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(First upload on February 17 2022. Last on January 9 2023) [ 日本語 | English ]

Musa L. (バショウ) Mareiyamabashou (マレーヤマバショウ, 馬来山芭蕉), cavendish banana, Chinese banana or dwarf banana Taiwanbanana (タイワンバナナ, 台湾バナナ) Life form: evergreen, perennial herb ranging from 3 to 7 m tall Distribution: southeastern Asia Habitat: pioneer, e.g., after wildfire Chromosome number: 2n = 2x = 22 (wild types), 2n = 3x = 33 (most cultivated types - infertile)

Use: fruit = food progenitor of commercial banana, producing many seeds: homogeneousness triploid = seedless ssp. burmannica Simmonds ssp. errans Argent ssp. malaccensis (Ridley) Simmonds ssp. microcarpa (Beccari) Simmonds ssp. siamea Simmonds ssp. truncata (Ridley) Kiew ssp. zebrina (Van Houtte) R. E. Nasution cv. dwarf cavendish (サンジャクバナナ), dwarf banana cv. manzano, apple banana

Musa acuminata at a greenhouse in Japan

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[1-3] in Tomakomai Sun Garden glasshouse on January 10 2022. [4] at Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) located in Osaka, western Japan, on February 6 2022.

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cv. dwarf cavendish (サンジャクバナナ)

dwarf-formed banana, with 1-2 m in height
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[1-3] in the greenhouse of Hokkaido University Hospital on March 24 2022.

cv. manzano (apple banana)

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[1-3] in the glasshouse of Kyoto Botanical Gardens, western Japan, on September 17 2022. This banana is sour and popular in Hawaii.