Musa holstii

Musa holstii subsp. var.
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Musa holstii, K. Schum. Whole plant 15-20 ft. high: lvs. 15-18 ft. long by 3 ft. wide: spike very large, drooping; upper bracts covering the male fls. 8-10 in. long, persistent; male fls. about ½ in. long, stalked; calyx l ¾ in. long, more or less deeply lobed, lobes linear, hooded at apex; free petal ½ - ¾ in. long, broadly elliptic, 3-5-lobed, the middle lobe oval and laterally toothed: fr. pyriform; about 4 in. long by 2 in. wide; seeds about ¾ in. diam. German E. Afr., in deep wooded ravines at 3,600-3,800 ft. altitude. — Intro. into cult. in 1905. Decorative. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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