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Musa salaccensis
Musa salaccensis is a wild banana species from Sumatra and Java, growing as a large herbaceous plant in the banana family. It needs warm, humid, tropical conditions with rich, moist soil and shelter from wind.
Musa salaccensis, commonly called Javanese wild banana, is a Malesian tropical species of plant in the banana family native to the islands of Sumatra and Java, in Indonesia. It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), members of which have a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20.
The terminal inflorescences and male flower buds are edible, and can be cooked, or used as an ingredient in salads.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Musa salaccensis 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.
