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.

USDA Zone: 8-10

Accession #: 199700040

Accession Date: 1997-07-29 00:00:00

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.

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Zingiberales

Family: Musaceae