|
| |
Musa insularimontana
Musa insularimontana B. Hayata, Icones
plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (Icon. Pl.
Formosan.)
3 : 194 (1913).
| Accepted name |
Musa
insularimontana B. Hayata, Icones
plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (Icon. Pl.
Formosan.)
3 : 194 (1913). |
| Synonyms |
Musa textilis var. tashiroi B. Hayata, Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones
ad floram formosanam. (Icon. Pl. Formosan.)
3 : 194 (1913). |
| Authorities |
Ying. |
| Section |
Australimusa |
| Distribution |
Taiwan.
Endemic, primary forests known only from Lanyu Isl. only, rather rare.
(Ying). |
| Description |
Pseudostem
subcylindrical, 2.5 m or taller, tufted. Inflorescence slightly curved and pendulous
; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 7 - 8 cm long, 3 - 3.5 cm wide, strongly concave, dark purplish
red ; flowers 8 per bract, arranged in 2 series, sessile. Male flowers : perianth
cylindrical, 3 - 3.5 cm long, 5-lobed (3 lobes in outer row, 2 lobes in inner row) ; lobes
of outer row : lateral ones oblong-triangular, 5 - 5.5 mm long, ca. 4 mm wide, obtuse,
entire ; central one ovate, 3.5 mm long and wide, obtuse, base cordate or auriculate ;
posterior lobe of inner row always free, elliptic-obovate, 1.5 - 2 cm long, ca. 1 cm wide,
truncate or emarginate, and shortly cuspidate at apex ; stamens 5, equalling perianth or
shorter ; filaments green, filiform, ca. 1 cm long ; anthers linear, connective slightly
elongate, style column filiform, equalling stamens apex, clavate. Female flowers
unknown. Rachis terete, 3 cm in diam., densely pubescent. Immature fruits
obliquely tetragonal, stipulate ; fruiting stalk densely pubescent. (Ying). |
| References |
Index Kewensis, Mobot Tropicos, Ying . |
| Comments |
Although
poorly known, Musa insularimontana is obviously very close to Musa textilis
L. Née and is perhaps vulnerable to reduction. |
| |
|