Musa Griersonii

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	==Description==		==Description==
-	Pseudostem c. 3m, marked with purplish-brown. Petiole to 50cm, lower part glaucous, dark purple on abaxial side, margins developed into horizontally spreading, green wings. Leaves scarcely spreading, blades oblong, base rounded, 2 - 2.5m, glaucous beneath at least when young; midrib blackish-purple beneath. Male bracts deciduous, recurving at tip, dark reddish-purple outside, inside pinkish with cream margins. Male bud elongate, acute. Male flowers: compound tepal c. 4.5 x l cm, orange-yellow, teeth to 4mm; free tepal c. 2 cm; stamens shorter than compound tepal. Female flowers borne in 7 or more hands, each of 22 or more flowers borne in 2 rows on small callosities; compound tepal pinkish-cream, c. 3.5 cm, teeth c. 4 mm, free tepal c. 2.5 cm, staminodes 5, shorter than free tepal.	+	grows to about 3m. dark midrib
-	from Noltie 1994b.	+
	*Genetic Group -		*Genetic Group -
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	===Members Growing This Banana===		===Members Growing This Banana===
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	==External==		==External==
	*Links		*Links
		+	http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~drc/musa_griersonii.htm
	*:(Links to other useful pages on the web that mention this banana. Example: [http://www.bananas.org International Banana Society])		*:(Links to other useful pages on the web that mention this banana. Example: [http://www.bananas.org International Banana Society])
	*Sources		*Sources

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Contents 1 Species Name 1.1 Synonyms 2 Pictures 3 Description 3.1 Origin 3.2 Usage 4 Flowering 5 Cultivation 5.1 Known Afflictions 6 Research Notes 6.1 Members Growing This Banana 7 External

Species Name

Musa Griersonii (Noltie 1994)

Synonyms

Pictures

Description

grows to about 3m. dark midrib

• Genetic Group -

Origin

Bhutan, Sarbhang District

• Date realized in trade -

Usage

Flowering

March

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• Time To Harvest -

Cultivation

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• Taste Description -

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Known Afflictions

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Research Notes

• Links to useful discussion threads in the forum:

• Typical Price Range -

Members Growing This Banana

External

• Links

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~drc/musa_griersonii.htm

• (Links to other useful pages on the web that mention this banana. Example: International Banana Society)

• Sources