Musa coccinea
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Read about Musa coccinea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Musa uranoscopos, Lour. (M. coccinea, Andr.). Stoloniferous: st. 4-5 ft. high, 2-3 in. diam.: lvs. oblong, 2-3 ft. long, 6-9 in. wide; petiole long and slender: spike erect, dense, about 1 ft. long; bracts brilliant scarlet, tipped with yellow, the lower 6 in. long; calyx yellow. 1 in. or more long; free petal nearly as long as the calyx: fr. oblong, 3-angled, not edible; seeds very small, rarely produced in cult. S. China.—Intro. into cult. in 1791 and now widely distributed. Very showy. May be grown in 10-in. pots for winter decorations of tropical houses.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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