Saba banana 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 may be more correctly applied to a very similar cultivar also classified within the Saba subgroup

Special Features:
•    It is an introduction from Phillipines and it is found promising under in saline sodic soils.
•     It could perform well withpout any yield reduction in sodic soils with PH 8.5-8.75.
•     Plant with huge pseudostem and grows to a height of 16-20 feet.
•     It is a sturdy plant and somewhat cold tolerant.
•     The fruit is large and angular even when ripe. It has a white pulp which is sweet when ripe although very starchy.
•     This cultivar is used for cooking.