TROPICAL PLANT CATALOG
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Musa velutina
Hairy Banana, Pink BananaFamily: Musaceae
Origin: India
It is often grown as an ornamental plant, but has soft, sweet flesh that can be eaten.
Similar plants:
- Calathea musaica (Network Calathea)
- Ensete lasiocarpum, Musella lasiocarpa, Musa lasiocarpa (Chinese Yellow Banana, Golden Lotus Banana)
- Ensete ventricosum, Musa arnoldiana, Musa ensete Maurelii (Red banana, Abyssinian banana, Ethiopian banana)
- Musa hybrid ( ABB group ) (Cooking banana, Rulo)
- Musa sp. (Banana, Bananier Nain, Canbur, Curro, Plantain)
- Musa sumatrana, Musa acuminata ssp. zebrina (Blood Leaf Banana)
- Musa x paradisiaca Ae Ae (Royal Variegated Banana, Variegated Hawaiian Banana, Sacred Banana, Ae Ae Hybrid Plantain Banana)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/musa_velutina.htm