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Accession Data:

Musa laterita Cheesman

  • Common Name: Indian Dwarf Banana
  • Family: Musaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Musa rubra Wall. ex Kurz

  • Country of Origin: Assam to N. Thailand
  • Habitat: Moist upper mixed deciduous forest.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900222
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#2000045
  • Provenance:
    Kress# 00-6626
    Kress, W. J., Bordelon, M., Tun, Thet, U Htay Win
    Myanmar: Sagaing Division: Kani Township
    Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park, Magu range. Vicinity of shrine.
    22.3167, 94.4667, 12 Apr 2000
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 3314 - NEOB: Blue Tanks South
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-15-2024

Classification:

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

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

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / Assam / Bangladesh / Myanmar / Thailand

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019) (as Musa rubra). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
  3. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.

data regenerated on Sat, 14 Dec 2024 08:27:03 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Musa laterita

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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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