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'Gerei Langi'


'Gerei Langi' at a glance

Image

Ploidy level

3x

Genome group

AAB

Subgroup

Iholena

Status
Cultivar

'Gerei Langi' is the name given to a type of Iholena banana on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. It is also known as 'Kolale'. It was reported by Gabriel Sachter-Smith, who observed it near the capital Honiara in 2011.

Morphological characteristics

As with other Iholenas, the underside of the cigar leaf is coloured,  the peduncle is red and the fruit jut out perpendicular to the rachis. The margins of the petiole canal are pink.

Cigar leaf
Cigar leaf
Neck and petiole canal
Neck and petiole canal
Emerging inflorescence
Emerging inflorescence
Female flowers
Female flowers
Immature bunch
Immature bunch
Male flowers
Male flowers
Photos by Gabriel Sachter-Smith

See also on this website

Local names for 'Gerei Langi' in the cultivar checklist
Musapedia pages on cultivars: