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Musa sikkimensis Red Tiger Botanical name: Musa sikkimensis Red Tiger From monsoonal mountain forests in extreme eastern India on the border to Myanmar comes this colorful variety of the famous Darjeeling banana. While just as easy to grow and just as cold tolerant as the regular M. sikkimensis, young plants have a most stunning pattern to their leaves, with dark purple zebra stripes on the upper surface and a reddish purple below. The pseudostems are yellowish green. |