Musa acuminata Colla

  • Filed As

    Musaceae
    Musa acuminata Colla

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 943, Jun 1915

  • Location

    Philippines. Rizal. San Mateo.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04354831

    Occurrence ID: 8de28828-3010-47d3-8fdc-1a10f651c07f

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Zingiberales

  • Family

    Musaceae

  • All Determinations

    Musa acuminata Colla

Musa paradisiaca Linn. var. pumila Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 244 (var.
nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 171; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 306 = MUSA SAPIENTUM
Linn. var. \M. cavendishii Lamb. var. pumila (Blanco) Teodoro in
Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 412],
This banana was characterized by Blanco as being similar
in fruit characters to the bungulan, but differing in having a
less palatable fruit and in being dwarfed in size. It is one of
the cultivated forms of the common banana.
Illustrative specimen from San Mateo, Rizal Province, Luzon,
June, 1915, from cultivated plants, there known as tampohin
{Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 94-3) *
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