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 Musa mannii H.Wendl. ex Baker

Synonym	:	Musa mannii var. namdangensis Gogoi & Borah
Family	:	Musaceae
Flowering and fruiting period	:	March to September
Distribution	:	North-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh).
Endemic/exotic	:	Endemic
Key botanical characters:   Rhizomatous, stoloniferous, suckering, clump-forming herbs. Pseudostem 0.8–1 m tall, cylindrical, pale green with reddish brown patches. Leaves arranged terminally, drooping; petioles 40–45 cm long, pale green or with pale to deep pink patches, margin wrinkled, brown. Inflorescence pendulous or horizontal; female and male bud lanceolate, convolute; bracts and flowers inserted separately on the axis; bracts reflexed before falling, pale pink on both surface, adaxially puberulent, abaxially glabrous; flowers arranged in a single row. Infructescence lax with 3 or 4 hands; fingers pedicellate, straight, faintly ridged, slightly pointed at apex without floral relicts, glabrous, pale green, yellowish-green when ripen.