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Greenie
08-15-2007, 09:27 PM
could someone help with any info on what exactly is a TRUE "Pisang Awak",what family?,taste?,traits etc.... I posted some pics for id.thanks!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=4787&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=4788

NANAMAN
08-15-2007, 10:29 PM
Beautiful pictures!!!

bigdog
08-15-2007, 10:29 PM
Can't help you there, but that is one massive bunch. I get happy when I get 20 bananas on one bunch, lol. Ahhh...the Tropics! It would have its advantages, for sure. But I would miss the seasons changing...oops, got a little sidetracked! Uhh, don't know any of those questions, but I'm sure there is data out there somewhere that you could dig up on it. It just might take a little while! Good luck,

Frank

D_&_T
08-15-2007, 10:37 PM
looks like BUNCH of good eating to me:bananarow:

Greenie
08-15-2007, 11:08 PM
looks like BUNCH of good eating to me:bananarow:
Yes! , the pics are from the" USDA".".I would like to find out if its a Namwah family variety or something else since I can't find any other find info on the net.Maybe someone like Gabe or Pitangadiego would know something?:drum:

D_&_T
08-15-2007, 11:34 PM
need to move or build botanical garden:twonanners:
if was to grow them

Dan & Tara

momoese
08-16-2007, 09:35 AM
According to Jonathan H. Crane, Carlos F. Balerdi, and Ian Maguire of the University of Florida, Pisang Awak is the same as Kluai nam wa. It is a M. acuminata x M. balbisiana hybrid. ABB. They say it's the same plant by a different name. Best used in home landscape, fair to good cold tolerance in south Florida and susceptible to Panama disease.

That info is from a link on Jon's site, we be bananas.

mrbungalow
08-16-2007, 10:17 AM
Yes, same as Namwha. It is also said to pollinate itself sometimes, resulting in fruit with a few seeds. That happened to me while eating this one in Thailand. I tried to sprout the seeds, but no luck doing that!

Erlend