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Read about Musa holstii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Musa holstii, K. Schum. Whole plant 15-20 ft. high: lvs. 15-18 ft. long by 3 ft. wide: spike very large, drooping; upper bracts covering the male fls. 8-10 in. long, persistent; male fls. about ½ in. long, stalked; calyx l ¾ in. long, more or less deeply lobed, lobes linear, hooded at apex; free petal ½ - ¾ in. long, broadly elliptic, 3-5-lobed, the middle lobe oval and laterally toothed: fr. pyriform; about 4 in. long by 2 in. wide; seeds about ¾ in. diam. German E. Afr., in deep wooded ravines at 3,600-3,800 ft. altitude. — Intro. into cult. in 1905. Decorative.


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