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Old 04-11-2008, 07:45 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Default Re: Musa Gracilis

That picture from sunshine is definetly not M. gracilis, it looks to be an ornamental hybrid of some sort with chromosome number 2n=22 (Eumusa and Rhodochlamys), definitely not a Callimusa as true M. gracilis is.

The picture in the wiki is accurate.
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