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Musella lasiocarpa (A. R. Franchet) C. Y. Wu ex H.-W. Li
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- Common Name: Chinese Yellow Banana
- Family: Musaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: China (Yunnan & Guizhou) up to 2,500 m., Vietnam & possibly Laos.
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- Description: [syn. Musa lasiocarpa A. R. Franchet; Ensete lasiocarpum (A. R. Franchet) E. E. Cheesman]
Height to about 1.2 m. Pseudostem green with reddish tinges, broad at the base tapering to narrow top giving a distinctly conical appearance. Plant suckering more or less freely often producing more than one sucker at a time. Leaves held rather stiffly upright, glaucous green with reddish-brown margins. Inflorescence erect and massive somewhat resembling a lotus flower. Bracts yellow sometimes with reddish tinge. Flowers yellowish as is the somewhat hairy fruit. Seeds rounded, black-brown.
- Uses: Botanists with a working knowledge of Yunnan and Musella think that it may be extinct in the wild and maintained only in cultivation by farmers in Yunnan and Sichuan. This suggests the plant has some real economic value.
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 Accession Data:- Accession # 200000013
- Source: Mike Bordelon - SI
- Provenance: Smithsonian# 1995-214; Collected by W.J. Kress, T. Wood & Li, at Gao Qiao, 15km from Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Accession Date: 02-02-2000
- Bench: 1206 - S Bed
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 01-08-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
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- Family: Musaceae
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References:The Musaceae Website
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