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Musa troglodytarum typica
Musa troglodytarum var. typica F. M. Blanco (?)
| Accepted name |
none
- undetermined cultivated Fe'i banana |
| Synonyms |
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| Authorities |
Stover
& Simmonds 1987. |
| Section |
Australimusa |
| Distribution |
Tahiti. |
| Description |
Inflorescence
with a prolonged male axis with large, imbricate, obtuse bracts on the bud. |
| References |
Stover &
Simmonds 1987. |
| Comments |
Stover & Simmonds 1987 point out that Musa
troglodytarum was applied to a group of cultivated clones grown for fruit in East
Indonesia. The clones probably originated by hybridisation of a range of species
possibly including Musa maclayi, Musa jackeyi, Musa angustigemma, Musa peekelii and
possibly others as yet undescribed. Stover & Simmonds 1987 caution that the Fe'i bananas are
so poorly understood that the application of Latin binomials to them is
"unwise". |
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