Bluggoe subgroup

The Bluggoe subgroup comprises starchy cultivars used primarily for cooking but that can also be eaten raw.

Local names

'Square Cooker', 'Mondolphin' (Australia), 'Hpi Gyan' (Burma/Myanmar), 'Tarua Matie' (Cook Islands), 'Burro', 'Orinoco' (Cuba), 'Jamani' (Fiji), 'Largo' (Hawai'i), 'Nalla Bontha (India), 'Horse Plantain' (Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago), 'Pisang Batu' (Java),'Poro'ini', 'Poro'ini Pa'afa'afa'a', 'Poro'ini Hima'a umu', 'Largo' (French Polynesia).  'Pisang Abu Keling' (Malaysia), 'Matavia' (Philippines), 'Fa'i Pata Samoa', 'Puataelo' (Samoa), 'Mondan' (Sri Lanka), 'Kluai Som' (Thailand), 'Pata Tonga' (Tonga), 'Chuoi Ngop Lun' (Vietnam), 'Bluggoe', 'Whitehouse Plantain', 'Chamaluco', 'Poteua', 'Cacambou', 'Moko', 'Buccament', 'Mafoubay' (West Indies), 'Mkojosi', 'Bokoboko', 'Kproboi', 'Muscat', "punda', 'Kidhozi', 'Kivuvi' (East Africa), 'Burro', 'Chato', 'Cachaco', 'Cuatrofilos', 'Largo', 'Majoncho', 'Apple Plantain', 'Horse Banana', 'Hog Banana' (Americas)1 2 .

Host reaction to diseases and pests

Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense)

Bluggoe cultivars tend to be highly susceptible to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense race 1,2 and 41 3 .

References

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