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Musa identification

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in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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IMG20250723093225.thumb.jpg.36b3948c14ce4440a6811a95cba391d2.jpgA few days ago I went to the local nursery and saw these banana plants. The sign said "Red Banana." I asked, but honestly, I wasn't sure if they were true red bananas (Musa Red or Musa Red Dwarf) and not, say, ensete or other muses. Can you tell them apart? Thanks youIMG20250723093232.thumb.jpg.cc662831ba53b8c2871c5eccef9579c9.jpg

They are not bananas but a banana relative  Ensete ventricosum "Maurellii".  They very in the amount of red, the ones I have are more green like these.  It's a very common plant worldwide used as an annual.  They do not tolerate freezing.

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    Okay, thank you very much. I'm looking for Banana Dwarf Red, so I'm not interested in Ensete.

    Thanks again.

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