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Gabe15 · 07-28-2009, 09:34 PM

Heres all the info I can quickly find on it

"Two Hill bananas cultivars ‘Virupakshi’ and ‘Sirumalai’ known for their special flavour and long shelf life, are unique to the state of Tamil Nadu, India.Hill bananas are perennial in nature and are the ruling crop of the Lower Pulneys hill range, Sirumalai and Kolli hills of Tamil Nadu from 1940 through 1975 while coffee and pepper also formed part of a multitier system. Hill bananas prefer an altitude of 2000 to 5000 masl and a well distributed annual rainfall of 1250-1500 mm. Like other bananas, hill bananas are also susceptible to banana bunchy top virus (BBTV)." From: Genetic engineering of Hill banana ecotypes against BBTV; S.K. Elayabalan, K.K. Kalaiponmani, K. Kumar, D.S. Angappan and P. Balasubramanian; Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, India

It is in the Pome subgroup, an AAB genome. This subgroup is most well known in the US for the cultivar 'Brazilian', so it is likely similar flavor-wise with what we know in the US mainland as 'Brazilian' and 'Dwarf Brazilian', and in Hawai'i as 'Apple'.

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Gabe15 Moderator Gabe15's Photo Gallery Location: Oahu, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 12 Name: Gabe Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,892 BananaBucks : 13,504,497 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 2 Times Was Thanked 8,246 Times in 2,201 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 8 Times	Re: Looking for info on Musa Virupakshi Heres all the info I can quickly find on it "Two Hill bananas cultivars ‘Virupakshi’ and ‘Sirumalai’ known for their special flavour and long shelf life, are unique to the state of Tamil Nadu, India.Hill bananas are perennial in nature and are the ruling crop of the Lower Pulneys hill range, Sirumalai and Kolli hills of Tamil Nadu from 1940 through 1975 while coffee and pepper also formed part of a multitier system. Hill bananas prefer an altitude of 2000 to 5000 masl and a well distributed annual rainfall of 1250-1500 mm. Like other bananas, hill bananas are also susceptible to banana bunchy top virus (BBTV)." From: Genetic engineering of Hill banana ecotypes against BBTV; S.K. Elayabalan, K.K. Kalaiponmani, K. Kumar, D.S. Angappan and P. Balasubramanian; Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, India It is in the Pome subgroup, an AAB genome. This subgroup is most well known in the US for the cultivar 'Brazilian', so it is likely similar flavor-wise with what we know in the US mainland as 'Brazilian' and 'Dwarf Brazilian', and in Hawai'i as 'Apple'. __________________ Growing bananas in Colorado, Washington, Hawaii since 2004. Commercial banana farmer, 200+ varieties.