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Musa arnoldiana, De Wild. Whole plant 12-15 ft. high, not stoloniferous: lvs. 7 ft. long, 13 ft. diam. at base: spike short, drooping; fls. 3-7 in each row: free petal 3-toothed, about 2/3 in. long: fr. nearly 4 in. long; seeds 12-16, about ½ in. long, smooth, broadly pyriform. Congo Free State. G.W. 9:401.— Decorative and showy. Cult. in S. Eu.
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Musa ensete, Gmel. (M. abyssinica, Hort. Ensete edule, Horan.). Abyssinian Banana. Fig. 2403. Whole plant 30-40 ft. high, not stoloniferous: st. 13-20 ft. high, swollen at the base: lvs. oblong, acute, often 20 ft. long by 3 ft. wide; midrib red: bracts densely imbricated, 9-12 in. long, dark claret-brown: spike erect; fls. whitish, 1 ½ -2 in. long, often 20 or more in a cluster; calyx 3-lobed; free petal short, 3-lobed: fr. coriaceous, dry, 2-3 in. long; seeds 1—4, black, glossy, nearly 1 in. diam., with a prominent raised border around the hilum. Mountains of Abyssinia. B.M. 5223, 5224. R.H. 1861. p. 124, note; 1888, p. 32. G.C. II. 15:435; 21:19; III 16:697. Gn. 47, p. 5; 48, p. 406. V. 5:53. F.E. 11:470. G.M. 52:655; 54:375.—The largest known, as well as one of the oldest (being represented in ancient Egyptian sculptures), and most widely cult. of all decorative bananas. Cult. in S. Calif, and Fla. Prop. entirely from seed in hotbeds. Yields a good fiber.
Musa ensete, Gmel. (M. abyssinica, Hort. Ensete edule, Horan.). Abyssinian Banana. Fig. 2403. Whole plant 30-40 ft. high, not stoloniferous: st. 13-20 ft. high, swollen at the base: lvs. oblong, acute, often 20 ft. long by 3 ft. wide; midrib red: bracts densely imbricated, 9-12 in. long, dark claret-brown: spike erect; fls. whitish, 1 ½ -2 in. long, often 20 or more in a cluster; calyx 3-lobed; free petal short, 3-lobed: fr. coriaceous, dry, 2-3 in. long; seeds 1—4, black, glossy, nearly 1 in. diam., with a prominent raised border around the hilum. Mountains of Abyssinia. B.M. 5223, 5224. R.H. 1861. p. 124, note; 1888, p. 32. G.C. II. 15:435; 21:19; III 16:697. Gn. 47, p. 5; 48, p. 406. V. 5:53. F.E. 11:470. G.M. 52:655; 54:375.—The largest known, as well as one of the oldest (being represented in ancient Egyptian sculptures), and most widely cult. of all decorative bananas. Cult. in S. Calif, and Fla. Prop. entirely from seed in hotbeds. Yields a good fiber.