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Old 08-01-2009, 10:07 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Default Re: French Polynesia

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Originally Posted by alexizhere19 View Post
Thanks again for the pics and contest. But i have to ask, What is this "Fei". Maybe someone can fill me in.

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alex
Fei are a type of banana that grow in and around Polynesia the are well adapted to that climate able to withstand the severe heat and long dry spells that some times plague many inlands when you cut them they bleed red sap its vary pretty but staining the fruit is Orange in color just about all us want a plant i think they would do well here in NV but there vary hard to come by no on seems to be abal to get them

heres a link to a nice discution on fei
Musa 'Aiuri', fe'i banana
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