ensete ventricosum maurelii-red banana

ensete ventricosum maurelii

국표에는 없다.

1	Musa	파초속	14
2	Ravenala	라베날라속	1

국표에는 2속뿐이며  ensete속은 없다.

Common Name: red banana 

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Family: Musaceae 

Height: 8.00 to 10.00 feet

Spread: 6.00 to 8.00 feet

Bloom Time: Seasonal bloomer

Sun: Full sun

Water: Medium

Maintenance: High

Flower: Showy

Leaf: Evergreen

Fruit: Showy

Ensete ventricosum, commonly called Abyssinian banana or wild banana, is a huge, banana-like, evergreen perennial that is very similar to plants in the genus Musa where it once resided as Musa ensete. As distinguished from Musa, this plant has a stronger leaf midrib and generally does not produce suckers. It is a fast-growing, evergreen perennial that typically grows to 12-20’ tall, but may reach 30-40’ tall in its native tropical habitat. Huge paddle-shaped leaves (to 10-20’+ long and 2-4’ wide) are bright olive green with prominent midribs. Sheathing leafstalks form a trunk-like structure. White flowers (generally non-showy) in inflorescences appear somewhat hidden in summer on mature plants. Younger plants often will not flower and fruit for the first 3-5 years. Container plants cut close to the ground in fall each year may never flower. Banana-like fruits (to 3” long) are dry and inedible. Gardeners in St. Louis primarily grow these plants not for their fruit but for their ornamental foliage that lends an exotic and tropical aura to the home and/or landscape.

Genus name is from the Amharic name anset.

Specific epithet means having a swelling one one side or pot-bellied.

‘Maurelii’, sometimes commonly called red Abyssinian banana, is a cultivar that is primarily distinguished from the species by its foliage that emerges with maroon-red tints and reddish leaf axils. In addition, it has a smaller growth habit, typically rising to 18-20’ tall in tropical areas but to only 8-10’ tall in temperate regions.

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