Characteristics
A banana like plant. It is a large herb. It has a false stem 4 m tall. The leaves are 3.3 m long by 1 m wide. The fruit spikes are 1.3 m long. They droop. The bracts are red and round. There are 20-30 flowers on a spike. The fruit are oblong and 3 sided berries. Tey are 7 cm long. The seeds are a flattened round shape.
| Life form |
perennial
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| Growth form |
herb
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| Growth support |
free-standing
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| Foliage retention |
-
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| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
-
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| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
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| Flower color |
-
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| Blooming months |
-
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
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Environment
A tropical plant. It grows on steep slopes of hills in the Pune district in India. It can be on limestone cliffs.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
The sprouting buds are used as a vegetable. The young fruits are pickled. They are also cooked as a vegetable. The flowering stalk is eaten as a vegetable. The root, flower stalk without leaves and rolled up leaf sheath are eaten. The roots are dried and powdered to make flour then used for bread.
| Uses |
gene source
material
medicinal
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| Edible
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flowers
fruits
rhizomes
roots
seeds
stems
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| Therapeutic use
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Fever (leaf), Toothache (leaf), Fever (root), Antiviral agents (seed), Bites and stings (seed), Contraceptive agents (seed), Disorder of ejaculation (seed), Leukorrhea (seed), Malaria (shoot), Anthelmintics (stem), Toothache (stem), Snake bites (whole plant)
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| Human toxicity |
-
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| Animal toxicity |
-
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Cultivation
Plants can be grown from seeds. They can also be grown from the rhizome.
| Mode |
seedlings
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| Germination duration (days) |
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
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