Musa rubra – eFlora of India

June 4, 2012
Musa

Musa rubra Wall. ex Kurz, J. Agric. Soc. India 14: 301 1867. (syn: Musa laterita Cheesman);

Assam; Bangladesh; China South-Central; Myanmar; Thailand as per Catalogue of Life;

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Musa ornata : AK : 1 image.

Musa ornata, commonly called as Ornamental Banana or Bronze Banana.

Picture taken at Gangajal Nursery, Nasik.

.. Niice photo.. and tempting bracts….!!!!

Thank You … for sharing the pic….

Nice photograph

http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bronze%20Banana.html

Can it be Musa rubra as per the following ?:

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Musa-rubra-A-Leaf-base-B-Male-bract-adaxial-surface-C-D-Male-flowers-parts-C_fig5_298791694

I leave it to the experts to decide.

Another Species, Musa laterita also looks similar.

Musa rubra (M. laterita)

To be corrected in FOI also.

Fwd: Musa rubra images : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)- 2 & 5 mb each.

sending 2 images of Musa rubra, Musaceae, for your validation.

clicked 22/06/2020, Bhbaneswar, Odisha,

though wild, ornamentally planted in gardens

Yes! ID is correct.

It is Musa rubra only.

References:

Catalogue of Life

http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=254938

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-254938

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