Ravenala

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Ravenala in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Ravenala (the name of the plant in Madagascar). Musaceae. Musa-like plants becoming 20 to 30 feet high, with a palm-like trunk, cultivated for ornamental uses. Leaves exceedingly large, crowded in 2 ranks, thus forming a fan-shaped head of foliage; petioles long, with concave bases scarcely sheathed: scapes or peduncles in the upper axils longer or shorter than the lvs.: bracts spathe-like, many, boat-shaped, acuminate: fls. many, large, in a spathe or bract; petals long-exserted; sepals free: fr. a 3-valved caps.—A genus of 2 species, 1 from Madagascar and the other from Brazil and Guiana. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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