View Full Version : Musa Accuminata 'Dwarf Banana'
robert0514
04-28-2013, 06:07 AM
Hey
I just bought 15 seeds off an online shop where the seeds were marked simply as Musa Accuminata. When I looked on the packet when they arrived it said Musa Accuminata 'Dwarf Banana' I then looked around on the internet and found nothing about it. If anyone has any information about it like height and hardiness please post here.
Yuri Barros
04-28-2013, 07:14 AM
It seems to be a subspecies...............which one is hard to tell...............
Look at this article..............wild subspecies of Musa acuminata have seeds......
NATIVE BANANAS OF NORTH QUEENSLAND (http://rfcarchives.org.au/Next/Fruits/Banana/NativeQBananas5-91.htm)
robert0514
04-28-2013, 07:30 AM
It maybe one of them I'll just wait to see if anyone else has any info on this.
Illia
04-28-2013, 10:42 AM
I sure hope it's an M. acuminata, as some markets online out there will try and convince people things like the common "Dwarf Cavendish" have seeds and actually sell such. Those markets often label them as M. acuminata, since most dessert bananas once derived from that species, so the closest thing to call them is M. acuminata.
robert0514
04-28-2013, 11:31 AM
I don't think that it will be cavendish as it is hard to get cavendish in the UK and much easier to get acuminata on any UK website.
caliboy1994
04-28-2013, 02:58 PM
Cavendish also doesn't produce seeds. It may be an ornamental type like Velutina or Ornata.
Illia
04-28-2013, 03:31 PM
Cavendish also doesn't produce seeds. It may be an ornamental type like Velutina or Ornata.
Of course it doesn't, that's the point of my warning in that there's plenty seed vendors out there that sell "seeds" to normal edible bananas, but seem to generalize the cultivar yet always give them the name M. acuminata. This warning is based on the assumption the buyer had not received the seeds yet to judge.
sunfish
04-28-2013, 07:23 PM
The banana (Musa acuminata) genome and the evolution of monocotyledonous plants : Nature : Nature Publishing Group (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v488/n7410/full/nature11241.html) :P
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