Accession Data:
Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman
- Common Name: Cliff Banana
- Family: Musaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Western Ghats, Anaimalai Hills and other parts of peninsular India
- Uses: fruit and seed are used in the Ayurveda to treat diabetes, leucorrhea, kidney stones, bladder infections2
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Plant Uses are for informational purposes only. EEB Greenhouses assume no responsibility for adverse effects from the use of any plants referred to on this site. Always seek advice from a professional before using any plant medicinally.
- Culture: The plant grows on limestone cliffs, on edges or in crevices It dies back in winter or dry season and resumes next spring from the corm.
Propagation is only by seed, does not produce suckers.2
- USDA Zone: 8b-10
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201000134
- Source: Mike Bordelon - Smithsonian
- Provenance:
Seed from Smithsonian# 2000147(F) x 1999174(M)
- Accession Date: 09-30-2010
- 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
- SubOrder:
- Family: Musaceae
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- Medicinal Plants - Ayurveda Medicine
- EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
- Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: India /
References (external):
- Kumar, Jaishanker, Annamalai, Iyer; Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman: a rare medicinal plant in urgent need of conservation - Current Science, Vol. 98, No. 5, 10 March 2010
- Jungle Garden
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, May 12, 2016.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, May 12, 2016.
- 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 Tuesday, 16 July, 2019.
data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:49:43 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
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- Musa velutina
- Musella lasiocarpa W/C
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