WorldFloraDB - Musa basjoo

Characteristics

Pseudostems 2.5--4 m. Petiole to 30 cm, robust; leaf blade adaxially bright green, oblong, 2--3 m × ca. 30 cm, base rounded, asymmetric. Inflorescence pendulous. Bracts red-brown to purple. Male flowers 10--16 per bract, in 2 rows. Compound tepal 4--4.5 cm; free tepal equaling compound tepal, apex apiculate. Berries subsessile, trigonous oblong to sometimes 5-angled, 5--7 cm. Seeds numerous, black, irregularly angled, 6--8 mm wide, tuberculate. 2 n = 22.

More

The false stems are 2.5-4 m long. The leaf stalk is 30 cm long. The leaf blade is bright green and oblong. It is 2-3 m long by 30 cm wide. The base is rounded and unequal. The flowering stalk hangs down. The bracts are red-brown to purple. There are 10-16 male flowers per bract in 2 rows. The fruit are berries with are oblong and 3-5 sided. There are many seeds. These are black and irregular angled. They are 6-8 mm wide.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

monoecy

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

2.0 - 2.5

Mature height (meter)

3.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. They are resistant to cold. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

More

Not known

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The leaf stalk is cooked seasoned with other vegetables. It is also preserved in soy sauce. The rhizome is preserved in soybean paste.

Uses	environmental use fiber fodder gene source material medicinal
Edible	flowers fruits nectars rhizomes stems
Therapeutic use	Jaundice (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Antidote (unspecified), Beri-Beri (unspecified), Leucorrhea (unspecified), Restlessness (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings or suckers. Seeds needs soaking.

Mode	seedlings suckers
Germination duration (days)	7 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°)	21 - 26
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	22 - 32
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-