This is my 'Kayinja' banana, it a Pisang Awak ABB (like 'Namwah') brought to Hawai'i from Africa for a research project. It is probably the most vigorous banana I have grown and shows great promise for wider distribution, even more so than the current local type of Pisang Awak. It also has potential BBTV (Banana Bunchy Top Virus) tolerance.
It has grown very fast and produces lots of suckers, so many in fact that its actually sometimes difficult to manage.
It took 299 days from planting to flowering.
This photo was taken about 11 months after planting.
