Ensete superbum

Common name: Cliff Banana

Family: Musaceae

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Country of Origin: Western Ghats, Anaimalai Hills and other parts of peninsular India

Description:

Uses: fruit and seed are used in the Ayurveda to treat diabetes, leucorrhea, kidney stones, bladder infections²

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USDA Zone: 8b-10

Source: Mike Bordelon - Smithsonian

Provenance:

Seed from Smithsonian# 2000147(F) x 1999174(M)

Restrictions:

Culture:

The plant grows on limestone cliffs, on edges or in crevices It dies back in winter or dry season and resumes next spring from the corm. <p> Propagation is only by seed, does not produce suckers.²

Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: commelinids
• Order: Zingiberales
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• Family: Musaceae
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References:

1. Kumar, Jaishanker, Annamalai, Iyer; Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman: a rare medicinal plant in urgent need of conservation - Current Science, Vol. 98, No. 5, 10 March 2010
2. Jungle Garden
3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, May 12, 2016.
4. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, May 12, 2016.
5. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Tuesday, 16 July, 2019.

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