Musa sanguinea
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Musa sanguinea, Hook, f. Stoniferous: st. very slender, 4-5 ft. high: lvs. oblong, thin, bright green, 2-3 ft. long, 5-8 in. wide; petiole slender, 1 ft. long: spike at first erect, drooping when mature; female fls. in 2-6 clusters of 2-3 fls. each; male clusters few, dense; bracts lanceolate, somewhat persistent, blood-red, lower 6 in. long: calyx bright yellow, 1-1 ½ in. long; free petal nearly as long as the calyx: fr. oblong, 3-angled, rather pulpy, pale green variegated with red, glabrous, 2 in. long; seeds angled, small, black, tubercular. Assam. B.M. 5975.—Decorative and showy.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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