The plant species Musa ingens or also known as Giant Highland Banana[2] is the physically largest member of the family Musaceae and the only member of the section Ingentimusa. Growing in the tropical montane forests of New Guinea - Arfak Mountains Regency - Indonesia, its leaves can reach a length of 5 meters (16 feet) and a width of 1 m (39 inches).[3]

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Musa ingens
Giant Highland Banana
Giant Highland banana tree
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Musaceae
Genus:	Musa
Species:	M. ingens
Binomial name
Musa ingens N. W. Simmonds

Description

The "trunk" (actually the tightly rolled petioles (or stalks) of its leaves; the longest petioles of any known plant) is typically up to 15 meters (49 feet) in height, and with the leaves having a total height of 20 meters (66 feet). However, since its discovery in 1954 taller individuals up to thirty meters (98 feet) have been reported,[4] but these measurements have yet to be confirmed by a specific scientific study. Photos exist of M. ingens "trunks" up to 94 centimetres (37 in) in diameter at breast height.[5] Its fruit grows in a cluster weighing up to 60 kg (132 lbs). This cluster is borne on a peduncle up to 10 cm (4 in) thick and up to 15 m (49 ft) in length, again the longest of any known plant. The large inflorescence can hold over 300 oblong fruits to 18 cm long that are filled with blackish brown seeds and yellowish pulp that is edible, sweet and delicious when cooked and, according to some, reminiscent of fine butternut squash mixed with a sweet banana with a dash of tangy lime and citrus added.[6]

References

External links

• Data related to Musa ingens at Wikispecies
• http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~drc/musa_ingens.htm
• "Musa Ingens - The Tallest Banana Plant in the World"

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