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.