Musa rubra


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Read about Musa rubra in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Musa rubra, Wall. St. slender, 4-6 ft. high: lvs. oblong-lanceolate, l ½ -2 ft. long, 6-9 in. wide; petiole long and slender: spike dense, erect; bracts bright red, lower 1 ft. long and sterile, upper 2-4-fld.; calyx yellow; free petal half as long as the calyx: frs. in 3—4 clusters of 3—4 each, cylindrical, dry, 1 ½ -2 in. long; seeds smooth, dull brown, 1/6 in. diam. India. B.M. 7451.—Cult. in Eu.


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