Musa troglodytarum

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 Musa troglodytarum subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Musa fehi, Vieill. (M. Fei, Nadeaud. M. Seemanii, F. Muell. M. Uranoscopos, Seem. M. troglodytarum, S. Kurz., not Lour.). Stoloniferous: st. 15-20 ft. high, full of violet juice: lys. larger and firmer ip texture than M. paradisiaca. with stouter veins; base unequally rounded; petiole 1-1 ½ ft. long: spike long, erect, slightly curved at the base; fls. 6-8 in a cluster, sessile; calyx with 5 unequal lobes, finally splitting nearly to the base: free petal short: fr. many in a bunch, oblong, angled, 5-6 in long, 1 in. or more diam., nearly straight, yellow when ripe, skin thick; pulp moderately firm; seeds small, dull black. Tahiti and New Caledonia. Seedless at low levels but bearing seeds at elevations of 3,000-3,600 ft.—Cult. in Eu. Fruits not very palatable when raw but excellent when cooked.


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