Musa massonii

Musa massonii P. Sagot ex J. G. Baker, Annals of Botany 7: 209 (1893).
Musa massonii var. massonii P. Sagot ex  E. A. J. De Wildeman, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille ser. 2, 10: 66 (1912).

Accepted name	none - an undetermined cultivated banana
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References	Baker 1893 : 209, Champion 1967 : 41
Comments	Baker comments on this under Musa cavendishii [= Musa (AAA group) 'Dwarf Cavendish'] and writes " M. Massoni, Sagot Musa 21 (name only), supposed to be wild at the Gaboon and cultivated in Bourbon, is said to be like Cavendishii, but with slightly different fruits". I am not sure to which of Sagot's publications Baker is referring; it is not Sagot 1887.  I do not know if M. massonii is sufficiently "like" M. cavendishii for M. acuminata to be considered as the accepted name. Musa massonii var. massonii P. Sagot ex  E. A. J. De Wildeman, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille ser. 2, 10: 66 (1912). Not seen.

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