Ornamental bananas and other potential landscape banana varieties: classification and description

Siti Hawa Jamaluddin, . (2003) Ornamental bananas and other potential landscape banana varieties: classification and description. [Proceedings Paper]

Malaysia is one of the centres of origin of bananas and has a rich diversity with over 200 banana accessions. The banana is a very versatile crop whereby it has many uses. Beside eaten fresh many varieties are cooked into many dishes and processed into various products that range from detergents to cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. One other interesting use for banana is for landscaping. The landscape industry is a fast emerging and money-spinning industry very much in tandem with the fast increasing affluent society. The banana diversity therefore can be put to good use whereby several ornamental species M. coccinea M. velutina M. ornata M. violascens which belong to the section Callimusa and Rhodochlamys can and have been used as landscape plants. There is also potential to some wild and lesser known cultivated varieties.

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Malaysia is one of the centres of origin of bananas and has a rich diversity with over 200 banana accessions. The banana is a very versatile crop whereby it has many uses. Beside eaten fresh many varieties are cooked into many dishes and processed into various products that range from detergents to cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. One other interesting use for banana is for landscaping. The landscape industry is a fast emerging and money-spinning industry very much in tandem with the fast increasing affluent society. The banana diversity therefore can be put to good use whereby several ornamental species M. coccinea M. velutina M. ornata M. violascens which belong to the section Callimusa and Rhodochlamys can and have been used as landscape plants. There is also potential to some wild and lesser known cultivated varieties.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	Summary En
AGROVOC Term:	BANANAS
AGROVOC Term:	LANDSCAPE
AGROVOC Term:	INDUSTRY
AGROVOC Term:	CULTIVATION
AGROVOC Term:	PLANT PRODUCTION
AGROVOC Term:	MALAYSIA
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:28
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16842

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