Musa Red Iholene

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Contents 1 Cultivar 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

Cultivar Name

Musa 'red iholene'

Synonyms

Pictures

(credit the flying dutchman)

(credit Gabe15)

Description

One of the most ornamental of all banana plants, and this one bears fine-tasting fruit. This hawaiian cultivar has leaves that are burgundy colored on their lower surface to match the red-pink pseudostem. Being of a modest height, it is suited to both the landscape and greenhouse where it makes a beautiful specimen. The unripe fruit skin starts out pale yellow and should not be picked until it is very ripe. This is a close relative of musa 'White Iholene' and musa 'Ha'a' wich is the dwarf form of the 'Iholene' group.

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Origin

Hawaii

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Usage

Desert banana: Fruit mature quickly

Flowering

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Cultivation

• Mature Height -

12-14 feet

• Survival Zone -

8-10

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• Wind -

Wind tolerant

• Sun -

Full sun

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Known Afflictions

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Borers, grasshoppers and root nematodes

• Susceptible Diseases -

Panama disease and black sigatoka

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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)

• Sources