Accession #: 199000055
Accession Date: 1990-06-11
Common name: Velvet Pink Banana
Family: Musaceae
Synonym(s): <i>Musa dasycarpa</i> 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.
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USDA Zone: 8a-11
Source: Lyon Arb.
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