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Gabe15 · 10-04-2007, 05:02 PM

I saw many very large old stands of M. balbisiana in California, I thought it to be rather common there. M. balbisiana is very easy to identify by its persistant bracts that hang on the to rachis even when they dry, also you can see lots of pollen on the male flowers, something which is absent in most edible bananas (especially triploids which are most common).

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