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Musa acuminata in life
In life — Cavendish banana, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Greg Lasley
BISH 618874Botany

Musa acuminata

Cavendish banana

As recorded: Musa acuminata Colla

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Zingiberales › Musaceae

Collected by
St.John, H.
Collector number
19505
Date
August 20, 1938
Locality
Tia; Itutiu District 12° 30'S 177° 05' E
Island
Rotuma
Region
Fiji
Coordinates
-12.5000, 177.0833
Elevation
9 m
Identified by
St.John, H.
Record type
Preserved specimen
16 Bishop specimens of Musa acuminata · collected 1912–2003Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On August 20, 1938, St.John, H. also collected 6 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Musa acuminata. BISH 618874. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956639801. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/618874.

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