Musa Maleiula

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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 'Malei Ula'

Synonyms

Malai Ula

Manei Ula

Manai Ula

Pictures

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Description

Hawaiian name means: "Red coconut needle" - From the Maoli group, the tough fibers of the stalk are used to string flowers in making leis with a coconut needle (manai). The fruit has a thin skin which is maroon (ula) when immature, green when half-ripe, and yellow when ripe, with orange colored flesh, good for cooking but not for eating raw. The long narrow leaf light green above, pinkish underneath, midrib pinkish on the under side, petiole flesh color with margin dark reddish, in-turned and splotched black at base; trunk light green to mahogany color. This banana was common, under cultivation and in the mountains, on all the Hawaiian islands. Tradition says that it was brought by the gods Kane and Kanaloa and planted in the uplands. Fruit 6-8". Male flowers have pink-purple streaks.

• Genetic Group - AAB

Origin

Hawaii

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Usage

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Cultivation

• Mature Height - 10-12 ft

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• Cold Hardiness - Medium

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Research Notes

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Members Growing This Banana

External

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