Musa Super Plantain

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Cultivar Name

Musa 'super plantain'

Synonyms

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Description

This is a popular variety, which grows to about 12 feet high in the standard form and 6' high in the dwarf form. The fruit is terrific and is a staple of Caribbean and Latin cuisine. The superplantain and dwarf superplantain are french-type bunch reversion sports of Maricongo and Common dwarf plantain respectively. This plantain produces a high quantity of plantains that are smaller than the plantains typical of the false-horn plants it is derived from.

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Origin

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Usage

Type cooking

Flowering

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Cultivation

  • Mature Height - 6'
  • Survival Zone -

9-10

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  • Cold Hardiness - Less cold tolerant than other plantains
  • Wind -

Heavy bunches cause toppling, pruned bunches alleviate problem

  • Sun -

Full sun to no more than 30% shade Temperatures best over 65F

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  • Personal Notes - Higher quality fruit results from bunch pruning. This variety will likely produce 8-10 hands, however the bunch is highly conical and the lower hands have short fruit.
  • Growth tips - For marketing purposes, it is better to prune the bunch back to 4-5 hands as soon as possible.

Known Afflictions

  • Pests -

Thrips, Borers, grasshoppers and root nematodes

  • Susceptible Diseases -

Panama disease, black sigatoka, cordana leaf spot, cigar end rot

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Research Notes

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Members Growing This Banana

External

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