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Musa martinii, Hort. Similar in habit to M. paradisiaca: lvs. oblong, long-petioled, firm in texture,- bright green above, glaucous beneath with reddish veins: fls. bright rose-red: fr. small, yellowish. Intro, from Orotana Botanical Garden, Teneriffe, in 1893. R.B. 18, p. 107.—A good foliage plant for exposed places.
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Musa (named after Antonio Musa, physician to Octavius Augustus, first emperor of Rome, 63-14 B. C.). Musaceae. The largest of tree-like herbs, grown for the ornament of their large striking foliage, for fruit, and for fiber.
Musa (named after Antonio Musa, physician to Octavius Augustus, first emperor of Rome, 63-14 B. C.). Musaceae. The largest of tree-like herbs, grown for the ornament of their large striking foliage, for fruit, and for fiber.