Characteristics
A banana plant. It grows 1.8-3 m tall. The leaves are waxy and green. They are 1.8 m long. The flowering stalk has orange-yellow flowers and light purple bracts. The fruit are yellow or pink. They are seedy.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
-
|
| Foliage retention |
evergreen
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
1.0 - 1.5
|
| Mature height (meter) |
2.15 - 3.5
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
c3
|
Environment
A tropical plant. It needs regular moisture and humidity. It needs fertile, well-drained soil. In XTBG Yunnan. It suits hardiness zones 11-12.
| Light |
|
| 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 scape is eaten after boiling. Or it is dried and made into flour.
Cultivation
Can be grown by divisions, seedlings or suckers.
| Mode |
divisions
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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