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Musa holstii, K. Schum. Whole plant 15-20 ft. high: lvs. 15-18 ft. long by 3 ft. wide: spike very large, drooping; upper bracts covering the male fls. 8-10 in. long, persistent; male fls. about ½ in. long, stalked; calyx l ¾ in. long, more or less deeply lobed, lobes linear, hooded at apex; free petal ½ - ¾ in. long, broadly elliptic, 3-5-lobed, the middle lobe oval and laterally toothed: fr. pyriform; about 4 in. long by 2 in. wide; seeds about ¾ in. diam. German E. Afr., in deep wooded ravines at 3,600-3,800 ft. altitude. — Intro. into cult. in 1905. Decorative.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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