Accession Data:
Musa ornata W. Roxburgh
sect. Musa
- Common Name:
- Family: Musaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: E. Himalaya to Myanmar
- Description: [syn. M. rosacea of auth., not Jacq.]
Cespitose, rhizomatous, tree-like herb with Pseudostems to 9 feet high, 4 inches in diameter, pale green and waxy, developing black blotches; leaves to 6 feet long, 14 inches wide, medium green and slightly glaucous, often red-flushed on midrib beneath; inflorescence erect, glabrous; female flowers in a single row, 3-5 in each of as many as 7 clusters, male bud top-shaped, acute, bracts more or less grooved, somewhat glaucous, pale pink, tipped with yellow, similar to darker within, usually only one lifted at a time, male flowers in a single row, 3-6 in each bract; fruit to 3.12 inches long, 0.75 inches in diameter, pale greenish-yellow with white pulp, seeds warty, black, angular-depressed, about 1/4 inch wide, 1/8 inch thick.
- Culture: Evenly moist, never drying, slightly acid soil, full sun. Propagate via divisions or seeds.
- USDA Zone: 8-10
Accession Data:
- Accession # 199700040
- Source: Ron Beckwith - UMass, Amherst
- Accession Date: 07-29-1997
- Bench: 1211 - AUS:Ground Bed 1 SW
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-17-2023
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
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- Family: Musaceae
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Assam / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / India / Myanmar /
References (external):
- Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
- Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
- The Musaceae Website
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 07, 2016.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 07, 2016.
- Musa ornata at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 07, 2016.
data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:48:55 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
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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
- Musella lasiocarpa W/C
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