Madagascar Banana

Ensete perrieri

(Claverie) Cheesman Species

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Botanical name
Ensete perrieri
Also known as
Madagascar Banana
Family
Musaceae
Genus
Ensete
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Madagascar Banana

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.

Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Ensete perrieri but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Musa perrieri

Others in Ensete

Ensete glaucum
Ensete superbum
Ensete glaucum var. glaucum
Ensete glaucum var. wilsonii
Ensete homblei
Ensete lecongkietii
Ensete livingstonianum
Livingston's Banana
Ensete ventricosum
Abyssinian Banana

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