WorldFloraDB - Musa coccinea

Characteristics

Pseudostems 1--2 m. Petiole 30--50 cm, narrowly winged; leaf blade adaxially yellow-green, abaxially light yellow-green and not pruinose, oblong, 1.8--2.2 m × 70--80 cm, base rounded, noticeably asymmetric. Inflorescence erect; rachis glabrous. Bracts adaxially pink, abaxially scarlet and conspicuously wrinkled. Flowers 6 per bract, in 1 row. Tepals of female flowers yellow; outer lobes of compound tepal cornered; free tepal equaling compound tepal, apex acute, finely toothed. Berries obliquely pendulous on rachis, gray-white, straight, 10--12 × ca. 4 cm, not angled; stalk 3--3.5 cm. Seeds numerous. Fl. Sep--Nov. 2 n = 20.

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A small banana plant. The false stems are 1-2 m tall. The leaf stalk is 30-50 cm long. It has narrow wings. The leaves are lighter green underneath. They are oblong and 1.8-2.2 m long by 70-80 cm wide. The base is rounded and unequal. The flowering shoots are erect. The bracts are bright red inside. There are 6 flowers in one row in each bract. The flowers are yellow. The fruit hang down and are 10-12 cm long by 4 cm wide. There are many seeds.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.0 - 1.5

Mature height (meter)

1.0 - 1.5

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

-

Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in ravines and on slopes from near sea level to 600 m above sea level. In XTBG Yunnan.

Light
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Soil texture	-
Soil acidity
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use gene source material medicinal
Edible	fruits
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings or suckers.

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

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Distribution

Conservation status

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:797554-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000474224
COL ID	44NRN
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	447852
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Musa coccinea Quesnelia lamarckii

WorldFloraDB 2024

Musa coccinea Andrews

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Musaceae > Musa