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One plant, 2 tags

16 years ago

I got this banana at a garden center, one tag said "Ice cream" and the other said "Raja Puri" The leaf stem of this plant seem to close up again after releasing a new leaf and that is about the only thing that seems to be different from my other bananas. I have an ice cream pup but it is still too small to compare. Thanks for any help you can give.

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pitangadiego
16 years ago
A picture would really help.
bananimal
16 years ago
Yeah -- like pitanga said. For now call it a Rajacream.
shiollie
Original Author
16 years ago
Ok, this was the best I could do but you can see how the leaves are arranged and how they close up, thanks!!
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pitangadiego
16 years ago
Definitely NOT Raja Puri.
shiollie
Original Author
16 years ago
Bummer.. must be Ice cream then..Could you post a pic of a Raja Puri for reference for next time? Thanks for your help!
pitangadiego
16 years ago
See http://webebananas.com/bvar-R-S.html
sandy0225
16 years ago
normally an ice cream banana will have a whitish coating on the bottom side of the leaves, making it look kind of silvery.
A raja will have a very wide leaf.
Maybe that will help

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