Musa maclayi
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Musa maclayi is a species of seeded banana native to Papua New Guinea and possibly the Solomon Islands.[2] It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa).[3] It is regarded as one of the progenitors of the Fe'i banana cultivars.[4]
The plant has red sap and an upright flowering and fruiting stem.[5] The fruits are rounded and arranged closely together in bunches – partly joined along their edges in some varieties.[4]
The species was named after the explorer and naturalist Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, who first described it:<templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />
"Besides the cultivated varieties, which have been obtained by exchange between the villages, there is to be found in the forest a wild Banana (Musa Maclayi F. v. M.), compared to the cultivated varieties, with a tall stem (nearly twice as tall), with narrow stiff leaves and small (not edible) fruits full of seeds."
Subspecies
Two subspecies[5][7] and two varieties[7] are known:
- Musa maclayi subsp. ailuluai Argent
- Musa maclayi subsp. maclayi (autonym)
- Musa maclayi var. erecta (Simmonds) Argent
- Musa maclayi var. namatani Argent
Notes and references
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- ↑ Musa maclayi F. Muell. ex Mikl.-Maclay on the GRIN web site.
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- ↑ "List of plants in use by the natives of the Maclay-Coast, New Guinea", in The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales Vol. X 1885, p. 348
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
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