Ensete superbum

• Botanical Name : Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman
• Synonyms : Musa superba Roxb.
• Common Name : Rock Banana, Wild Plantain, Jangli Keda
• Plant Family : Musaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park

About Ensete superbum Plant :

• Habit : Plant 10-12 feet high, trunk not stoloniferous.
• Leaves : Oblong, narrowed to the base, free petioles short.
• Inflorescence : Spikes at first globose finally drooping.
• Flowers :
  • Bracteate, bracts orbicular, long and broad, dull claret-brown.
  • Calyx lobes 3, linear, loosely cohering.
  • Petals pale, almost pellucid, the apex 3-lobed, the 2 side lobes rounded, the midlobe long, linear.
• Fruit : Oblong, subcoriaceous, nearly dry when ripe. Seeds numerous, subglobose, angled by pressure, smooth brown or black.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : Not known