Musa Belle

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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 'belle'

Synonyms

Grindy

Pisang Raja

Pictures

(credit the flying dutchman)

Description

This is a 'Pisang Raja' sport. Most rigorous growing banana in Florida. A sport of pisang raja, wich itself is a vigorous grower(15-20 feet), with a heavy crop of very sweet fruit that are orange inside and large. Too large to be eaten by one person this bananas are often shared. It is mainly a cooking banana used for making banana cake and pisang goreng. It is not a all year round banana.

• Genetic Group -

AAB

Origin

Indonesia, malaysia

• Date realized in trade -

Usage

Desert, cooking

Flowering

• Time To Bloom -

• Time To Harvest -

Cultivation

• Mature Height -

16 Ft

• Survival Zone -

9-10

• Fruiting Zone -

• Cold Hardiness -

Cool tolerant

• Wind -

Wind resistant

• Sun -

• Taste Description -

• Personal Notes -

• Growth tips -

Known Afflictions

• Pests -

• Susceptible Diseases -

• Resistant Diseases -

Research Notes

• Links to useful discussion threads in the forum:

• Typical Price Range -

Members Growing This Banana

External

• Links

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

• Sources