Musa coccinea Andrews

  • Filed As

    Musaceae
    Musa coccinea Andrews

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 9836, Apr 1908

  • Location

    Philippines. Negros Oriental. Dumaguete (Cuernos Mts.), Province of Negros Oriental, Island of Negros.

  • Description

    "Santa Clara" , inflorescence terminal, strict, obovoid in outline, at least 1 foot long, 6 inches across near the top, upon a round 1 inch thick peduncle about 1/2 foot in length; lower bracts bright scarlet red, frequently foliaceous tipped, all strongly involute, the truncate apex yellow but turning greenish with age; receptacle yellowish; buds and young bracts quite rigid; flowers 1 in each bract, odorless, nearly 2 inches long; the lower perianth bract orange red or yellow, strongly enclosing the other floral parts, margin above the middle green; lower bract or perianth segment, also involute, of the same color but with hyaline margins throughout; stamens 5, yellowish, the linear anthers, deeper yellow, the filaments flattened; slender style similarly colored; the 3 clavate stigmas aglutinosed by a very sticky substance, darker brown or yellow, than the style; cream colored pollen numerous, mealy; young fruits triangular, 2 to 3 inches long, pale reddish.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04354839

    Occurrence ID: c2cbf856-757d-42f4-8def-59663596574a

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Zingiberales

  • Family

    Musaceae

  • All Determinations

    Musa coccinea Andrews

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Negros Oriental

  • Locality

    Dumaguete (Cuernos Mts.), Province of Negros Oriental, Island of Negros.

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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9656« Musa coccinea. «Santa Clara'1, inflorescence
terminal, strict, obovoid in outline, at least 1 foot long,
6 inches across-«ear the top, upon a round 1 inch thick
peduncle about11/2 foot in length; lever bracts bright
scarlet red, frequently foliaceous tipped, all strongly
involute* the truncate apex yellow but turning greenish
with age; receptacle yellowish; buds and young bracts
quits rigid; flowers 1 in eish bract, odorless, nearly 2
inches long; the lower perianth bract orange red or yellow,
stifslsglir enclosing th# other floral parts, margin above
the middle green; lower bract m or perianth segment, also
iaveluts,* of the same color but with hyaline margins
throughout* stamens 5, yellowish, the linear anthers, deeper
yellow, the fiXaient* flattened; slender style similarly
$ ©lor edi t3« 3 oi»f^e stigmas aglutinosed by a very s tic Icy
substance| darker brownlor yellow, than the style; cream
color «d pallen numerous; iJBettly; young fruits triangular,
2 to 3 inches long, pals reddish; Dumaguete, April, 1908,
ELMER’S FIELD NOTES
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
^^ ^	DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
DUMAGUETE (CUERNOS MTS.), PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL
ISLAND OF NEGROS, JUNE, 1908
04354839