Musa Yangambi

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1 Cultivar Name
- 1.1 Synonyms
2 Pictures
3 Description
4 Origin
- 4.1 Usage
5 Flowering
6 Cultivation
- 6.1 Known Afflictions
7 Research Notes
- 7.1 Members Growing This Banana
8 External

Cultivar Name

Musa 'Yangambi KM-5'

Synonyms

KM-5,brieyi De Wild

Pictures

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(credit Chironex)]

(credit damaclese)

Description

Genetic Group - AAA

Origin

Kagera region, West Central Africa

Date Realized in Trade

Yangambi Km5 was introduced by ARI-Maruku (Agricultural Research Institute) in 1995 in the Kagera region. In 1997, KCDP started multiplying massively this variety.[1]

Usage

Flowering

Time To Bloom -

Time To Harvest -

Cultivation

Mature Height - 16'to23'

Survival Zone -11 to 9

Fruiting Zone - 11 to 10?

Cold Hardiness -9

Wind - resistant

Sun - semi shady to full sun

Taste Description - desert

Personal Notes - This is one of a very limited type that has been successfully pollinated by a diploid banana and set viable seed.

Growth tips -

Known Afflictions

Pests -

Susceptible Diseases -

Resistant Diseases - Black sigatoka resistant

Research Notes

Links to useful discussion threads in the forum:

Typical Price Range -

Members Growing This Banana

External

Links

(Links to other useful pages on the web that mention this banana. Example: International Banana Society)

Sources

1. Yangambi Km5 Kagera Community Development Programme, 1997. KCDP. Retrieved 2009-09-09.

Retrieved from "http://www.bananas.org/wiki/Musa_Yangambi"

 ==External==
 *Links
 *:(Links to other useful pages on the web that mention this banana. Example: [http://www.bananas.org International Banana Society])
 *Sources
+. [http://www.agr.kuleuven.ac.be/DTP/TRO/Tanzania/km5.htm Yangambi Km5] Kagera Community Development Programme, 1997. [http://www.agr.kuleuven.ac.be/DTP/TRO/Tanzania/ KCDP.] Retrieved 2009-09-09.