Ensete superbum

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Cultivation

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Read about Ensete superbum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Musa superba, roxbg. Whole plant 10-12 ft. high, not stoloniferous: st. 2-2 ½ ft. diam. at base, narrowing to 1 ft. below lvs.: lvs. 5 ft. long, oblong, narrowed to base; petiole very short, deeply grooved: spike at first globose, 1 ft. diam., one-third the length of st.; bracts orbicular, dull claret-brown, up to 1 ft. long; fls. in dense rows of 10-15 each; calyx 1 in. long, whitish, formed of 3 loosely cohering segms.; free petal short, 3-toothed with a long linear central tooth: fr. oblong, subcoriaceous, 3 in. long, 1 ½ in. diam.; seeds very numerous, 1/3 – ½ in diam., smooth, brown, subglobose, angled by pressure. India.- Decorative, and yields a poor fiber. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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