Musa jackeyi

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Musa jackeyi
File:Musa jackeyi fruit yellow-green.jpg
Fruit at an early stage
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Musaceae
Genus: Musa
Species:
M. jackeyi
Binomial name
Musa jackeyi

Musa jackeyi, commonly called the erect banana or wild banana,[1][4] is a species of wild banana in the plant family Musaceae. It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa).[5] It has a very small native range in northeast Queensland, Australia. It grows up to 10 m (33 ft) in height, with leaf blades usually about 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long by 60 cm (24 in) wide.[6] It resembles the cultivated bananas called "fe'i" or "fehi", having an upright rather than a drooping fruit stalk, with the green terminal bud pointing upwards, and sap which is reddish in colour.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Species profile—Musa jackeyi". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  2. "Musa jackeyi". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  3. "Musa jackeyi W.Hill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  4. F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Musa jackeyi". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  5. Wong, C.; Kiew, R.; Argent, G.; Set, O.; Lee, S.K. & Gan, Y.Y. (2002), "Assessment of the Validity of the Sections in Musa (Musaceae) using ALFP", Annals of Botany, 90 (2): 231–238, doi:10.1093/aob/mcf170, PMC 4240415, PMID 12197520
  6. Ross, E.M. (2022). Kodela, P.G. (ed.). "Musa jackeyi". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  7. Ploetz, R.C.; Kepler, A.K.; Daniells, J. & Nelson, S.C. (2007), "Banana and Plantain: An Overview with Emphasis on Pacific Island Cultivars", in Elevitch, C.R (ed.), Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry (PDF), Hōlualoa, Hawai'i: Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), retrieved 2013-01-10