COMMON NAME: SCARLET DWARF BANANA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: MUSA BECCARII

FAMILY OF MUSACEAE

 

 

 

Inflorescence with flowers and fruits

Mature fruit

 

COMMENTS: RARE SPECIES, ORGINATED FROM FORESTS OF BORNEO IN ASIA.

THE FLOWERS ARE BEAUTIFUL, THE PLANT GROWS TO 2 METERS TALL, VERY ORNAMENTAL AND THE MATURE FRUITS ARE EDIBLE WITH THE SEEDS. THE PULP AND THE MATURE SEEDS CAN BE COOKED IN SOUPS AND STEWS WITH OTHER VEGETABLES.

 

LEARN MORE ABOUT BANANAS IN TROPICAL, SUBTROPICAL AND COLDER AREAS, ORIGIN, CULTURAL PRACTICES, OUTDOOR HIBERNATION IN CLIMATES WITH COLD WINTERS IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE

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