Musa maculata

Musa maculata N. J. von Jacquin Pl. Rar. Hort. Schoenbr. 4: 23 & t. 446 (1804).

Accepted name	? Musa (AA group)
Synonyms
Authorities	The World Checklist of Monocotyledons lists Musa maculata Jacq., Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 4: 23 (1804) as an unplaced name.
Section
Distribution	Réunion & Mauritius.
Description
References	Champion 1967: 41, Horaninow 1862, Reynolds 1927.
Comments	Reynolds says that the fruit is of little value, and gives it the name 'figue mignonne'. Although Mauritius was an important stopping off place for Musa collected in the Far East it has no native species. The same applies to Réunion. Jacquin's text on Musa maculata is at at http://www.botanicus.org/page/272809.    Images: There is one external image of  Jacquin's Musa maculata at http://www.botanicus.org/page/272933.

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