Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii' (Red banana, Abyssinian banana, Ethiopian banana)
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Ensete ventricosum
'Maurelii'
Red Banana
Description
Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii' is a native to Ethiopia and is popular due to its red color on the trunk, stems, and underside of leaves.
Ensete
Ensete is a genus of very ornamental non-offsetting bananas, most of which are only reliably hardy from Zone 8 south. Ensetes grow best in full sun.
Ensete ventricosum 'Tandarra Red'
Genus: Ensete
Species: ventricosum
Cultivar: 'Tandarra Red' ...
#1073 Ensete ventricosum
Common Names: Abyssinian banana, Ethiopian banana, ensete
Family: Musaceae (banana Family)
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ENSETE VENTRICOSUM - Abyssinian Banana
ENVIRONMENTS
Horticulture: a Facet of Independent Living for the Blind. By Alice A. Estep. 1989 #3, pp 10-11
Leibig's Law and other Problems. By Richard D. Tkachuck. 1985 #2, p 25 ...
Musa ensete
March 2, 1998
Lisa wrote:
Hello,
I have a Banana Tree. I an unsure if it can/will grow bananas. Any way to find out. If so, is there anything special I do to get it to produce bananas.
Ensete is the kind generally used in the open air, and in form is one of the noblest plants.
Bananas (Musa and Ensete spp.) produce large, elegant leaves and the occasional bunch of fruits, which certainly make a majestic addition to any garden or conservatory.
Ethiopian Banana (Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii' (a.k.a. 'Rubrum')
Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae)
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Very readable magazine with lots of information on propagation. An interesting article on Ensete ventricosum.
[154]Ewart. A. J. Flora of Victoria.
A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project.
These two are commercially grown, with the Flowering Banana (Musa coccinea) and Jungle Banana (Musa ensete). Neither of the last two are common but a few years ago, several were planted in the Bermuda Perfumery Gardens.
 See also: May, Ensete ventricosum, Green, Medic, Rice
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