- Musa sikkimensis
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Musa sikkimensis 
Musa sikkimensis from the Greenhouse at RBGE, Edinburgh Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots (unranked): Commelinids Order: Zingiberales Family: Musaceae Genus: Musa Species: M. sikkimensis Binomial name Musa sikkimensis
Kurz (1877)[1]Musa sikkimensis, also called Darjeeling Banana is a species of the genus Musa. It is one of the highest altitude banana species[2] and is found in Bhutan and India.
Description
The plant is robust and about 4 m tall with a yellowish-green foliage and reddish tinged pseudostem. The sheath is smudged with blackish-brown and is without wax when mature, unlike Musa nagensium which has thick wax deposits in the pseudostem sheaths. The bases of the lamina bear a red-purple colour when young, which gradually fades, latest on the midrib. The inflorescence far outshoots the pseudostem, producing an oblique fruit bunch.[3] The fruits are described as lax, arising from large, brown callosities on axis, angled at maturity. The pulp is scanty, dirty white to pale brownish-pink. Flowering and fruiting takes place from October to April.[2]
References
- ^ Musa sikkimensis (1877) Kurz, W.S. Journal of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India Part 1. 5 (3):164
- ^ a b Noltie, H.J. (1994). Musa, in Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 178-182. Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- ^ Simmonds, N. W. (1956). Botanical Results of the Banana Collecting Expedition, 1954-5. Kew Bulletin 11 (3): 463 - 489.
External links
Categories:- Bananas
- Flora of Bhutan
- Flora of India
- Fruits originating in Asia
- Musa
- Zingiberales stubs
- Fruit stubs
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