Characteristics
A small banana. It grows 1.5 m tall. The false stem is slender. It has purple black spots. The leaves are oblong and 60-80 cm long by 18-20 cm wide. The leaves are green but the midrib is red. The leaf stem is 20-25 cm long. The flowering shoot is erect at first and then droops. The flowering stem is 15-18 cm long and 2 cm across. It is red with white down. The bracts are red. Fruit are 5-6 cm long. They are light green to yellow when ripe. The ripe fruit can be eaten. The seeds are 5-6 mm long. There are 20-30 seeds in each fruit. It produces many suckers.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
-
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| Foliage retention |
deciduous
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| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
1.5
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| 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 |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a subtropical plant. It cannot tolerate frost. It needs a well drained rich soil. In Melbourne Botanical Gardens hothouse. It suits hardiness zones 10-11.
| 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
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seeds. It is best to soak the seeds for 3 days.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
7 - 180
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
21 - 26
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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°) |
22 - 32
|
| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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