| Ensete superbum | |
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| Ensete superbum at the United States Botanic Garden | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Musaceae |
| Genus: | Ensete |
| Species: | E. superbum |
| Binomial name | |
| Ensete superbum Roxb. (1814) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Musa superba Roxb. | |
Ensete superbum is a species of banana from India.
Distribution
The plant is well-known from the Western Ghats, Anaimalai Hills, some other South Indian hills in Dindigul and other parts of the peninsular India. It has also been recorded from Jhadol and Ogna forest ranges in Rajasthan, North India. There are also reports of a similar species in Thailand, but it is yet to be formally described.
Description
Plants may grow up to 3,7 m (12 f) high, the pseudostem may be up to half the height with a swollen base of up to 2,5 m (8 ft) in circumference at the base. The leaves are bright green in on both sides with a deeply grooved and short petiole. The leaf sheaths are persistent at the base and leave closely set scars on the corm. The fruits are slightly less than 8 cm (3 inches) long and more or less triangular with dark brown seeds. The upper parts of the plant die out during the dry season leaving the corm, which forms new leaves at the beginning of the monsoon.
References
- Roxburgh, W. (1814) Hortus Bengalensis 19: 19
- "Ensete superbum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
- Sharma, S.K. (1996). "Presence of Wild Plantain (Ensete superbum) in Rajasthan". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 93 (2): 322–323.
- ^ Constantine, D. (1999) The Musaceae — an annotated list of the species of Ensete, Musa and Musella. Website
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Ensete superbum |
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| Musa superba | |