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Musa nagensium
Musa nagensium D. Prain, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 73 (2): 22 (1904).
| Accepted name |
Musa nagensium D. Prain, Journal of the Asiatic
Society of Bengal, 73 (2): 22 (1904). |
| Synonyms |
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| Authorities |
Cheesman 1949a, Simmonds 1960. |
| Section |
Eumusa |
| Distribution |
India
(Naga mountains, Assam). |
| Description |
Trunk
20 ft. and more, suckering. Leaves 10 ft. long, glaucous beneath.
Inflorescence drooping. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, lower 8 - 10 in. long, 4 in.
broad, uppermost 6 - 7 in. long, nearly 3 in. broad, "Indian red" outside,
bright shining orange inside, each enclosing 18 - 20 flowers in two rows. Perianth
orange-coloured, 2½ in. long, ½ in. broad, four-lobed; free petal ovate-lanceolate, over
1 in. long, acute. Fruit angled, 5 - 6 in. long, stalked, not recurved. Seeds
nearly ½ in. long, 1/3 in. broad. (Fawcett
1913). |
| References |
Cheesman 1949f, Fawcett
1913 : 266, Novak 1992, Rao
1994, Simmonds 1960. |
| Comments |
This
is a very beautiful banana with a very dark purple-red pseudostem very waxy around the
shoulders. The abaxial surface of the leaves has a dark red midrib and the lamina is
so waxy as to appear almost white.
Images:There
are 3 images of Musa nagensum. |
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