Musa Dwarf Cavendish

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Contents

Cultivar Name

Musa acuminata 'cavendishii'

Synonyms

Klue Hom Kom

Pictures

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(credit taylor_loves_bananas)

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(credit the flying dutchman)

Description

The most popular greenhouse banana, will bear bunches with up to 90 bananas, each slightly shorter than the 'grocery store' varieties. It will grow to about 8 feet(10 feet outdoors in South Florida) and has a solid heavy trunk. Juvenile leaves will have some reddish-purple markings but later leaves will be all green. This Musa is a fast grower with great appeal to the mass market. It has a fair cold tolerance It is also suited for indoors and is a good container specimen wich is also decorative

  • Genetic Group -

AAA

Origin

China

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Usage

Desert banana, excellent fruit

Flowering

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Cultivation

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8-10 feet

  • Survival Zone -

8-9

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Known Afflictions

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Research Notes

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Members Growing This Banana

External

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