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Musa ingens - fruit, Minggre, Arfak Mountains, Papua <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/158153/musa_ingens_minggre_arfak_mountains_papua.html" title="Musa ingens, Minggre, Arfak Mountains, Papua"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/158153_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=3h5qN5uGVRM8tkwJVJrVw%2BrsIn8%3D" width="114" height="152" alt="Musa ingens, Minggre, Arfak Mountains, Papua The photo does not do justice to the scale of this massive banana plant/tree. This is from about 20-30m of distance at an ultra wide angle of 9mm, just to fit it in a single frame. Just one leaf can grow up to 5m, and a cluster of its fruit up to 60kg in weight.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/158154/musa_ingens_-_fruit_minggre_arfak_mountains_papua.html Arfak Mountains,Australia (continent),Geotagged,Indonesia,Minggre,Musa ingens,New Guinea,Papua,Papua 2023,Spring,Vogelkop,West Papua,Western New Guinea" /></a></figure> Arfak Mountains,Australia (continent),Geotagged,Giant Highland Banana,Indonesia,Minggre,Musa ingens,New Guinea,Papua,Papua 2023,Spring,Vogelkop,West Papua,Western New Guinea Click/tap to enlarge

Musa ingens - fruit, Minggre, Arfak Mountains, Papua

Musa ingens, Minggre, Arfak Mountains, Papua The photo does not do justice to the scale of this massive banana plant/tree. This is from about 20-30m of distance at an ultra wide angle of 9mm, just to fit it in a single frame. Just one leaf can grow up to 5m, and a cluster of its fruit up to 60kg in weight.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/158154/musa_ingens_-_fruit_minggre_arfak_mountains_papua.html Arfak Mountains,Australia (continent),Geotagged,Indonesia,Minggre,Musa ingens,New Guinea,Papua,Papua 2023,Spring,Vogelkop,West Papua,Western New Guinea

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    Ernst
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    Looks a bit like a banana plant and little bananas. Posted one year ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      This really is a banana plant, a huge one. Posted one year ago

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The Giant Highland Banana

The plant species "Musa ingens" is the physically largest member of the family Musaceae and the only member of the section "Ingentimusa". Growing in the tropical montane forests of New Guinea - Arfak Mountains Regency in Indonesia, its leaves can reach a length of 5 meters and a width of 1 m. This, the largest herbaceous plant on earth, was completely unknown to science prior to 1960.

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Similar species: Gingers, Bananas, Etc.
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Mar 2, 2024. Captured Oct 20, 2023 08:54 in WW44+92 Minggre, Arfak Mountains Regency, West Papua, Indonesia.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/5.6
  • 1/200s
  • ISO400
  • 200mm