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Musa peekelii

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Clade
  
Monocots

Order
  
Zingiberales

Rank
  
Species

Clade
  
Angiosperms

Clade
  
Commelinids

Family
  
Musaceae

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Musa peekelii is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), native to eastern New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. It is placed in section Callimusa (now including the former section Australimusa), members of which have a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20. It is a very tall plant, reaching over 10 m (33 ft), with a narrow green drooping bud. The ripe bananas are red with bright yellow flesh. It is one of the possible parents of the cultivated Fe'i bananas.

The subspecies M. peekelii subsp. angustigemma has been treated as a separate species, M. angustigemma.

References

Musa peekelii Wikipedia