Musa ornata - Pink Ornamental Banana Flower Hawaii

This beautiful ornamental garden plant is native to India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar (Burma)
The inflorescences emerge from the tip of the plant... more

by Sharon Mau

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Musa ornata - Pink Ornamental Banana Flower Hawaii

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Sharon Mau

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This beautiful ornamental garden plant is native to India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar (Burma)
The inflorescences emerge from the tip of the plant and are erect, elongating, and have pink to lilac, petal-like bracts that open to reveal single rows of 3 to 6 deep yellow-orange, male or female flowers. The female flowers are the first to open on the young inflorescences. The male flowers open later after the fruit begins developing.

Each row of female flowers produces an erect "hand" of 3 to 6 bananas. The bananas are small, greenish yellow to reddish purple, and contain numerous black seeds and creamy white flesh. The banana-like leaves have a sturdy midrib and are glaucous green, oblong, and up to 6 feet (1.8 m) long and 1 foot (30 cm) wide. The trunk-like pseudostems (formed by the tightly overlapping leaf sheaths) emerge from underground rhizomes and have a swollen base. The pseudostems die after flowering. The plants are suckering and form dense clumps.

Musa ornata (flowering banana) is one of more than 50 species of banana in the genus Musa of the family Musaceae. Most of these species are large tropical evergreen perennials, mainly from lowland areas with high temperature and humidity. Musa ornata originated in southeast Asia, and is cultivated for its commercial and ornamental value.

Musa ornata has many common names in reference to the varying colours of its flowers including 'African Red', 'Bronze', 'Dusty Rose', 'Leyte White', 'Macro', 'Magenta', 'Pink', 'Purple', 'Red', 'Royal Pink', 'Royal Purple', 'Royal Red', and 'Red Salmon'. The fruit is attractive but tends to be inedible.


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May 9th, 2014