COMMON NAME: YUNNAN BANANA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: MUSA YUNNANENSIS

FAMILIY OF MUSACEAE

COMMENTS: RARE SPECIES, ORGINATED FROM CHINA AND THE HILLS OF HIMALAYA.

RAPID GROWING PLANT, REACHS THE HEIGHT OF 3,50 M, THE FLOWERS ARE LIGHT PINKISH AND THE FRUITS ARE EVEN GREEN WHEN MATURE. THE MATURE PULP IS EDIBLE, BUT WITH VERY MANY SEEDS WHICH ARE GERINATING EASILY. THE PLANTS ARE EASY TO CULTIVATE AND VERY COLD RESISTANT TO -3°C. EVEN WITH WINTER PROTECTION THEY ARE ABLE TO SURVIVE LIKE MUSA BASJOO IN REGIONS WITH COLD WINTERS.

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