Musa itinerans Forma India - Tropical Wild Banana / Ornamental - Fruit - 5 Seeds Growing Bags 52 cm broad

52 cm broad

3m to 1m with white to pink flowers in summer

sow in spring

a reference to these plants' dense coverings of spines

and marketed as caper berries

Musa itinerans Forma India - Tropical Wild Banana / Ornamental - Fruit - 5 Seeds Growing Bags 52 cm broadThis form of Musa itinerans was discovered in India. It likes shade and grows to 10 metres tall. It has a red or purple pseudostem and on the upper side deep green leaves with a dark red midrib. The red colour runs into the leaves, in the juvenile stage the leaf undersides are also purple red. The fruit are not considered to be edible and it is grown for its ornamental tropical appearance. USDA Zone 12 Season to Sow Spring