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Accession Data

Musa ornata

Family: Musaceae

Country of Origin: E. Himalaya to Myanmar

Description: [syn. M. rosacea of auth., not Jacq.]

Cespitose, rhizomatous, tree-like herb with Pseudostems to 9 feet high, 4 inches in diameter, pale green and waxy, developing black blotches; leaves to 6 feet long, 14 inches wide, medium green and slightly glaucous, often red-flushed on midrib beneath; inflorescence erect, glabrous; female flowers in a single row, 3-5 in each of as many as 7 clusters, male bud top-shaped, acute, bracts more or less grooved, somewhat glaucous, pale pink, tipped with yellow, similar to darker within, usually only one lifted at a time, male flowers in a single row, 3-6 in each bract; fruit to 3.12 inches long, 0.75 inches in diameter, pale greenish-yellow with white pulp, seeds warty, black, angular-depressed, about 1/4 inch wide, 1/8 inch thick.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 8-10

Accession #: 199700040

Accession Date: 1997-07-29

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1211

Quantity: 1

Source: Ron Beckwith - UMass, Amherst

Culture: Evenly moist, never drying, slightly acid soil, full sun. Propagate via divisions or seeds.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Zingiberales

Family: Musaceae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
  3. The Musaceae Website
  4. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 07, 2016.
  5. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 07, 2016.
  6. Musa ornata at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 07, 2016.

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