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Old 11-20-2010, 02:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Guide for identifying subgroups?

We are fortunate to have many experts here to help identify bananas, but it sure would be helpful to learn that key characteristics "they" (you might replace "they" with Gabe) use in making identifications. I teach fish taxonomy, so I appreciate that identification can be quite complicated, but I also know that there are key morphological characteristics that you know to look at to narrow things down.

Is there a guide to the characteristics of different subgroups of edible bananas. I understand some of the basic traits that differ between M. acuminata and M. balbisiana, but I really wouldn't know how to distinguish a "Pome" from a "Pisang Awak" from a "Silk".

Anyone know of a guide to banana ID?

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