Musa Dwarf Cavendish
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Cultivar Name
Musa acuminata 'cavendishii'
Synonyms
Klue Hom Kom
Dwarf Chinese
Pisang serendah
Governor
Enano
Johnson
Pictures
(credit taylor_loves_bananas)
(credit the flying dutchman)
Description
The most popular greenhouse banana, will bear bunches with over 100 bananas, each slightly shorter than the 'grocery store' varieties. It will grow to about 8 feet(10 feet outdoors in South Florida) and has a solid heavy trunk. Juvenile leaves will have some reddish-purple markings but later leaves will be all green. This Musa is a fast grower with great appeal to the mass market. It has a fair cold tolerance. It is also suited for indoors and is a good container specimen which is also decorative.
- Genetic Group -
AAA
Origin
China
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Usage
Dessert banana, excellent fruit
Flowering
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Cultivation
- Mature Height -
6-8 feet
- Survival Zone -
8-9
- Fruiting Zone -
9+
- Cold Hardiness - my dwarf cavendish survived -3 C with little leaf edge damage and -5 C in dry ground with greater leaf damage however persisting cold will kill the plant to the ground. Other 3 plants died at -5 and another has only stem damage, hardening off extends the frost resistance of the stem. It seems an unreliable plant for colder we climates. Lodewijkp, the Netherlands
Experience in Florida has shown that D. Cavendish will die to the ground at around 27F (sustained).
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- Sun - full sun, partial sun, shade, suitable for indoors
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Known Afflictions
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Research Notes
- Links to useful discussion threads in the forum:
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Members Growing This Banana
External
- Links
- (Links to other useful pages on the web that mention this banana. Example: International Banana Society)
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