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Accession Data:

Musa nagensium Prain

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Musaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Musa nagensium var. hongii Häkkinen

  • Country of Origin: Assam (Nagaland) to China (W. Yunnan)
  • Habitat: Evergreen wet forest in secondary growth

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900223
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#2006037
  • Provenance:
    Kress# 06-8419
    Kress, W. J., Gao, J.-Y., Xia, Y. M.
    China: Yunnan: Yin Jiang
    SW of Yin Jiang 15 km from Na Bang at Myanmar border
    12 Jul 2006
    
    Large herb with shots to 15 m in height, leaves green with thick white waxy coat below. 
    Inflorescence pendent, to 2.5 m in length.  
    Immature fruits pale green, glaucous; bracts of male flowers bright orange. Male flowers pale orange.
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 3315 - NEOB: Equisetum
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-09-2020

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Musaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / Assam / East Himalaya / Myanmar / Thailand

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.

data regenerated on Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:34:11 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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  • Ensete superbum
  • Musa laterita W/C
  • Musa nagensium W/C
  • Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish'
  • Musa basjoo
  • Musa ornata
  • Musa sikkimensis
  • Musa textilis
  • Musa velutina
  • Musella lasiocarpa W/C
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