Ensete sp. Thailand

Ensete sp. Thailand

Ensete sp. Thailand

Accepted name none as yet

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Distribution Thailand

Description

References Cheesman 1947 : 104, Simmonds 1960 : 212.

Comments There have been various reports (cited by Cheesman and Simmonds) of one and possibly two undescribed Ensete species in Thailand.

Put 426, Doi Chiengdao, 21 October 1926, affinities apparently with E. glaucum, but seeds smaller and more numerous.

Kerr 6271, Mê Chêm, Chiangmai, c. 500 m., 10 July 1922. "Klue Pam Pa". Described inter alia in the collector's notes as having dull red bracts and abundant red juice.

(Cheesman 1947)

An Ensete from Thailand was introduced into cultivation by John Banta although plants (grown in the US) have proved difficult to cultivate, initially thriving but then succumbing to a wet rot. Photographs of this plant in cultivation show something resembling Ensete superbum. Ensete superbum is essentially a plant of the Western Ghats of India so if this Thai species is the same it will represent a very interesting disjunct population. Seed of what is presumably the same plant as John Banta's has recently (2002 & 2003) been offered by Ruud Meeldijk.

Images.

There are external links to two images of a plant (now dead due to rot) grown by Alan Galloway.

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last updated 23/11/2007

Accepted name	none as yet
Synonyms
Authorities
Distribution	Thailand
Description
References	Cheesman 1947 : 104, Simmonds 1960 : 212.
Comments	There have been various reports (cited by Cheesman and Simmonds) of one and possibly two undescribed Ensete species in Thailand. Put 426, Doi Chiengdao, 21 October 1926, affinities apparently with E. glaucum, but seeds smaller and more numerous. Kerr 6271, Mê Chêm, Chiangmai, c. 500 m., 10 July 1922. "Klue Pam Pa". Described inter alia in the collector's notes as having dull red bracts and abundant red juice. (Cheesman 1947) An Ensete from Thailand was introduced into cultivation by John Banta although plants (grown in the US) have proved difficult to cultivate, initially thriving but then succumbing to a wet rot. Photographs of this plant in cultivation show something resembling Ensete superbum. Ensete superbum is essentially a plant of the Western Ghats of India so if this Thai species is the same it will represent a very interesting disjunct population. Seed of what is presumably the same plant as John Banta's has recently (2002 & 2003) been offered by Ruud Meeldijk. Images. There are external links to two images of a plant (now dead due to rot) grown by Alan Galloway.