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Musa aurantiaca
Musa aurantiaca G. Mann ex J. G Baker, Annals of Botany 7: 222
(1893).
Musa aurantiaca G. Mann, Gardeners' Chronicle 15: 102 (1894).
| Accepted name |
Musa aurantiaca G. Mann ex J. G. Baker, Annals of
Botany 7: 222 (1893). |
| Synonyms |
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| Authorities |
Baker
1893. |
| Section |
Rhodochlamys. |
| Distribution |
Forests
of upper Assam. |
| Description |
Habit of M. sanguinea, but forming
larger clumps of rather shorter stems. Panicle moderately dense, finally 8 - 9 in.
long ; rachis glabrous ; bracts bright orange-yellow, glabrous ; lowest sterile,
lanceolate, a foot long ; upper oblong-lanceolate, persistent, 3 - 4 in. long ; female
flowers in 4 - 5 clusters of 2 - 4 each. Calyx yellow, above an inch long, 5-toothed
at the tip ; petal linear, obtuse, as long as the calyx. Fruits green, glabrous. [ ]
Differs from M. sanguinea by its orange-coloured bracts.
(Baker 1893). |
| References |
Baker 1893 : 222, Champion 1967
: 39, Cheesman 1947b : 110, Griffiths 1994, Häkkinen & Sharrock 2001, Huxley 1992, Simmonds 1960
: 204, RHS 1956. |
| Comments |
There
is no modern information about this species. It seems not to have been re-collected
after Mann nor is it known to be in cultivation although it was introduced to horticulture
in UK about 1894. However, there is a photograph supposedly of this species at the
Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore in Häkkinen & Sharrock 2001. |
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