Ensete livingstoniana

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Read about Ensete livingstoniana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Musa livingstoniana, J. Kirk. St. conical, 10-12 ft. high, 2-3 ft. diam. at the base: lvs. crowded, narrow, oblong, as long as st.; petiole broad, clasping, deeply grooved: fr. 4 in. long, many-seeded; seeds ½ in. diam., globose, angled by pressure, dull brown, tuberculate; hilum deeply depressed, surrounded by prominent edges. S. E. Trop. Afr., up to 7,000 ft. altitude.— Decorative. Yields a good fiber. Intro, into U. S. in 1907. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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