Talk:Blood banana

Images

The first picture displayed in this article does not appear to be a Musa Sumatrana at all. These plants have wine-stain coloration across the top and the undersides are completely red/burgandy. The plant pictured has neither of those characteristics. Funsocaltiger 20:31, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Fruit

Additionally, Musa Sumatrana is considered an ornamental banana as its fruit is heavily seeded and considered inedible. As such, the sections regarding the fruit should be removed. Funsocaltiger 20:40, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Nomenclature

This plant is known by the following names. All should be noted: Musa Sumatrana, Zebrina, Rojo and Blood Banana. Funsocaltiger 20:40, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I believe this entry should actually be more properly moved under Musa Sumatrana rather than the common name Blood Banana. Among other reasons, this banana is known by many common names with Blood Banana not necessarily being the most common. Additionally, other plants such as the Queen Palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana) is listed under the proper name with the common name being a redirect. Funsocaltiger 21:41, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

This demonstrates why some pages must be kept under the current name. First, "Musa Sumatrana" is wrong, the specific name is never written Capitalized. Second, see below - "blood banana" will sail through all this mess and uncertainty unfazed. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 05:01, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Addendum: Per this cited URL http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~drc/msumatrana.htm the accepted names would be "Musa acuminata L. A. Colla subsp. sumatrana (O. Beccari) A. N. Other" and/or "Musa acuminata L. A. Colla subsp. zebrina (L. B. van Houtte) A. N. Other". Also: "I think it is safe to assume that Musa sumatrana comes under Musa acuminata subsp. zebrina by a simple matter of botanical precedence. The name Musa zebrina dates from 1854/55 whereas Musa sumatrana dates from around 1880. The "sumatrana" name is still found in horticulture but as applied to a banana appears to have no formal taxonomic status. The origin of the plant in Java does not" Funsocaltiger 16:42, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I have accordingly changed the taxobox. Necessary because we had to put it up on the genus page somewhere.

I have also moved the stuff referring to red bananas there. Blood bananas have very small fruits that generally do not ripen. There was (as I put in the article) a "blood red banana" one might say, but this cultivar seems to have disappeared many decades ago. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 05:01, 20 March 2008 (UTC)