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 06-06-2023

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
SubClass: commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
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Family: Musaceae
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

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2023

References (internal):

Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / Assam / Bangladesh / Myanmar / Thailand

References (external):

The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
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.
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 Tue, 06 Jun 2023 08:33:40 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Musa laterita Cheesman

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