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Common name:
Pink Velvet Banana
Family:
Musaceae (Banana)
Distribution:
North-east India
IUCN Red list:
Least Concern
Life form:
Herbaceous perennial
Comments:
North-eastern India - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam; Myanmar. Usually grown as an ornamental but the fruit is edible (though full of seeds). The fruit peel themselves back when ripe.
Locations
1:
bed 18b
• Accession: 17321/7
2:
bed 30
• Accession: 17321/8
3:
bed 30
• Accession: 17321/9
4:
bed 43
• Accession: 17321/1
5:
bed 65b
• Accession: AA 17321 • Provenance: Garden
Area
Individual