Accession Data

Musa velutina

Common Name: Velvet Pink Banana

Family: Musaceae

Synonym(s): Musa dasycarpa W. S. Kurz

Country of Origin: Assam, N. E. India.

Description: Height 1.5m. Pseudostems slender, yellow-green to purple-green. Leaves oblong, 1m long, 30cm wide, dark green above, pale with red mid-rib below. Inflorescence erect, pink/red bracts, pale yellow flowers, fruits bright red/purple, velvety.

Uses: A smaller banana plant well suited for indoor use. Given proper warmth and light, it produces soft, hairy pink banana fruits.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 8a-11

Accession #: 199000055

Accession Date: 1990-06-11 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1214

Quantity: 2

Source: Lyon Arb.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Zingiberales

Family: Musaceae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, March 10, 2016.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, March 10, 2016.
  3. The Musaceae Website

Images

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