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11-25-2012, 06:55 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Hi all,
I managed to get a sucker of this banana but am unsure of its ID. It seems to be some sort of plantain. Maybe a Ele Ele black. Here is a photo or 2. The whole plant My plant growing. Move over Alacantarea!!! Cheers Brod |
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11-25-2012, 07:25 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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I agee that it could be an Ele Ele with that much color on the petioles.
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11-25-2012, 07:33 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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I'd guess Ele Ele too.
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11-25-2012, 08:39 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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Re: ID needed
Thanks guys for your responses so far.
Does anyone have a photo of the fruiting bunch of an Ele Ele |
11-25-2012, 08:45 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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11-26-2012, 02:01 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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If you are in Oz, where import of bananas is very strictly regulated, it is almost certainly "Pacific Plantain", which is in the same subgroup as Ele Ele and very similar to it.
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12-19-2012, 04:24 AM | #7 (permalink) |
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It's hard to say; the foliage of the plant with its dark coloring resembles Pacific Plantain, but the fruit is a bit too elongated to be it (although this could be because it is still immature and hasn't filled out). Pacific Plantain fruit is very stubby, short and fat - not quite so long.
I dislike the fruit of PP. It doesn't taste the same as many of the African horn plantains |
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12-19-2012, 10:36 AM | #8 (permalink) |
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no guess but really nice looking nanner mate...good on ya
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Re: ID needed
Pacific Plantain is a Maoli type. You can see a photo of a mature bunch if you click the link below.
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12-19-2012, 02:17 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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Looks like a bunch of hanging cucumbers.. :^)
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12-30-2012, 10:21 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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Here is an update photo of the bunch.
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12-30-2012, 11:28 PM | #13 (permalink) |
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I'm still leaning toward Ele Ele, esp with the rounded sausage-like tips.
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12-30-2012, 11:39 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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I must admit ,looking again at ele ele in the wiki it looks just like this one.
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Also looks exactly like the Pacific Plantain in the link I posted above and which we know is available in Australia, and is also a Maoli type, like Ele Ele. Could be the same thing, I don't know.
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This is an Ele Ele bunch, compare it with yours,
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I think yours is an Ele Ele
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