TY - JOUR
T1 - Banana (Musa spp.) domestication in the Asia-Pacifc region
T2 - Linguistic and archaeobotanical perspectives
AU - Donohue, Mark
AU - Denham, Tim
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - An examination of linguistic terms for 'banana' within Island Southeast Asia and Melanesia sheds light on the history of Musa spp. domestication. Linguistic investigations suggest a westward dispersal of banana from New Guinea, mixing with a Philippine variety (or at least sphere of cultural usage), then westward again to mainland South-east Asia, and (as far as can be linguistically inferred) onward to the western edge of South Asia. The linguistically-derived interpretation accords generally with the archaeo-botanical evidence and botanical models for the dispersal of banana cultivars.
AB - An examination of linguistic terms for 'banana' within Island Southeast Asia and Melanesia sheds light on the history of Musa spp. domestication. Linguistic investigations suggest a westward dispersal of banana from New Guinea, mixing with a Philippine variety (or at least sphere of cultural usage), then westward again to mainland South-east Asia, and (as far as can be linguistically inferred) onward to the western edge of South Asia. The linguistically-derived interpretation accords generally with the archaeo-botanical evidence and botanical models for the dispersal of banana cultivars.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=73649084049&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.17348/era.7.0.293-332
DO - 10.17348/era.7.0.293-332
M3 - Article
SN - 1547-3465
VL - 7
SP - 293
EP - 332
JO - Ethnobotany Research and Applications
JF - Ethnobotany Research and Applications
ER -