Musa basjoo

Japanese fiber banana ( Musa basjoo )

The Japanese fiber banana ( Musa basjoo ), jap芭蕉, Basho is an indigenous plant species in East Asia in the genus bananas ( Musa ) in the banana family ( Musaceae ).

Description

The Japanese fiber banana grows as an evergreen, perennial herbaceous plant, reaching stature heights of 3 to 4 meters. The leaves consist of leaf sheath, petiole and leaf blade. The stiff petioles to 30 cm long. The lamina is easily elongated with a length of about 2 to 3 meters and a width of 30 cm.

The Japanese fiber banana is monoecious getrenntgeschlechtig ( monoecious ), that has unisexual flowers, but sitting together on the individual plant specimens. The inflorescences are pendulous. The bracts are reddish brown to purple. The male flowers are double row of 10 to 16

The banana fruit, botanically a berry, 5-7 cm long. It contains a number of black seed which are 6-8 mm in size.

The chromosome number is 2n = 22

Dissemination

Unlike the German name suggests, Musa basjoo not from Japan, but is originally native to China and was only brought by sailors to Japan.

It is the hardiest of all species of the genus Musa; in prime locations in the British Isles it thrives outdoors. The northernmost known field site is located in the south of Sweden.

Musa basjoo flourishes also in Central Europe in the wild, but only rarely and after mild winters. Fruit is the kind in Central Europe, but they do not ripen longer because of the short growing season and to remain so unpalatable. Sufficient hardy fruit bananas are not yet available.

System

The first description of Musa basjoo was made in 1830 by Philipp Franz von Siebold in Verhandelingen van het van Kunsten en Bataviaasch Genootschap Wetenschappen, 12, p 18 The epithet basjoo derives from the Japanese word for the plant, Bash or basyô in Kunrei romanization, ago. Synonyms for Musa basjoo sieve. are Musa japonica Thiéb. Ketel et. and Musa basjoo var formosana ( Warb. ) S.S.Ying. Musa basjoo belongs to the section Musa in the genus Musa.

Cultivated forms

• 'Nana': This also ' Sakhalin ' called dwarf winter is harder than the wild type and is only about 3.5 meters high. In recent years it has become an increasingly popular garden plant in Central Europe. Below -3 ° C freeze the leaves; a frost protection is required. The exact origin is unclear.
• ' Sapporo ': cultivar, similar to ' Sakhalin ', from the north of Japan.

Swell

• Description from Flora of China. (English )