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Musa Thompsonii
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This quick growing banana from the Himalayas has a grey stem, with new leaves being tinged red on the underside, darkening to green as they grow further. Flowering in July with beautiful red flowers, the edible fruits are then produced in October of the same year.
- Common name
- Thompson’s Edible Banana
- Family
- Musaceae
- Packet content
- 10 seeds
- Height
- 3 m - 4 m
- Light level
- Full Sun
- Growth habit
- Evergreen
- Hardiness rating
- H2
- Pollinator-friendly
- No
- Moisture
- Moisture retentive
- Region of origin
- Himalayas
- Colour
- Green
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