Musa Dwarf Cavendish
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Cultivar Name
Musa acuminata 'cavendishii'
Synonyms
Klue Hom Kom
Pictures
(credit the flying dutchman)
Description
The most popular greenhouse banana, will bear bunches with up to 90 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 wich is also decorative
- Genetic Group -
AAA
Origin
China
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Usage
Desert banana, excellent fruit
Flowering
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Cultivation
- Mature Height -
8-10 feet
- Survival Zone -
8-9
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Known Afflictions
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Research Notes
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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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