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Old 07-03-2007, 04:39 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Stan: I am tempted to say that it could be a banana from the "Pome" group, mostly because of the red colouring, but since many other species have the same colouring - as well as environmental factors influencing the look of the plant it's difficult to say.

Xyzzi, your photo of chini-champa illustrates this hypothesis I have: Plants such as Chini Champa, Ele Ele, and Ae Ae need acidic soil to bring out their colour. In England/UK the soil is alkalinec (= no dark brown colour). If this chini-champa was planted in Norway where the soil is more on the acid side, the colouring may have been different.
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