Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Musa ×paradisiaca
Identified As:
Musa xparadisiaca, Subgroup: Maoli or Popoulu
Collector Name:
Sverre Juul Schou
Collection Date:
January 20, 2022
Observers:
Matthew Kahokuloa, Ben Nyberg
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
Hanalei District
Locality:
Upper Limahuli perserve, Limahuli Garden and Preserve, 5 -8291 Kuhio Hwy, Hanalei, HI 96714, USA
Plant Description:
Pseudo stem: Height to crown: 2,2 m, diameter in at chest height: 17, green blotched with red, slightly waxy, few Suckers.
Juice: Transparent, watery.
Juvenile leaf: Bright Green. Midrib: pale green with pink. Petiole: pale Green, waxy.
Adult leaf: 280 cm x 68 cm, ascending. waxy. Upper surface: dark green. Lower surface: glaucous green. Midrib: waxy, pale green with pink. Petiole: 66 cm, pale green. Almost closed canal, pink erect margins on petiole and purple to pink on petiole sheath, waxy petiole.
Bunch (cut of by people). Diameter: 4 cm.
Popualtions size: 8 adult plants + suckers. Full sun
Phenology:
*no flower*no fruit*
Associated Species:
Cordyline fruticosa (Ti), Colocasia esculentia (Kalo)
Date of Record Creation:
April 5, 2022
Date of Last Update:
June 9, 2023
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