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Musa rubra
In Singapore: Bronze banana, 腊红梦幻蕉, 缅甸橙色花巴蕉 (Grown in Singapore)
Musa rubra is a wild banana species from the Himalayan foothills of Assam, Myanmar and northern Thailand, grown as an ornamental for its red-tinged foliage and pseudostem. It is a large herbaceous plant that needs warmth, moisture and a sheltered position to thrive.
Musa rubra, synonym Musa laterita, is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), which is native to Assam Bangladesh, Myanmar and northern Thailand. Under its synonym M. laterita, it has been grown as an ornamental plant.
Edible banana · Musa ×alinsanaya · Bulada Banana · Banana · Japanese Banana · Pisang Tajak · Scarlet Banana · Giant Highland Banana · Flowering 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 rubra 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.
