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Musa alphurica
Musa alphurica G. E.
Rumphius, Herb. Amboinense (1750)
Musa alphurica
F. A. W. Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. 3: 589 (1855)
Musa alphurica G. E.
Rumphius, Herb. Amboinense (1750).
| Accepted name |
not
determined, a cultivated banana. |
| Synonyms |
1.
Musa ceramica G. E. Rumphius
2. Musa berterii L. A. Colla
3. Musa sapientum L. |
| Authorities |
The
synonyms are from:
1 & 2. Kurz 1877.
3. Index Kewensis (via M. berteri L. A. Colla) |
| Section |
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| Distribution |
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| Description |
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| References |
Champion 1967 : 38, Index
Kewensis, Kurz 1877 : 138. |
| Comments |
I have not yet seen Rumphius' original publication but this
is what Sulpiz Kurz had to say:
"Pisang alphuru (Musa
Alphurica, s. Ceramica of Rumph,) also called
pisang ceram (kula hatuan of Hitoe.) Similar to the common banana-tree, but the
fruit-racemes are somewhat peculiar on account of bearing leaves on the peduncle, two of
which are at the base and similar to those of the stem but shorter and rounder, then
follow the other leaves which are small and narrow, and from each if them arises a thick
green stalk on which grow a few fruits of which, however, only a few come to perfection.
These resemble in shape those of pisang batu or pisang swangi, but become sometimes
a span long and as thick as a bone. The pulp is whitish, of a more sourish taste
than pisang medji, and more smeary. The skin is thick, pale yellow and usually
rupturing. The rachis of the the raceme is angular or striped, the fruit-whorls
somewhat remote. The raceme does not end in a djantong [male bud],* and in this regard resembles pisang tandue or pisang karbouw. It
bears many black seeds like pisang batu, and usually two or more neighbouring fruits
consolidate into one.* But strange to say, Rumph distinctly
figures not only a terminal djantong but very distinctly gives also the imbrication of its
bracts. Colla, who rechristens this banana Musa Berterii, simply copies
Rumph without noticing this and other serious discrepancies between the figure and the
description."
This "s" is short for "seu" meaning
in this context "or". Rumphius was a pre-Linnean author and lacking the
dogmatism of his illustrious successor he was giving us a choice here, we could either
call this plant Musa alphurica OR we could call it Musa ceramica, it was
all the same to Rumphius. I do not know the derivation of
"alphuru/alphurica" but the name "ceram/ceramica" derives from the
Indonesian island of Ceram or Seram in the Moluccas. |
Musa alphurica
F. A. W. Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. 3: 589 (1855).
| Accepted name |
not
determined, a cultivated banana. |
| Synonyms |
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| Authorities |
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| Distribution |
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| Description |
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| References |
Champion 1967, Index Kewensis |
| Comments |
Is
this simply the same as M. alphurica G. E. Rumphius?
This was probably a cultivar of banana referable to Musa paradisiaca subsp. sapientum
according to Schumann cited in Champion or to Musa sapientum according to Index
Kewensis. |
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