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  1. Plants
  2. ›Vascular Plants
  3. ›flowering plants
  4. ›monocots
  5. ›gingers, bananas, and allies
  6. ›Banana Family
  7. ›Musa
  8. ›Callimusa
Musa jackeyi
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Musa jackeyi

Musa jackeyi, commonly called the erect banana or wild banana, is a species of wild banana in the plant family Musaceae. It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa). It has a very small native range in northeast Queensland, Australia. It grows up to 10 m (33 ft) in height, with leaf blades usually about 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long by 60 cm (24 in) wide. It resembles the cultivated bananas called "fe'i" or "fehi", having an...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1449199.