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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Musaceae (バショウ科) > Ensete superbum
Lifeform: monocarpic flowering, perrenial forb Seven species mostly in tropical Africa, southern China, southeastern Asia, etc. Bat pollination for a few species in tropical Africa |
E. glaucum (Roxb.) Cheesman (ショウタイバショウ) E. lasiocarpum (Franch.) Cheesman (チユウキンレン) |
E. superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman (イワバショウ*) E. ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman (アビシニアバショウ) |
Iwabashou* (イワバショウ, 岩芭蕉), cliff banana, rock banana, or western hill banana Lifeform: rhizomatous, large forb, 3-4 m tall Distribution: southeastern India - Thailand |
Habitat: moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests Use: ornamental Synonyms: Musa superba Roxb. |
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[1-3] at Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) located in Osaka, western Japan, on February 6 2022.