Musa ingrata

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

Accepted name Musa (? group) 'Pisang rengang'
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, "Pisang Rengang (means spread fingered banana) belongs to a lowest class which can be eaten in raw.  Plant is dark green and very pruinose.   Its axis of inflorescence stretches nearly horizontally, and its flowers and fruits spread open like the leaves of bamboo do, from which it received the name of Pisang Rengeng.  The orgin of this banana is quite unknown, and belongs to rather rare garden banana."




 


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