Genus Musa Rank Species | ||
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Similar Musa beccarii, Musa nagensium, Musa laterita, Musa itinerans, Musa yunnanensis | ||
World s largest banana species musa ingens giant banana filmed in new guinea
The plant species Musa ingens is the physically largest member of the family Musaceae. Growing in the tropical montane forests of New Guinea, its leaves can reach a length of 5 meters (16.5 feet) and a width of one meter (39 in.). The "trunk" (actually the tightly rolled petioles(or stalks) of its leaves; the longest petioles of any known plant) is typically up to 49 feet (15 meters) in height, and with the leaves having a total height of 66 feet (20 meters). However since its discovery in 1954 taller individuals up to one hundred feet (31 meters) have been reported, but these should be remeasured by a trained surveyor. Photos exist of M. ingens "trunks" up to 37 inches (94 cm) in diameter at breast height. Its fruit, in a cluster weighing up to 132 lbs (sixty kilos), is inedible. This cluster is borne on a peduncle or scape up to four inches (ten cm) thick and up to 49 ft. (15 m) in length, again the longest of any known plant.
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Musa ingens the tallest banana plant in the world
