Paulzie32

A FB Friend from Madagascar, Posted some pictures and a link of a Madagascar endemic Banana. He says the fruit is full of seeds and the taste, even if you can avoid the seeds is terrible.
He just planted these plants.


Here's the link he posted. I put the photo from the link below it but some may be interested in reading more about them

Ensete perrieri in A Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar @ efloras.org



Pretty Interesting looking plant. Guessing the leaves have all died and usually has large typical leaves

He said of the plant and fruit....
"rare Ensete perrieri, Madagascar banana about to be planted. This remarkable species is almost non existent in cultivation. It grows to enormous size but the fruits are not edible.
the big seeds are avoidable, but the taste only if you don't eat them! Truly awfully bad taste."

Of the reason he believes it's rare:
"Humans are said to have been responsible for the extinction of many large animals that used to live on Madagascar like Elephant birds and lemurs the size of Gorillas"

Interesting plant to add to a collection.

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tanfenton

Paul,

Is there any chance that your friend might have to send you seed from this Ensete? I would have an interest and would gladly pay for shipping.

N.

Paulzie32

YEs... Always a chance But he said he'd rather wait until his produce seeds and send those.

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Have: Mysore, Pisang Klotek, Rajapuri, a Pineapple flavored type (Pisang Raja?), Manzano, Veinte Cohol, Gros Michel, Gran Nain, Double Mahoi, Enano Gigante, Dwarf Cavendish, SDC, TT, SH3640, FHIA-18, a NOT FHIA-18 (?), FHIA 01, Pitogo, Blue Java, Dwarf Red, Dwarf Namwah, Tall Namwah, Orinoco (from 3 locations), Dwarf Orinoco, Cali Gold, Hua Moa, (Red?) Iholena, Dwarf Iholene, Dwarf Puerto Rican, Velutina and growing