Musa elata

Musa elata T. Nakai, Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus., No. 22. II: 14 (1948).

Accepted name not determined, probably an ABB group member.
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Distribution Indonesia (East Java)
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References Index Kewensis, Nakai 1948 : 14.
Comments Takenosin Nakai says of this in his idiosyncratic English, "this was brought back from East Java by Dr. Backer as Pisang batu, and only one stock is in the section XXIII A of Buitenzorg Botanical Garden.   It is a tall slender plantain with narrow leaves.  During my sojourn in Buitenzorg it flowered only once but I could not see the fruits."

'Pisang batu' (stone banana) is normally a Malay name for seeded Musa balbisiana but is sometimes applied to ABB group bananas which look similar to M. balbisiana.


 


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