Please help me ID

mkoh · 09-17-2021, 09:18 PM

Hi, can someone help me ID the banana variety at the front, the one with the blossom? Thanks!

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smeash · 09-18-2021, 08:24 AM

Can you give us more info? How and where you aquired the plant, fruiting height, open or closed petiole etc.. to me it looks like a namwah, but the bracts look a bit different than mine.. I also cant tell how long those fingers are from the photos. Huge bunch on the plant in the backround.. what variety is that?

Gabe15 · 09-18-2021, 11:59 AM

It is Namwah, aka Pisang Awak.

smeash · 09-19-2021, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gabe15

It is Namwah, aka Pisang Awak.

And there you have it! Thanks Gabe!

mkoh · 09-19-2021, 08:19 PM

I do know that the banana plant behind with a lot of fruit is a dwarf namwah. The dwarf namwah has a very stout, reddish trunk measuring 35" around and pseudo stem height of over 7', a lot of huge dark green leaves. The bunch has over 200 fruit.

Compared to the namwah, this mystery banana is a lot shorter and slimmer - trunk is only 16" around, pseudo stem less than 6' high, it has far fewer & much smaller leaves that are light green instead of dark green, and fewer than 50 fruit. The trunk also does not have the reddish tinge typical of namwah. While the fruit look somewhat similar, the 2 plants look very different, that's quite I wonder what it is.

Sk · 09-19-2021, 09:18 PM

Your Namwa looks very much like mine. Mine also does not have the red tinge and it’s leaves are lighter green as well; however, it is considerably taller. The fruits (including finger count) are nearly identical:

So perhaps natural variation?

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09-18-2021, 11:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
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mkoh Join Date: Nov 2020 Posts: 4 BananaBucks : 1,179 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 4 Times Was Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Please help me ID I do know that the banana plant behind with a lot of fruit is a dwarf namwah. The dwarf namwah has a very stout, reddish trunk measuring 35" around and pseudo stem height of over 7', a lot of huge dark green leaves. The bunch has over 200 fruit. Compared to the namwah, this mystery banana is a lot shorter and slimmer - trunk is only 16" around, pseudo stem less than 6' high, it has far fewer & much smaller leaves that are light green instead of dark green, and fewer than 50 fruit. The trunk also does not have the reddish tinge typical of namwah. While the fruit look somewhat similar, the 2 plants look very different, that's quite I wonder what it is. Last edited by mkoh : 09-19-2021 at 08:23 PM.

09-19-2021, 09:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
Sk Location: Hidden Hills California Find me on the map! Zone: 10a (hotter microclimate) Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 37 BananaBucks : 2,993 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 43 Times Was Thanked 19 Times in 11 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Please help me ID Your Namwa looks very much like mine. Mine also does not have the red tinge and it’s leaves are lighter green as well; however, it is considerably taller. The fruits (including finger count) are nearly identical: So perhaps natural variation?

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