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Musa rosea

Musa rosea
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0

Musa rosea is a wild banana species from Cambodia, a herbaceous tree-like plant in the banana family. It is grown for its ornamental form and needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions.

Family
Musaceae (Banana family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist, especially during active growth, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Rich, well-drained loamy soil with plenty of organic matter.
Temperature
20–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Cambodia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Musa rosea is a species of wild banana (genus Musa).

Other Musa plants

Edible banana · Musa ×alinsanaya · Bulada Banana · Musa arunachalensis · Musa aurantiaca · Musa azizii · Banana · Native banana · Musa barioensis · Japanese Banana · Bau Banana · Pisang Tajak

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Musa rosea 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.

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