Musa x paradisiaca L.

  • Filed As

    Musaceae
    Musa x paradisiaca L.

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 926, Jun 1915

  • Location

    Philippines. Rizal. Luzon, Bosoboso.

  • Description

    fruit has thin yellow skin and firm subacid flesh. Commonly cultivated banana.

  • Specimen Notes

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

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4354852

    Occurrence ID: dfec9ffa-0a1f-4935-bef7-6e7895400a76

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Zingiberales

  • Family

    Musaceae

  • All Determinations

    Musa x paradisiaca L.

Musa paradisiaca Linn, var. cinerea Bianco FI. Filip. (1837) 250 (var.
nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 175; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 313 = MUSA SAPIENTUM
Linn. var, CINEREA (Bianco) Teodoro in Philip, Journ, Sci. 10 (1915)
Bot. 397, t. 18, f. 1-5.
This is one of the most commonly cultivated bananas in thè
Philippines, and the fruit is to be found in the market at all
seasons. It is rather inferior, with a thin yellow skin, and firm
subacid flesh. Blanco states that it was introduced into the
Philippines by Mr. Letondal. See Teodoro in Philip. Journ. Sci.
10 (1915) Bot. 397, t. 13, f. 1-5, for a detailed description of it.
Illustrative specimen from Bosoboso, Rizal Province, Luzon,
June, 1915, there known as latundart (Merrill: Species Blanco-
anae No. 926).
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