Musa simiarum var. culta

Musa simiarum var. culta W. S. Kurz, J. Agr. Hort. Soc. Ind. 14: 298 (1866).

Accepted name	none - a group of cultivated bananas.
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References	Kurz 1866 : 298.
Comments	Kurz writes that "this is the principal and most important form [of banana] in the [Indian] Archipelago".  However, he includes within it 'Pisang mas' with an AA genotype, 'Pisang ambon' with an AAA genotype and 'Pisang raja' with an AAB genotype.

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