Abstract
The banana is the largest of the herbaceous plants, its pseudostem reaching a height of 2–8 m in cultivated varieties and up to 10–15 m in some wild species. The impressive aerial shoot is borne on the subterranean stem which is about 30 cm long (Purseglove, 1975; Martin-Prevel et al., 1987).
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Karamura, E.B., Karamura, D.A. (1995). Banana morphology — part II: the aerial shoot. In: Gowen, S. (eds) Bananas and Plantains. World Crop Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0737-2_8
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