Musa itinerans is a member of the kingdom Plantae under the order of Zingiberales of the family Musaceae and genus Musa, a that includes flowering plants producing edible bananas and plantains.
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Zingiberales Family: Musaceae Genus: Musa Musa itinerans, the Yunnan banana, is a species of banana. A banana is an elongated, edible fruit  botanically a berry  produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains", distinguishing them from dessert bananas. 
