Musa Sumatrana X Gran Nain (cross)

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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 sumatrana (Gran Nain Cross)

Synonyms

Pictures

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(credit jpfloors)

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Description

This is a very unusual hybrid with the coloring of the sumatrana and the grow habit of the 'Gran Nain'. The plant is short and stout 7-10 feet, with wide maroon variegated leaves that make it a prized landscape specimen. Has small seedless fruit.

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Origin

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Usage

Type desert and ornamental

Flowering

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Cultivation

• Mature Height -

7-10 feet

• Survival Zone -

9-10

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• Wind -

Wind tolerant

• Sun -

Full sun not less than 30% shade Grows best above 65F

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• Personal Notes -

Leaves can droop under the midday sun and heat, a little shade at this time can remedy this.

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Known Afflictions

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Borers, grasshoppers and root nematodes

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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)

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