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Accession Data:

Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish' L. A. Colla

  • sect. Musa

  • Common Name: Dwarf Cavendish Banana
  • Family: Musaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Tanzania (Pemba), Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

  • USDA Zone: 9a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200400285
  • Source:
  • Accession Date: 11-24-2004
  • Bench: 1118 - AFR:Ground Bed 2 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-26-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Musaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022

References (internal):

  • Bat Pollinated (chiropterophily)
  • Scavenger Hunt - Grades 9-12 (generic)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Tanzania / China South-Central / China Southeast / Bangladesh / India / Sri Lanka / Andaman Is. / Myanmar / Nicobar Is. / Thailand / Vietnam / Borneo / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Malaya / Philippines / Sulawesi / Sumatera /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 04, 2016.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 04, 2016.
  3. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Lumeaalex (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:15:08 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish'

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Current Accessions in the Musaceae

  • Ensete superbum
  • Musa laterita W/C
  • Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish'
  • Musa basjoo
  • Musa ornata
  • Musa sikkimensis
  • Musa textilis
  • Musa velutina
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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