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Musa beccarii
Pisang Tajak (Musa beccarii) is a small wild banana from northern Borneo, growing to about 1.2 m and spreading by suckers. It needs warm, humid conditions and consistently moist soil.
Musa beccarii is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), found in Malaysia, in Sabah (in the northern part of the island of Borneo). It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa).
Musa beccarii grows in damp places at edge of Borneo lowland rain forests and grass fields, up to 49 metres (161 ft) elevation.
Edible banana · Musa ×alinsanaya · Bulada Banana · Banana · Japanese Banana · Scarlet Banana · Giant Highland Banana · Flowering Banana · Laterite Banana · Javanese Wild Banana · Abacá · Fe'i banana
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Musa beccarii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
