- Ensete superbum
taxobox
name = "Ensete superbum"
image_caption = "Ensete superbum" at theUnited States Botanic Garden
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperms
unranked_classis =Monocots
unranked_ordo =Commelinids
ordo =Zingiberales
familia =Musaceae
genus = "Ensete"
species = "E. superbum"
binomial = "Ensete superbum"
binomial_authority = Roxb. (1814) [Roxburgh, W. (1814) Hortus Bengalensis 19: 19] |"Ensete superbum" is a species of
banana from India. [USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?404702 Website] [Accessed on 11 June 2008] ]Distribution
The plant is well-known from the
Western Ghats ,Anaimalai Hills , some otherSouth India n hills inDindigul and other parts of the peninsular India. It has also been recorded from Jhadol and Ogna forest ranges inRajastan ,North India . [Sharma, S.K. (1996). Presence of Wild Plantain (Ensete superbum) in Rajasthan, "Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society" 93(2): 322-323] There are also reports of a similar species inThailand , but it is yet to be formally described.Constantine, D. (1999) The Musaceae — an annotated list of the species of Ensete, Musa and Musella. [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~drc Website] [Internet - Accessed on 11th June, 2008] ]Description
Plants may grow up to 12 ft in height and the psuedostem may be up to half the height with a swollen base of up to 8 ft in circumference at the base. The leaves are bright green in colour on both sides with a deeply grooved and short petiole. The leaf sheaths are persistent at the base and leave closely set scars on the
corm . The fruits are about 3 inches long and more or less triangular with dark brown seeds. The upper parts of the plant die out during the dry season leaving the corm, which forms new leaves at the beginning of the monsoon.References
External links
* [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~drc/esuperbumimages.htm Images of "Ensete superbum"]
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