Musa paramjitiana
It is a species of wild banana discovered in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Description
- The latest discovery, published in the Nordic Journal of Botany, is of a species of wild banana named Musa paramjitiana, in honour of Paramjit Singh, who happens to be the director of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI). The plant grows to a height of nine metres and bears an edible, sweet-and-sour tasting fruit that is boat-shaped and has numerous bulb-shaped seeds.
- Its conservation status has been declared as ‘Critically Endangered’ as it has so far been spotted in only two locations on the islands, each ....
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