Banana is a perennial herb with stolons. The pseudostems are green or yellow-green, slightly covered with white powder.
This plant is 2.5-4 meters high. The leaves are oblong, asymmetrical, 2-3 meters long and 25-30 cm wide, with blunt apex and round or asymmetrical base, and the leaves are bright green and shiny; Petiole stout, up to 30 cm.
Inflorescence terminal, pendulous; Bracts reddish brown or purple; Male peanuts are in the upper inflorescence and female flowers are in the lower inflorescence; Female flowers are about 10- 16 per bud, arranged in 2 rows; Synthetic tepals are 4-4.5 cm long and have 5 (3+2) teeth. Free tepals are almost as long as synthetic tepals with small tips.
Berry is triangular, rectangular, 5-7 cm long, with 3-5 edges, subsessile, yellow fleshy fruit with many seeds in it. The seeds are black, with verrucous protrusions, irregular edges and corners, and 6-8 mm wide.
Banana leaves have been used to prevent plague for thousands of years, and Chinese herbal medicines can also be obtained locally. Pharmacological research of modern medicine shows that Folium Artemisiae Argyi is a broad-spectrum antibacterial and antiviral drug, which can inhibit and kill many viruses and bacteria, and has certain preventive and therapeutic effects on respiratory diseases.