Musa dulcissima

Musa dulcissima T. Nakai, Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus., No. 22. II: 13 (1948).

Accepted name Musa (? group) 'Pisang Lampung' or Pisang Lampoeng'
Synonyms  
Authorities Nakai himself gives the local name.
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Description  
References Index Kewensis, Nakai 1948 : 13.
Comments This is one of several Indonesian banana cultivars   given a spurious species name by Takenosin Nakai.  Nakai says of it in his idiosyncratic English, "Being the origin of Lampoeng stata in the southernmost Sumatra, it received the native name Pisang Lampoeng.  It is not cultivated in Mid- or East-Java as yet, but is not rare in Banten and Bogor states of West-Java.  The best time to eat it is when the fruits lost even the slightest shade of green.  Then they taste sweet and nice, full of flavour.  However, two days later they rapidly lose this nice taste and flavour.  Natives make special banana-liquor from them.  I shall recommend this as the best home banana though it is too easily wrotten for commercial purposes."












 


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