Christophe Jenny
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Christophe Jenny
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Senior researcher at CIRAD, France. Biodiversity, tropical agriculture, adaptation, genetic resources, CWR, banana specialist (yes, not a joke!), in and ex situ links, citizen science, information systems and databases.
These photos have been circulating on the internet for a long time, and honestly, I don't even know if they're real or not. I've never seen this type of fruit in real life. Fruits of Musa ingens are not small, since it's a very big plant, but not that big, and bearing seeds. See pic.
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
That said, it really is the best for banana flower salad!
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This one does not belong to Musa acuimnata. It's a Pisang Awak type, whose origin is hybrid between M. acuminata and M. balbisiana.
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Musa velutina. Not ornata.
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Although the plant is correct, these are absolutely not the fruits of Musa ingens. It's a wild type with seedy fruits.
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This one is Musa velutina. Not zebrina nor sikkimensis.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Musa velutina, not ornata.
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The problem being, here, that M. balbisiana is not an ancestor of Cavendish banana...
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM