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Accession Data:

Musa textilis Née

  • sect. Callimusa

  • Common Name: Abaca
  • Family: Musaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Philippines

  • USDA Zone: 7b-10

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500177
  • Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
  • Accession Date: 12-17-2015
  • Bench: 1212 - AUS:Ground Bed 2 NW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-05-2024

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
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019

References (internal):

  • Fiber Plants
  • Bat Pollinated (chiropterophily)
  • Scavenger Hunt - Grades 9-12 (generic)
  • Domesticated Plants of Austronesia
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Philippines /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, December 17, 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, December 17, 2015.
  3. Abaca at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Thursday, December 17, 2015.
  4. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by John Washington (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 25, 2017.

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

Images:

Musa textilis

Additional images for this accession:

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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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