Musa sp. VN1-054 or Chuoi Rung Hoa Soan

VN1-054 001 This photograph provided by Markku Häkkinen shows vegetative plants of VN1-054 growing in a field collection (probably at the Phu Ho Fruit Research Centre) in Vietnam.   It is notable that the suckers appear to be rather widely spaced.
VN1-054 002 This photograph provided by Markku Häkkinen shows a flowering plant of VN1-054 at the Phu Ho Fruit Research Centre in Vietnam. 
VN1-054 003 This photograph provided by Markku Häkkinen shows an infructescence of VN1-054 probably from the Phu Ho Fruit Research Centre in Vietnam.
VN1-054 004 This photograph provided by Markku Häkkinen shows a close up of the male bud of VN1-054.   The extraordinary colourful and imbricate bracts can be clearly seen.  The photograph also shows a bract removed from the male bud with the male flowers attached.








   

 


last revision 06 November 2002