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Read about Musa rosacea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Musa rosacea, Jacq. (M. ornata, Roxbg. M. speciosa, Ten. M. Carolinae, Sterler.). Whole plant 4-6 ft. high, stoloniferous: st. 3-5 ft. high, 3-4 in. diam.: lvs. linear- oblong, firm, 3 ft. long, 9-12 in. wide, purplish beneath: spike more or less drooping, 1 ft. long; bracts ovate- lanceolate, pale blue or reddish lilac, the lower 6-8 in. long; male fls. deciduous, more numerous than the female; calyx yellow, 1 in. long: fr. oblong, obscurely 4-5-angled, yellowish green, 2-3 in. long; pulp very scant, scarcely edible; seeds 1/6 in. diam., black tubercled, rarely produced in cult.plants. India. B.R. 706. L.B.C. 7:615.—Intro, into Calif, in 1898.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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