Musa flava

Musa flava H. N. Ridley, Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2. 3: 385 (1893).

Accepted name Musa acuminata subsp. malaccensis (H. N. Ridley) N. W. Simmonds
Synonyms  
Authorities Simmonds 1956.
Section  
Distribution  
Description Nearly allied to M. malaccensis [Ridl.] but the broad, thick, blunt, bright yellow bracts give it a totally different appearance, the spike being quite blunt at the top.

(Fawcett 1913).

References Fawcett 1913 : 268, Holltum 1944-46 : 14, Simmonds 1956 : 466.
Comments According to Simmonds M. flava is merely a yellow-bracted mutant of M. acuminata subsp. malaccensis






 


last revision 23 April 2003