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Musa oleracea
Musa oleracea E. (D. E.) Vieillard, Ann. Sc. Nat.: 46 (1861).
| Accepted name |
none
- an undeterimined cultivated cooking banana. |
| Synonyms |
Musa paradisiaca subsp. sapientum |
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| Distribution |
New Caledonia. |
| Description |
"A flowerless form, with a glaucous violet stem and an elongated thick
turnip-like rhizome, which is boiled or roasted like a yam, which it resembles in
taste. New Caledonia. Native name Poiete." (Baker
1893). |
| References |
Anon 1906 : 22, Baker 1893 :
212, Champion 1967 : 41, RHS
1956 (+ 1st edition Supplement), Sagot 1887b : 287, Uphof 1968, Vieillard 1861. |
| Comments |
Baker
describes this under Musa sapientum as one of a number of varieties to which
Latin binomials had been given. Although Baker describes it as flowerless, Sagot
1887b states that the plant produces fruits rarely but many suckers. He mentions
also that the corm is eaten and gives its name as 'banane poiété'. The RHS
Dictionary (1956) mentions that its fruit needs cooking. (B. M. 7802) |
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