Musa Chini Champa
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This is an EUMUSA from the Ney Poovan group. It can grow up to 10 feet or more with a green/yellow stem. | This is an EUMUSA from the Ney Poovan group. It can grow up to 10 feet or more with a green/yellow stem. | ||
It has a pink-purple flower. It produces sharped curved yellow bananas. | It has a pink-purple flower. It produces sharped curved yellow bananas. | ||
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+ | Champa (AAB group): Champa is one of the hardiest, tall cultivars grown all over the country under | ||
+ | the rationing cultivation system. Its cultivation is extensive in Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. It | ||
+ | can be cultivated under rainfed condition or with scanty irrigation. One of the distinguishing characters | ||
+ | of the plant is the rose pink colouration of the outer side of the midrib when young. The plant is tolerant | ||
+ | to panama wilt and fairly tolerant to bunchy top diseases. Fruits are small in size with thin peel, creamy | ||
+ | pulp and subacid taste. Fruits turn golden yellow when ripe and have excellent keeping quality. The | ||
+ | bunch contains 150-250 fingers and its weight is about 16 kg. One high yielding variety has been | ||
+ | developed through selection from local collection and released in the name by BARI Kola-4. | ||
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Cultivar Name
Musa 'chini champa'
Musa x Paradisiaca 'safet velchi'
Synonyms
Ney Poovan Group
Safet Velchi
Elakki
Bale
Kisubi
Sukari
Champa-kala
Pictures
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Description
This is an EUMUSA from the Ney Poovan group. It can grow up to 10 feet or more with a green/yellow stem. It has a pink-purple flower. It produces sharped curved yellow bananas.
Champa (AAB group): Champa is one of the hardiest, tall cultivars grown all over the country under the rationing cultivation system. Its cultivation is extensive in Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. It can be cultivated under rainfed condition or with scanty irrigation. One of the distinguishing characters of the plant is the rose pink colouration of the outer side of the midrib when young. The plant is tolerant to panama wilt and fairly tolerant to bunchy top diseases. Fruits are small in size with thin peel, creamy pulp and subacid taste. Fruits turn golden yellow when ripe and have excellent keeping quality. The bunch contains 150-250 fingers and its weight is about 16 kg. One high yielding variety has been developed through selection from local collection and released in the name by BARI Kola-4.
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AB
Origin
NE India. Himalyan foothills. Grown by local farmers in villages around Kalimpong, West Bengal. Edible fruits sold in local markets.
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Usage
Flowering
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Cultivation
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10 feet or more
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- Cold Hardiness - Zone 8 with care.
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Research Notes
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Members Growing This Banana
External
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