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Musa corneri
Musa corneri R. E. Holltum, unpublished manuscript, Musa sp. native in
Malaya, in library at RBG Kew, (typed 1974) : 15. (1944-46).
| Accepted name |
none, presumably referable to a subspecies of Musa
acuminata. |
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| Distribution |
Specimens: Pahang, Jerantut, SFN 30770 (Corner 28.2.36). |
| Description |
Trunk to 4.5 m tall and to 30 cm thick at base.
Leaves not glaucous beneath. Inflorescence hanging with
several well-spaced heads of fruit 12 - 15 to a hand, the female part of the rachis 45 cm
long, the male part elongating to 60 - 90 cm or more. Bracts early
caducous, dull purplish brown. Fruits ripening yellow and fragrant, c. 8 cm
long including a short stalk, slightly angled, 2.5 cm thick, with a layer 3 - 4 mm thick
of soft pulp between the seeds and the skin ; apex of fruit beaked, the beak c. 7 mm long
and wide. This species is distinct from all others in its short thick
fleshy beaked fruits. Unfortunately no material of flowers is available. [No
other specimens are known with certainty.] The description is prepared from Corner's
field notes and fruits in alcohol. One from Panchor, Malacca, has fruits which when
dry are rather more than 1.5 cm thick, but it does not appear to have an outer fleshy
layer and is more likely to be the glaucous-leaved Musa [malaccensis].
from Holltum's
manuscript [with comments hand written by an unknown person]. |
| References |
Holltum 1944-46 : 15 |
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