Martha's exotic Backyard in Israel:
Musa banana, Banana,
מוז, בננה
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| | Scientific name: |
| Musa banana |
| Common name: |
| Banana |
| Hebrew name: |
| מוז, בננה |
| Arabic name: |
| موز, Mawz |
| Family: |
| Musaceae, מוזיים |
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| | Life form: |
| Biennial herbaceous plant |
| Leaves: |
| Oblong, elliptic, spirally arranged |
| Flowers: |
| White flowers clustered in whorled double rows along a floral stalk, each cluster covered by a thick, waxy, hoodlike bract, purple outside, deep-red within |
| Fruits: |
| Young fruits, technically "berries", develop from the female flowers, into slender green fingers and turn to yellow |
| Origin: |
| Indo-Malaysian |
After 2 years the plant produces fruit and then dies.They produce offsets to keep the lineage going.
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