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 Musa balbisiana Colla

Synonym	:	Musa rosaceae Jacq.
Family	:	Musaceae
Flowering and fruiting period	:	Throughout the year
Distribution	:	Widely distributed in South and South-East Asia. In India this taxon is common in Northeastern States and Eastern Ghats.
Key botanical characters:   Rhizomatous, stoloniferous, suckering, clump-forming herbs. Pseudostem 3–4.5 m tall, cylindrical. Leaves arranged terminally, intermediate; petioles 30–65 cm long, slightly glaucous, green or yellow green to pale yellow. Inflorescence sub-horizontal; female and male bud lanceolate, convolute, rarely imbricate in male bud; bracts and flowers inserted separately on the axis; bracts reflexed before falling, non-revolute, faintly glaucous, pink-purple, adaxially, reddish-purple abaxially; flowers arranged in two rows. Infructescence compact with 3–10 hands; fingers pedicellate, pointed upwards straight or curved, prominently ridged, 4-angled, minutely pointed at apex without any floral relicts, slightly glaucous, green, yellow when ripen.