Characteristics
A wild banana with angular seeds in the fruit. The seeds are up to 8 mm across and the fruit are green but turn yellow/brown when ripe. The fruit are close together on the bunch.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
-
|
| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
-
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
A tropical plant. It grows wild in some areas between 1,100 and 1,900 m altitude.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
|
| Soil texture |
-
|
| Soil acidity |
-
|
| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
|
Usage
The central pith of the false stem of some kinds is used as a food by hunting parties.
Cultivation
It grows from seeds and also has some suckers.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| 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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