Bornean Hairy Banana Seeds (Musa hirta)

€4.25
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Bornean Hairy Banana Seeds (Musa hirta)

Price for Package of 3 seeds.

A little-known banana only about 2.5 m (8 feet) high that forms attractive clumps. The erect inflorescence with hairy stems creates a pointed bud with shiny, purple-pink leaves, followed by small, chunky, golden-hairy fruits.

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Bornean Hairy Banana Seeds (Musa hirta)

Price for Package of 3 seeds.

A little-known banana only about 2.5 m (8 feet) high that forms attractive clumps. The erect inflorescence with hairy stems creates a pointed bud with shiny, purple-pink leaves, followed by small, chunky, golden-hairy fruits.

The fruit, as with only a few other types of bananas, is removed when fully ripe, which means that the peel itself splits and reveals the pulp of the fruit from the inside.

Unlike most bananas, it is more sweet and juicy. Ripe fruit tastes like a mixture of kiwi and banana and the seeds are eaten together with the fruit.

Unripe fruits are peeled and eaten with salt. The flowers are used as vegetables, cooked and seasoned with salt and spices.

This species has ornamental and fruity qualities that should be seriously considered for cultivation.

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