{"id":1316465,"date":"2011-03-15T07:50:41","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T07:50:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-02-23T20:54:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T15:24:41","slug":"musa-ornata","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/musa-ornata\/","title":{"rendered":"Musa ornata"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Musa<\/i> ornata<\/i> Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 488 1824<\/i>. (Syn: Musa<\/i> mexicana<\/i> Matuda<\/span><\/a>; Musa<\/i> speciosa<\/i> Ten.<\/span><\/a>; Musa<\/i> troglodytarum<\/i> var. rubrifolia<\/i> Kuntze<\/span><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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Ornamental Banana<\/b> or Bronze Banana<\/b>;<\/div>\n
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Assam; Bangladesh; Cambodia; Colombia; Costa Rica; East Himalaya; Guatemala; Honduras; India; Jawa; Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Myanmar; Peru; Trinidad-Tobago<\/span> as per Catalogue of Life<\/a>;<\/div>\n
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Musa for ID : Nasik : 020612 : AK-2<\/a>\u00a0:
\nA small, cultivated, potted ornamental variety<\/span> of Banana with Pink inflorescence.
\n<\/span>Seen at Gangajal Nursery, Nasik on the<\/span> 25th of Feb,12.
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Musa ornata <\/i>Roxburgh<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This ornamental Musa was photographed by me <\/span>in the Flower Show<\/span> at Jijamata Udyan<\/span>, Mumbai<\/span> and NOT at Gangajal Nursery, Nasik as stated earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Location : Changpui, Mizoram
\nDate : 28-04-2011<\/span>
\nHabit : Wild Plantain<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is for Identification: Musa sp. resembling M ornata<\/i><\/p>\n

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I agree with the ID Musa ornata<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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dont they grow red ?<\/p>\n

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If I am not mistaken, Musa ornata<\/i> grows green, M. velutina<\/i> grows pink. So I agree with …<\/p>\n

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Ornamental Banana [ Dwarf ] – 250811 – RK<\/span><\/a> : 3 images.<\/span><\/div>\n
Would like Botanical ID.Also is there another common name for this plant?
\nDate\/Time – 14\/08\/11 – around 9 am<\/span>
\nLocation – Lalbagh Botanical Garden, Bangalore<\/span>
\nHabitat – Garden\/Park
\nHt – 7′<\/span><\/div>\n
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Could be Musa ornata<\/i> of Musaceae<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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I agree with\u00a0… id, it is Musa ornata<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Beautiful plant. Do they bear bananas? and if so are they edible ?<\/p>\n

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The fruits of Musa ornata<\/i> are alike common banana .They r edible but not sweet, usually eaten boiled or fried.<\/p>\n

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It is Musa laterita<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yes It is Musa laterita<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I am confused between Musa ornata<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and Musa rubra<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Taking it as Musa ornata<\/i> (https:\/\/sites.google.com\/<\/span>site\/efloraofindia\/species\/m—z\/m\/musaceae\/musa\/musa-ornata<\/a>) for the time being.<\/p>\n

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Musa ornata<\/i> only<\/p>\n

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Musa ornata from Plantae Paradise, Datiyar Village, Solan-GS19012022-2<\/a>: 3 high res. images.<\/div>\n
Musa ornata<\/em> photographed from Plantae Paradise,<\/span> Datiyar Village, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 29-5-2015.<\/div>\n
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Musa ornata<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n210125 PKD1: Regarding identification of the species collected from Koraput Odisha on January 2k25<\/a>: 4 high res. images.<\/p>\n
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Musa ornata\u00a0<\/i>Roxb.<\/p>\n

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Musa ornata<\/em><\/p>\n

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WCSP<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
Catalogue of Life<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Musa ornata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 488 1824. (Syn: Musa mexicana Matuda; Musa speciosa Ten.; Musa troglodytarum var. rubrifolia Kuntze); . Ornamental Banana or Bronze Banana; . E. Himalaya to Myanmar as per WCSP; . Assam; Bangladesh; Cambodia; Colombia; Costa Rica; East Himalaya; Guatemala; Honduras; India; Jawa; Mexico Central; Mexico…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5976],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1316465","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-musa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1316465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1316465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1316465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1316465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1316465"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1316465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}