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Originally Posted by Chironex
Kinda reminds me of reading all of the "begats" in the Bible.  |
Haha... Scot.. that's a good one!
Yep,
Musa acuminanta is sure one heck of a complex. Some experts stop at 6 subsp but the list can go on depending on who's talking about what. Obviously Andrei is quite a serious follower of this group.
I did this checking because I was kinda frustrated that I do not know the wild Musa of M'sia. Since I started, I am not going to stop... Next, I am onto your current fav,
Musa gracilis. It is a common plant on the East side of the peninsular and I have already made calls to get some specimens from different localities. I am just too lazy to drive some 300 miles to see it. The cousin to this is the
Musa violascens which is on the West side where I am located. I called my collector and he said he will get me some specimens when the rain ease off. It's raining like hell here now. It's about 2hrs drive so I will probably go and get some photos ensitu and if luck would have it, seeds. These 2 are the lesser known Callimusa and not popular as they are not of food value to the locals. Scot, I will keep you updated of your fav. Maybe you want a M violascens to complete your collection? Haha..
Andrei, thank you for your comments. I will go back another time to get photos of the M a truncata in flower/fruit. The other M/a is the subsp siamea which is found in the extreme north.
I will also try to look for the natural hybrid of the M/a subsp malaccensisX M/a subsp truncata since their range overlap. It will be interesting to see which taxa has the better morphological influence.
Ok... I have to stop here as it can get very boring and confusing with all this "begatting..." as Scot calls it... Haha...