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Musa acuminata

Musa acuminata Colla   (redirected from: Musa cavendishii Lambert ex Paxt.)
Family: Musaceae
Edible Banana
[Musa cavendishii Lambert ex Paxt., moreMusa chinensis Sweet, Musa zebrina Van Houtte ex Planch.]
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Alan T. Whittemore in Flora of North America (vol. 22)
Pseudostems heavily blotched with brown or black. Petioles: margins of adaxial groove erect, winged proximally. Inflorescences: pedicels short; bracts of staminate flowers lanceolate or narrowly ovate, apex acute, abaxial surface yellow, red, or dull purple, adaxial surface yellow proximally, often yellow or dull purple distally. Staminate flowers white or cream. Pistillate flowers: stigmas deep yellow or orange; each locule with 2 regular rows of ovules.

Flowering all year. Abandoned gardens and disturbed sites; 0--10 m; introduced; Fla.; Mexico, West Indies, Central America; and South America; native, s Asia; Africa; Pacific Islands (, Oceania).; native, s Asia.
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Magdy Mohamed Mourad Hosseen
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Magdy Mohamed Mourad Hosseen
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Anne Barber
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Magdy Mohamed Mourad Hosseen
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Magdy Mohamed Mourad Hosseen
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Anne Barber
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University of Florida Herbarium
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University of Florida Herbarium
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University of Florida Herbarium
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University of Florida Herbarium
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University of Florida Herbarium
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University of Florida Herbarium
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University of Florida Herbarium
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University of Florida Herbarium
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University of Florida Herbarium
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