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Old 09-02-2007, 10:48 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Musa Yangze Valley

The picture of the clump is pretty telling! Based on the tightness of the clump, I don't think it is Musa itinerans. It also has quite a bit of wax on the petioles and upper pseudostem, which is not in the original description of M. itinerans. Sure does look a lot like the picture of the banana they have listed as M. itinerans on RPS:



And what Agri-starts sells as Musa itinerans:



Whatever it is, it is different from the pics I posted, but still similar in many ways. Musa yunnanensis is a possibility also, or a variety of Musa balbisiana.
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