Musa troglodytarum dolioliformis

Musa troglodytarum
L. var. dolioliformis F. M. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas : 855 (1837) [also ed. II : 174 (1845) & ed. III : 312 (1877).]

Accepted name Ensete glaucum (W. Roxburgh) E. E. Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 2 (2): 101 (1947).
Synonyms  
Authorities E. D. Merrill
Section  
Distribution Philippines.
Description  
References Merrill
Comments According to Merrill's "Species Blancoanae" no. 537, 946 (in Herb. Mus. Paris) "there can be no doubt that this remarkable distinct form is the same as Musa glauca Roxb.  There is a picture in Philip. Agr. Review 6 (1913), no. 9, t. 1.   Illustrative specimens from Cavite Province, Luzon, known as 'virgen'".

Complied with information from Gerda Rossel.


 


last revision 23 April 2003