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Musa laterita

RBGE Accession number:19973654

Musa laterita Cheesem

Collected by: Smith, Paul S.

19973654A

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Living plants of this accession

Musa laterita is an Asian tropical ornamental species of plant in the banana family native to the Indian subcontinent and Indo-China.

Text & Images – Sylvie Soudan

Collection date: 15 November 1997

Collection number: H1

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