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Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Ensete Bruce (ショウタイバショウ)


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)

Ensete superbum grown in a greenhouse


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.

索引

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] at Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) located in Osaka, western Japan, on February 6 2022.

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