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Originally Posted by floridagrower
Any idea about the genome or how it's classified? Is there a similar one available for hobbyists to try?
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They all have an AAA genome, normally referred to as the Mutika/Lujugira subgroup which is also commonly known as East African Highland Banana (often abbreviated as EAHB, EAH, AAA-EA, AAA-EAH or something similar), I believe banksii derived but would have to double check that. There are 4 distinct clone sets within the subgroup which are closer related to each other than cultivars in other clone sets within the subgroup. They are a relatively well studied group of bananas and there it lot's of information on them.
A particularly good source of information on them is Dr. Deborah Kamamura's dissertation in which she evaluated and classified almost all of them.
You can download the file here:
http://bananas.bioversityinternation...sdkaramura.pdf
I don't believe any of them are available in the US or European hobby market. There is a chance there is one or two down in S. Florida from Bill Lessard's old collection (now Going Bananas Nursery), but it is a bit unclear. I plan on traveling there this upcoming summer and so it will be clearer if there are any there.