12 Indoor Plants That Look Like A Banana Tree

If you want to grow some large foliage plants to bring a tropical feel indoors, get one of these Indoor Plants that Look Like a Banana Tree!

The Banana tree embodies a tropical paradise in any ordinary backyard. With various shapes and sizes, it is perfect to create your little oasis. However, growing it indoors can be quite a tough task, so we bring you the best Indoor Plants that Look Like Banana Trees and make reasonable alternatives to this plant. 

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Indoor Plants that Look like Banana Trees

1. Bird of Paradise 

Botanical Name: Strelitzia reginae

Bird of Paradise comes first for indoor plants that look like banana trees. Each blade measures 1-3 feet long and is connected to a petiole stalk.

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2. Giant Bird of Paradise

Botanical Name: Strelitzia nicolai

If you want a tall tropical plant that makes a solid statement indoors, you must grow this one! The leaves measure up to 2-4 feet long, and the plant grows birdlike flowers, like strelitzia reginae.

3. False Bird of Paradise

Botanical Name: Heliconia rostrata

Growing up to 5-8 feet tall indoors makes for a striking corner plant with paddle leaves similar to a Banana tree. It is also the national flower of Bolivia and comes in shades of yellow, green, and pink.

4. Abyssinian Banana

Botanical Name: Ensete ventricosum

Abyssinian banana trees look precisely like banana plants but have a red-maroon tint to the foliage. It needs plenty of humidity and sunlight to thrive well and for the best color.

5. Metallica Palm Tree

Botanical Name: Chamaedorea metallica

Though it may not be as tall as the other banana look-alikes on this list, it never fails to make a statement with its metallic blue-deep green leaves with white-spotted prominent nodes. Keep it in dappled light for deep hues.

6. Cigar Plant

Botanical Name: Calathea lutea

If you want a Calathea that makes a bold statement with its banana-like and enormous paddle-shaped leaves, then this is it. Grow it in bright, indirect light.

7. Sterling

Botanical Name: Dieffenbachia ‘Sterling’

The eye-catching foliage of this plant looks like someone’s creative work. The leaves resemble a lot like banana plants and grow up to 14-20 inches or more in length.

8. Banana Leaf Dieffenbachia

Botanical Name: Dieffenbachia ‘Big Ben’

Dieffenbachias are quite popular for their big foliage, and this variety is just that. You can also see its variegated cultivar.

9. Auriculatum

Botanical Name: Philodendron auriculatum

This tropical beauty should be a must-have in your collection if you want banana-look alike plants. It spreads beautifully and makes a strong impression with its large leaves.

10. Ruffled Fan Palm

Botanical Name: Licuala grandis

The pleated, fan-like fronds of this elegant palm look spectacular indoors and outdoors. To ensure it does well indoors, provide 2-4 hours of direct sunlight.

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11. Indian shot

Botanical Name: Canna x generalis

Indian Shot is another Indoor Plant that Looks Like a Banana Tree and can look stunning in any space, whether planted in a mass planting style or as an accent. With tropical foliage and showy, colorful flowers, the plant produces blooms and foliage in different colors depending on the variety.

12. Traveler’s Tree

Botanical Name: Ravenale madagascarensis

Traveler’s Palm or Traveler’s Tree has a tall, stem-like trunk that produces banana-like leaves that are 6-12 feet long. The tightly-grouped, numerous leaves radiate from the trunk in a one-planed fan way similar to the Giant Bird of Paradise.

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